Miami-Dade school board votes against LGBTQ+ History Month
More than 100 people signed up to speak at the meeting
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More than 100 people signed up to speak at the meeting
This year, declaring an LBGTQ+ month during a Miami-Dade County School Board meeting was everything but routine.
Colleges will be required to update policies on restrooms to have separate facilities "based on biological sex at birth"
The State Board of Education approved a proposed rule the legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis approved back in May.
The proposed rule would require people to use bathrooms that line up with their sex assigned at birth
Attorneys for the state are trying to fend off an attempt to create a class-action lawsuit out of a challenge to new restrictions on treatments for transgender people.
The decision was made to safeguard societal values and public order, the country's communications commission said.
The motion seeks a stay of the injunction while the DeSantis administration pursues an appeal
The lawsuit challenging the new law was brought by an Orlando restaurant that regularly hosts drag shows, including family-friendly performances
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is defending an anti-LGBTQ video his campaign shared online that attacks rival Donald Trump for his past support of gay and transgender people, despite some of his fellow Republicans calling it homophobic.
The video paints the former president as sympathetic toward transgender rights
They're an active, dynamic family of six children and two dads
Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is appealing a federal judge's ruling that blocked a new law aimed at prohibiting children from attending drag shows - and is seeking to carry out the law while the appeal is pending.
The state is appealing two rulings this month by a federal judge that rejected efforts to limit treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender people.
Saying it is unconstitutionally vague, a federal judge on Friday blocked a new Florida law aimed at prohibiting children from attending drag shows,
Celebrating pride through the classical music of the South Florida Symphony Orchestra and through the beautiful harmony of the Gay Men's Chorus of South Florida.
The Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine on Tuesday approved an emergency rule that will allow transgender children and adults to continue obtaining gender-affirming treatments under certain conditions.
Nicole Lauren reports Out Leadership released its business climate index and found Florida falling in the rankings.
The City of Wilton Manors will host the much anticipated Stonewall Pride Parade and Street Festival this Saturday to commemorate the 54th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots.
During Pride 2003, thousands of volunteers unfurled Gilbert Baker's 1.25-mile-long flag down the entire length of Duval Street
Cristian Benavides explains how fears over safety have led to the cancellation of some Pride events.
The civil rights organization also issued a guidebook to help ensure safety for both LGBTQ+ residents and travelers in "hostile states."
Orlando restaurant Hamburger Mary's contends that the new law violates First Amendment rights
The judge said Tennessee's law is "unconstitutionally vague and overbroad" and encouraged "discriminatory enforcement."
A new Florida law banning gender-affirming care for minors is getting a lot of attention nationally as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis runs for president, but it's also impacting transgender adults.
Investigators said the man, who hasn't been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.
"The Defendant cannot be expected to, nor will he, comply with the order of not communicating with other inmates," wrote Israel Encinosa, Sabatino's attorney.
Eighteen suspects who were arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were awaiting extradition to the U.S. on Sunday.
Monarch Air Group is a private aviation company based in Fort Lauderdale
GOP Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida warned in a campaign ad last week that President Trump's immigration enforcement policy has "gone too far."
Investigators said the man, who hasn't been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.
"The Defendant cannot be expected to, nor will he, comply with the order of not communicating with other inmates," wrote Israel Encinosa, Sabatino's attorney.
Eighteen suspects who were arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were awaiting extradition to the U.S. on Sunday.
Monarch Air Group is a private aviation company based in Fort Lauderdale
GOP Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida warned in a campaign ad last week that President Trump's immigration enforcement policy has "gone too far."
One Cuba resident said there is "no way to know" when power will be restored to the island nation.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Many Venezuelan immigrants are shunning Florida and turning instead to communities in places like Utah.
Alex Saab, 54, was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez to the U.S.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
Families say months without court-ordered treatment can worsen psychiatric crises behind bars.
The Democrat says rapidly advancing technology requires Congress to act before safeguards fall behind.
A former Republican Congressman turned Democrat, Jolly is running as a moderate voice, arguing that it is time for change after decades of Republican rule in Tallahassee.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Duncan Sheik died on Thursday night, his family said.
Aaron Rowe, Beoga, Lukas Graham and Finneas all released statements Tuesday on Instagram saying they were withdrawing from Ed Sheeran's tour.
Performer Macklemore is being dropped from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour after making on-stage statements that some found controversial.
Dubbed the "Designer to the Stars," Bob Mackie won nine Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and was nominated for three Oscars.
Stella Parton gives insight into her sister Dolly Parton's marriage, makeup habits and views on death in an exclusive CBS News interview.