Defense lawyers for Nikolas Cruz rest in surprise move
In a surprise move, defense attorneys for Nikolas Cruz announced Wednesday that it has rested its case, prompting a rebuke from the judge.
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In a surprise move, defense attorneys for Nikolas Cruz announced Wednesday that it has rested its case, prompting a rebuke from the judge.
Those who've experienced mass violence say the state isn't doing enough to prevent future incidents, while law enforcement officials tell CBS News state law makes it easy for criminals to get guns.
Court proceedings continue ahead of the Parkland shooter sentencing phase
Local politicians joined about 200 people who attended a March For Our Lives rally in Coral Gables on Saturday afternoon.
A gunman shot and killed four people, later himself at the Natalie Building near the Warren Clinic in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Police say the shooter is dead.
On Tuesday, they went through two scenarios at their North Campus inside the Glenn Hubert Library.
Psychologists say avoiding the conversation can make the situation even scarier for children.
The agency counted 61 incidents in 2021, up more than 50% from 2020, and up nearly 97% since 2017.
A Texas community comes together in the aftermath of a mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas.
"They failed our kids again," said Fred Guttenberg, who lost his daughter Jaime in the MSD massacre.
Deputies disclosed that a suspect had been detained and a weapon had been recovered.
A teen with ties to South Florida is expected to go before a judge on Friday after being arrested for threatening a mass shooting at a Daytona Beach university.
Parkland survivors want justice, but also focus to stay on gun violence.
Police say three men have been arrested in connection with an early morning shootout at a St. Paul bar that left one woman dead and 14 people injured.
There's been a second arrest in the mass shooting at the El Mula banquet hall in northwest Miami-Dade over the Memorial Day weekend.
The Miami-Dade Police Department has announced a second arrest in the El Mula banquet hall shooting over the Memorial Day weekend.
A motion to dismiss the case against confessed Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz for an attack on a jail guard, captured on surveillance camera in 2018, was denied by a Broward judge.
Miami-Dade police have made their first arrest in the mass shooting outside a northwest Miami-Dade banquet hall over the Memorial Day weekend.
Chilling 911 calls have been released from the Memorial Day weekend mass shooting in northwest Miami-Dade.
The recent mass shootings over the weekend has now brought the United States' 2021 total to 270, a 40% increase since last year.
A spokesperson for the Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources said they conducted an inspection after the shooting and found that work had been done without permits.
Miami-Dade police announced Thursday evening that a third victim from the weekend mass shooting in Northwest Miami had died.
Miami-Dade police are now saying a mass shooting outside a banquet hall in Northwest Miami-Dade was a coordinated attack that involved a second vehicle and at least five gunmen.
Miami-Dade leaders met Wednesday morning to discuss the violence in the community.
A judge has delayed the second murder trial of Rashaun Jones, who is accused of killing his former University of Miami football teammate, Bryan Pata, in 2006.
Health officials have identified at least eight confirmed or suspected cases of hantavirus tied to an outbreak on the M/V Hondius cruise ship.
According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, crews were called to the area of 12351 Northwest 154th Street.
As Trump pushes for a deal with an Iranian regime he portrays as deeply fractured, analysts say power in Tehran may be shifting, but that doesn't mean disarray.
The sheriff's office said the "unrecognizable remains" of a juvenile was located among the debris when the fire was extinguished.
A judge has delayed the second murder trial of Rashaun Jones, who is accused of killing his former University of Miami football teammate, Bryan Pata, in 2006.
According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, crews were called to the area of 12351 Northwest 154th Street.
The sheriff's office said the "unrecognizable remains" of a juvenile was located among the debris when the fire was extinguished.
The case is a top priority for South Miami police, who tell CBS News Miami that the man has an extensive rap sheet, including arrests and convictions.
May marks the beginning of alligator mating season in Florida, and that means that the reptiles are way more active.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The acting attorney general is touting the administration's stepped-up denaturalization efforts.
Since his second term started, President Trump has introduced a flurry of initiatives aimed at taming the excesses of the pharmaceutical industry.
Congressional Democrats are investigating clemency recipients who may have obtained favorable treatment from Trump or his advisers "through intermediaries, financial contributions, or other forms of influence."
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has now left the intensive care unit, his spokesperson said, after being hospitalized with pneumonia.
A former cellmate has previously claimed that the note was written by Epstein after a failed suicide attempt less than a month before his death.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Three passengers have been evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, as related cases are confirmed in Switzerland and South Africa.
The FDA announced its first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers, a major policy shift after months of appeals to President Trump from the vaping industry.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
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.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.