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Nearly everyone agrees that last year's mass shooting at a Parkland high school that left 17 students and faculty members dead, another 17 victims injured and an untold number of people traumatized occurred after a series of missteps by a variety of government agencies.
In a final pitch to a Senate special master, former Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel's lawyer is insisting that the suspended law enforcement officer wasn't to blame for two deadly mass shootings that led to his ouster by Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier this year.
Facing South Florida host Jim DeFede and his guest Melissa Tavares discuss fears in South Florida's Hispanic community following the El Paso shooting and ICE raids in Mississippi.
Billboards along I-95 are promoting the Pembroke Pines Gun Show to be held this weekend at the city's taxpayer funded Charles Dodge City Center, just feet from City Hall.
Two vigils in Miami-Dade County to honor victims in El Paso and Dayton left many in tears Tuesday evening.
Psychologist Raquel Bild-Libbin joined the CBS4 News at 7 to discuss the impact that stressful situations like mass shootings can have on children, and ways to help them through it.
People in South Florida watched the mass shooting events unfold in El Paso Texas and Dayton Ohio over the weekend with a profound depth of understanding.
If you find yourself looking for the nearest exits or scouting out hiding places in public, you're not alone.
Nine people in Ohio were killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours, and the suspected shooter is also deceased, police said.
At least four are dead, 15 are injured and hundreds of others were sent scrambling for safety Sunday after at least one gunman opened fire in Christmas Hill Park during the last day of the Gilroy Garlic Festival, according to officials. A suspected gunman is dead.
Florida Congressman Ted Deutch has just introduced a bipartisan bill in the US House of Representatives that aims to improve school security across the country and help get law enforcement officers and paramedics to the scene of school shootings quicker.
A Florida man went on a threatening, profanity laced rant during a post in Instagram after being fired from his job.
The investigation into the law enforcement response to the Parkland tragedy is now in the hands of Broward prosecutors.
The South Florida Sun Sentinel won the Pulitzer Prize on Monday for their coverage of the mass shooting in Parkland.
The Florida Supreme Court said Friday it will hear arguments in a dispute about how much the Broward County School Board could be forced to pay to parents and victims in last year's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
An attorney representing confessed Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz and the judge overseeing the case got into a brief but heated argument Friday.
Accusing former Broward County Sheriff's Deputy Scot Peterson of neglect during last year's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a House Republican proposed a bill Tuesday to try to strip Peterson of his benefits in the Florida Retirement System.
On Thursday morning, more than 1,000 schools in the state paused all work at 10:17 a.m. to remember the 14 students and three staff members slain last Valentine's Day in the deadliest high school shooting in the nation's history.
The State Attorney for Orange and Osceola Counties said no clubgoers were hit by responding officer's bullets during a Wednesday morning press conference.
Two women captured in a photo hugging each other in despair after the February 14, 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, now find themselves at odds over gun control.
Next week marks one year since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, one of the deadliest mass shootings in America and one of the worst to hit our community.
The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School sparked a movement among a younger generation angered by gun violence and set the stage for a significant shift in America's gun politics.
A week before the Parkland school-shooting anniversary, top Republican leaders in the Florida Senate have proposed plans to overhaul school-safety measures.
A Parkland survivor has been invited to attend Tuesday's State of the Union Address.
The Florida Capitol will be bathed in orange light the week of Feb. 10 to honor the 17 students and faculty members who were massacred last February at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
The sanctions, announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio while he was in the Vatican, target a massive business conglomerate controlled by the Cuban military, as well as a state-owned natural resource company.
The New York FBI division and the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office (MDSO) auto crimes task force arrested Aslan Abdullayev, 37, after executing a search warrant at his business, Cube Motors.
Joe Mack scored the winning run in the ninth inning on a throwing error by third baseman Coby Mayo, and the Miami Marlins beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 on Thursday night to avoid a series sweep and snap a four-game losing streak.
Social media influencer and model Sophie Hall testified Thursday during opening statements in her civil trial against former Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill.
A system that thousands of schools and universities use was offline due to a cyberattack.
The sanctions, announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio while he was in the Vatican, target a massive business conglomerate controlled by the Cuban military, as well as a state-owned natural resource company.
The New York FBI division and the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office (MDSO) auto crimes task force arrested Aslan Abdullayev, 37, after executing a search warrant at his business, Cube Motors.
Joe Mack scored the winning run in the ninth inning on a throwing error by third baseman Coby Mayo, and the Miami Marlins beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 on Thursday night to avoid a series sweep and snap a four-game losing streak.
Social media influencer and model Sophie Hall testified Thursday during opening statements in her civil trial against former Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill.
A system that thousands of schools and universities use was offline due to a cyberattack.
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 tariffs were put in place in February, days after the Supreme Court struck down President Trump's previous round of sweeping "Liberation Day" tariffs.
Three U.S. Navy destroyers transiting the Strait of Hormuz came under attack on Thursday, and the U.S. struck on two Iranian ports abutting the strait, putting into question an increasingly fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Pope Leo XIV met Thursday at the Vatican to discuss the situation in the Middle East and other matters.
The acting attorney general is touting the administration's stepped-up denaturalization efforts.
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."
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.