Missouri mom arrested for killing 8-year-old son in Miami-Dade; confesses to murder plot
A Missouri mother was arrested in Miami-Dade County on Tuesday for allegedly strangling her 8-year-old son to death after she confessed to plotting his murder.
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A Missouri mother was arrested in Miami-Dade County on Tuesday for allegedly strangling her 8-year-old son to death after she confessed to plotting his murder.
The Florida Supreme Court upheld the conviction and death sentence of a man who shot and killed an Orlando police officer in 2017.
The mom allegedly strangled her son in her car with a tablecloth before proceeding to run errands across the county.
The Nov. 1 fight was believed to be over a pair of wireless headphones and a vape pen, authorities said.
The mother of a Fort Lauderdale dentist convicted last week for the 2014 shooting death of his former brother-in-law has been arrested at Miami International Airport.
A grieving widow and her family members are appealing for the community's help after a grandfather of 8 children was gunned down after getting food from a fast-food restaurant.
Details of what led to the shooting have not been released
The family of 36-year-old Leayle Powell is shattered over his unsolved murder. Back on April 27, 2023, Powell was shot and killed outside an apartment complex in the 7400 block of Kimberly Boulevard in North Lauderdale.
The family of 36-year-old Leayle Powell is shattered over his unsolved murder.
Charles Adelson is accused in the murder his former brother-in-law in July 2014
The 13-year-old has been indicted for First Degree Murder
Samantha Woll was board president at Issac Agree Downtown Synagogue.
After a two-year investigation, Danny Serafini, 49, and Samantha Scott, 33, were arrested separately, hundreds of miles apart.
Now, DNA evidence connects the crime to her killer
A mother of a newborn was murdered Thursday night in Hialeah, police suspect the killer was her own son.
Hialeah police said the woman's 13-year-old son called to say he had killed her
The video, obtained by CBS affiliate KLAS-TV, shows an officer approach Davis near his home.
After Linda Slaten was murdered in her home in 1981, her sons Jeff and Tim spent nearly four decades living in fear of the man they called "the Monster." The killer was someone they knew and trusted.
Joseph Mills, a coach and role model to the victim's youngest son, was sentenced to life in prison without parole 41 years after the rape and murder of Linda Slaten in her Lakeland home.
Authorities charged 78-year-old Edward Druzolowski with second-degree murder for the shooting death of 43-year-old Brian Ford, according to the Volusia Sheriff's Office.
A 70-year-old man is facing second-degree murder charges after authorities said he shot and killed his wife following a verbal dispute in front of their minor child
A Hollywood man who admitted to killing his wife, unborn child and his father-in-law was sentenced to three life terms Wednesday.
Police in Polk County say a man is facing murder charges after killing his own son with a power tool Monday.
The sister of a former basketball player from St. Thomas University on Monday spoke out after her brother and his friend were both fatally shot.
Prosecutors have said in court documents that a DNA sample taken from Bryan Kohberger was a near-match to the DNA on the sheath.
Plaintiffs say the amendment's title uses biased language designed to sway voters, not inform them.
Fort Lauderdale was the last Florida city still fighting a state order to remove all street art.
Rafael Villalobos will take over after the current superintendent, Jose Dotres, retires in February.
The family believes their French bulldog was left outside overnight and died in the sitter's care.
Jacob Hart was returning through Miami from a Haiti mission trip, where authorities uncovered child exploitation linked to his work at a California church.
Plaintiffs say the amendment's title uses biased language designed to sway voters, not inform them.
Fort Lauderdale was the last Florida city still fighting a state order to remove all street art.
Rafael Villalobos will take over after the current superintendent, Jose Dotres, retires in February.
CBS Miami is hosting a The Price Is Right contestant search at Toyota of Hollywood on Aug. 28.
The family believes their French bulldog was left outside overnight and died in the sitter's care.
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.
President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to throw out an $83.3 million defamation judgment the writer E. Jean Carroll won against him.
Recent reports of immigration arrests at U.S. airports, some of them captured in videos that have gone viral, stem from increased collaboration, ICE sources tell CBS News.
Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before the Senate to testify on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic but invoked his Fifth Amendment rights in answering all questions.
The U.S. and Saudi militaries announced airstrikes late Tuesday on Iranian-backed groups in Iraq, after Iran and its proxies allegedly targeted American forces.
President Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday.
As Florida attorney general, it was Moody and her office that approved the diversion of $10 million of taxpayer money to the Hope Florida Foundation
CBS Miami's Jim DeFede spoke to former Republican State Senator Jeff Brandes, president of the Florida Policy Project, who is behind one of those lawsuits.
Larkin spoke this week to CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede.
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
Dotie Joseph said after talking with neighbors and looking at the field, she thinks she has plenty of experience to assume the governorship.
Since May, more than 11,000 cases of illness caused by the parasite cyclospora have been reported in 41 states. This comes after the Trump administration drastically cut FDA and CDC staff, prompting one expert to call this summer's outbreaks "a national wake-up call."
The case accuses OpenAI of practicing medicine without a license and failing to safeguard users seeking health advice.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
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.
Four women say Hollywood star Jared Leto committed sexual crimes against them when they were teenagers, in interviews with the BBC.
Carly Simon, the singer known for 1970s hits like "You're So Vain," announced she has Parkinson's disease and also was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.
Tenisha Warner sat down for an exclusive interview with "CBS Mornings" before a lawsuit over her late husband's estate became public, and discussed her grief and raising her daughter alone.
A lawyer says influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom.