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The crime rate in Florida is the lowest in 40 years, according to new statistics for 2010 released Tuesday by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). Rates were also down in South Florida.
In a key ruling for prosecutors, an Orlando judge ruled that a carpet sample that came from a car trunk can be used in the trial of a Florida Casey Anthony, charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.
A husband made a gruesome discovery Sunday afternoon when he walked into his Southwest Miami-Dade home.
Police are actively search for a gunman who killed a south Miami-Dade man Sunday morning.
Miami-Dade police have identified the two men who were shot and killed outside of a Liberty City apartment complex.
Federal prosecutors in New York say they're considering a new capital charge against a South Florida woman accused of having her millionaire husband and mother-in-law killed.
The man accused of stabbing Florida International University football player Kendall Berry to death will remain in jail while he awaits trial, a Miami-Dade judge ruled Tuesday morning.
Miami Gardens Police are investigating the deaths of a man and woman who both died of gunshot wounds early Friday morning.
The family of Christine Myers, the 18-year-old woman who was murdered and raped inside a Sunrise apartment in September of 2005, say justice against their daughter's accused killer has finally prevailed.
A Homestead man facing second degree murder charges for allegedly beating his 2-year-old son to death last August beat the rap this weekend, but he had to kill himself to do so, CBSMiami.com has learned.
The evidence of the rape and murder seemed overwhelming -- the suspect's DNA was found in the victim's underwear. The victim's blood was found on the suspect's clothes. The suspect told police that the victim "had to die."
The family of a 54-year-old teacher and Air Force veteran who was gunned down in December, 2009 by a killer with an AK-47 assault rifle are appealing for the public's help in solving this crime.
Jesus Alvarez, the man suspected of lighting his girlfriend on fire and causing her subsequent death, appeared bruised and bandaged before a bond court judge Tuesday morning.
Miami Gardens police have made an arrest in the shooting death of a 16-year old boy late last month.
On the run for a little more than two years, a man accused in the murder of a North Miami Beach woman was taken into custody over the weekend in Minnesota thanks to a tip to a popular TV crime show.
The independent review panel investigating the Barahona case will meet Thursday afternoon for its fifth and final hearing, during which the panel is expected to release its findings after several weeks of testimony.
There is a new lead in the unsolved murder of Broward Sheriff's Sergeant Chris Reyka and it comes all the way from England.
Miami police are scouring the area around a home after the bodies of two people were found in the backyard.
An independent panel of child welfare experts investigating one of the worst child abuse cases in South Florida history met again Monday afternoon in its effort to determine what went wrong in the state's effort to protect Victor and Nubia Barahona.
People who lived near the home of Carmen and Jorge Barahona said they are relieved that Carmen Barahona had been arrested Saturday.
Carmen Barahona, the adopted mother of murdered Nubia Barahona, was arrested Saturday by Miami-Dade police.
An 18-year-old man, wanted for the murder of his 16-year-old girlfriend, has been arrested in Miami, just one day after her family made a tearful plea to the public for help to find the suspect.
Miami Gardens Police say they're on the lookout for a cold blooded killer after the deadly robbery of a store owner.
The family of a murdered mother made a tearful plea to the public for help to find the victim's 18-year-old boyfriend, Jay Benjamin Thomas Stubbs.
First she was charged in her millionaire husband's grisly dumbbell beating death. Now the Fort Lauderdale woman is expected to face additional federal charges, possibly connected to the murder of her mother-in-law.
Gustav Forsling hammered a shot past Brandon Bussi with 4.3 seconds left in overtime to lift the Florida Panthers past the reigning Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes 1-0 in the season opener.
The Children's Services Council says the property tax measure would slash funding for after-school, swim, and youth crime programs.
A series of grants is allowing the Poverello Center to reach beyond its traditional client base.
Streets and parking lots went under Tuesday as rain and king tides combined across South Florida.
The incident happened days before a new Florida law will make it a felony to encourage minors to commit animal abuse.
Gustav Forsling hammered a shot past Brandon Bussi with 4.3 seconds left in overtime to lift the Florida Panthers past the reigning Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes 1-0 in the season opener.
The Children's Services Council says the property tax measure would slash funding for after-school, swim, and youth crime programs.
A series of grants is allowing the Poverello Center to reach beyond its traditional client base.
Streets and parking lots went under Tuesday as rain and king tides combined across South Florida.
The incident happened days before a new Florida law will make it a felony to encourage minors to commit animal abuse.
A South Florida man has reunited with his wife after a federal judge ordered his immediate release following eight months in ICE detention.
An FIU expert says the timing of the Army's Cuba planning message may be tied to South Florida political interests.
Some units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
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.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado tried 3 times to enter her country "by air and sea but has been turned away each time," her team says.
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.
Florida voters deserve to hear the candidates address property taxes, insurance, the economy, education, health care, and other major issues facing the state.
Rodriguez criticized Salazar's response to Trump's immigration policies and said she has failed to address the cost of living.
Campaign finance records and tax filings raise questions about how $5 million moved through Secure Florida's Future.
The Democrat says rapidly advancing technology requires Congress to act before safeguards fall behind.
Families say months without court-ordered treatment can worsen psychiatric crises behind bars.
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.
Dennis Haskins, who played Principal Richard Belding in "Saved By The Bell," has died. He was 75.
Madonna won Artist of the Year while Taylor Swift became the most awarded artist in Video Music Awards history.
Challenging documentaries and award-winning features are among the offerings of New York City's leading cinema event, starring such luminaries as Pedro Pascal, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Godzilla.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
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