Pres. Obama Gains The Upper Hand
Republican Mitt Romney's path to victory is slowly narrowing. With only five weeks until Election Day, President Barack Obama is close to receiving the 270 electoral votes needed to win a second term.
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Republican Mitt Romney's path to victory is slowly narrowing. With only five weeks until Election Day, President Barack Obama is close to receiving the 270 electoral votes needed to win a second term.
A registered sex offender, arrested for allegedly abducting a 12-year-old girl from North Carolina, was expected to appear in federal court Friday morning after being held without bond in a Fort Lauderdale courtroom a day earlier. His name was removed from the docket, and whether he will officially face federal charges in South Florida, or be extradited to North Carolina and charged there is still unclear.
The registered sex offender suspected of abducting a North Carolina girl and taking her to Miami-Dade was arrested Wednesday evening.
The Florida State Seminoles have barely broke a sweat in their first two games of the season against Murray State and Savannah State. But that figures to change starting Saturday as the Noles open Atlantic Coast Conference play against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis said Thursday that he expects 24 Nike-backed basketball teams to be in two tournaments in 2017 to celebrate Nike co-founder Phil Knight's 80th birthday.
One more Florida landmark is about to disappear from the horizon with Tuesday's approval by federal banking regulators of the sale of hometown BankAtlantic to North Carolina-based BB&T. Most of the nearly 80 BankAtlantic branches will get the new name by the end of the year, but still unknown is how many jobs will be lost by the sale.
Summers just aren't quiet anymore for the Atlantic Coast Conference. More NCAA concerns have popped up at Miami while North Carolina prepares to serve its one-year bowl ban.
Anthony Shicappa Pietra received a Silver Knight Award Thursday night and will graduate high school on Saturday, but his journey has been anything but easy as he begins to prepare for the next chapter in his life.
The Atlantic Coast Conference championship title now belongs to Florida State. The 17th-ranked FSU used a barrage of 3-pointers to beat No. 4 North Carolina 85-82 for the ACC championship Sunday.
The Atlantic Coast Conference has finally released the University of Miami's football schedule for the 2012 season and it's going to be a tough road for the Canes.
Fresh off an upset victory over the Duke Blue Devils, the University of Miami basketball team is thinking big, as in the NCAA Tournament.
Jacory Harris had an opportunity to look at his statistics, but he declined. He already knew everything he needed to know.
E.J. Manuel came back for No. 23 Florida State. So did a bunch of familiar, unwelcome problems.
While Hurricane Irene's winds and storm surge fell short of the doomsday predictions, it did leave a mess from North Carolina north through the New England area.
Nearly two dozen deaths in eight states have been attributed to Hurricane Irene.
The center of Tropical Storm Irene is battering northeastern New England with torrential rain and which have caused wide spread flooding along the upper eastern seaboard.
South Florida has made it a priority to deal with hurricanes quickly and efficiently. Now, that expertise is being deployed to the Mid-Atlantic states to help as Hurricane Irene closes in on the area.
Hurricane Irene moved out to sea Saturday evening after drenching the outer banks of North Carolina and causing at least 4 deaths. The storm now seems on a direct path move up the coast to Philadelphia and New York City, drenching Washington DC and the Delmarva Peninsula along the way.
Up and down the East Coast people are packing up and getting out of Hurricane Irene's way. The monster hurricane is expected to roar ashore in North Carolina Saturday with 115 mile per hour winds, before marching North.
The very powerful and very dangerous Hurricane Irene has started to slowly move away from battered Abaco Island in the Bahamas.
Hurricane Irene continues to barrel towards the East Coast. The category three storm could make landfall anywhere from North Carolina to New York this weekend. Evacuations began for tourists Wednesday on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and residents have been told to get out starting Thursday.
U.S. Navy ships stationed in Virginia have been ordered to leave Norfolk Naval Station in preparation for Hurricane Irene.
Tourists on a North Carolina barrier island have begun evacuating as Hurricane Irene heads for the East Coast. Irene strengthened to a major Category 3 storm over the Bahamas on Wednesday. Its sustained winds increased to near 115 mph with additional strengthening expected.
Florida is outside of the forecast cone for Hurricane Irene, but that doesn't mean there won't be problems in the Sunshine State due to the storm.
A North Carolina company is recalling thousands of cucumbers that could be contaminated with salmonella, and the cucumbers were distributed to various states, including Florida.
Police are investigating possible connections and urge anyone with information to come forward.
Carlos Alcaraz has been eliminated in the third round of the Miami Open, losing to Sebastian Korda in three sets.
As Cubans in Miami rally and send critical aid to Havana, many hope their efforts will draw attention to the island's deepening crisis and inspire meaningful change.
Cuba has begun restarting its power grid after another nationwide blackout left millions without electricity.
In a 54 to 37 vote, two Democrats voted with all Republicans in attendance to advance Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination. A final confirmation vote is expected in the coming days.
Police are investigating possible connections and urge anyone with information to come forward.
Carlos Alcaraz has been eliminated in the third round of the Miami Open, losing to Sebastian Korda in three sets.
As Cubans in Miami rally and send critical aid to Havana, many hope their efforts will draw attention to the island's deepening crisis and inspire meaningful change.
In a 54 to 37 vote, two Democrats voted with all Republicans in attendance to advance Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination. A final confirmation vote is expected in the coming days.
Wasserman Schultz pushed back against the suggestion that the United States was led into this war by Israel and its leader, Benjamin Netanyahu.
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.
In a 54 to 37 vote, two Democrats voted with all Republicans in attendance to advance Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination. A final confirmation vote is expected in the coming days.
Most Republicans, especially MAGA, continue to support the US action and express a lot of confidence in Trump personally.
The Supreme Court will consider whether states can count mail ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after.
Democrats are expected to eventually block the broader legislation.
Robert Mueller served as FBI director from 2001 to 2013 and led the investigation into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Wasserman Schultz pushed back against the suggestion that the United States was led into this war by Israel and its leader, Benjamin Netanyahu.
In advance of the trial, CBS News Miami spoke to Miami Herald federal courts reporter Jay Weaver about what Rubio is expected to say when he takes the stand.
Critics of the bill argue that the attacks on the teacher unions are part of a broader education strategy that has slowly been unfolding for the past 30 years.
Nixon is in the Democratic primary against Alex Vindman, the retired lieutenant colonel who was instrumental in causing Trump's first impeachment.
In a wide-ranging CBS News Miami interview with Jim DeFede, Byron Donalds discussed his troubled past, tensions with Gov. Ron DeSantis and his political views.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
The Sunshine state is on track to be the second-highest, with only nine cases behind Utah, and the numbers lagging by five days.
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.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Local reports estimate that roughly 40,000 people gathered across central Seoul to watch K-pop band BTS reunite.
CBS News announced Friday that CBS News Radio will be shutting down this spring after nearly 100 years of broadcasting, citing "challenging economic realities."
Bodycam video footage of Justin Timberlake's June 2024 DWI arrest on Long Island was released to the media Friday.
Chuck Norris' family said his death at 86 was sudden, but did not share any details on the cause.
ABC has canceled its already filmed season of "The Bachelorette" starring Taylor Frankie Paul after video surfaced of a 2023 incident in which she was charged with assault.