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With a somber look on his face, Gerard Lopes, also known as Gerry, walks into the courtroom greeted by the angry and sad faces of family and friends who loved his mother Natalie Belmonte, the woman he was accused of raping and beating, and convicted of killing and dumping her body in a Pembroke Pines swamp.
One of South Florida's most famous survivors is speaking out just days after her 97th birthday and recalling her ordeal while trapped in a car for 80 hours in a snake and bug-infested mangrove swamp beneath I-595.
The picture of a man Pembroke Pines police believe is an attempted robbery suspect has been released.
The precautionary boil water notice for the city of Hollywood, issued Thursday, has been lifted.
Repair crews are fixing a broken water main in Hollywood. The break led to boil water notices being issued for not only Hollywood, but areas that receive water from Hollywood and Broward County.
Clutching candles and each other, Maritza Medina's family, friends and neighbors held a vigil in her honor Thursday outside Southwest Ranches Town Hall.
Hundreds of South Florida fashionistas waited in long lines early Thursday morning for the grand opening of South Florida's latest H&M store inside the Pembroke Lakes Mall in Pembroke Pines.
Maritza Medina lost her life when a man, who was fleeing from police, crashed into her car. Now Medina's family, friends and some neighbors have focused their anger on the gates that separate her home in Southwest Ranches from Pembroke Pines—which forced Medina to take the route where she lost her life.
There are three small gates that divide the town of Southwest Ranches and Pembroke Pines. And over the past two decades, these same three gates have been the source of controversy and debate.
As investigators hope to learn more about what led suspected killer Antonio Feliu's rampage Wednesday morning, family and friends of the woman killed when his SUV t-boned her sedan will attend her funeral this weekend.
Family, friends and neighbors are mourning the death of Maritza Medina—a mother and wife killed after her car was slammed by a suspect that was attempting to flee police Wednesday.
A Pembroke Pines woman got a special kind of detention when she reportedly showed up intoxicated at a Miramar elementary school to pick up her son.
A teenage boy who died at the Citrus Health Treatment Center for adolescents in Pembroke Pines in August died of natural causes.
The trial is underway for a Pembroke Pines man accused of raping and killing his adoptive mother.
The FBI has released a surveillance image of a man they say robbed a Pembroke Pines bank Wednesday morning.
South Florida firefighters stripped from their uniforms all in the name of charity.
As students went back to school in Pembroke Pines, they walked through the doors to find more than just the usual teachers and principal.
Already under fire for a disturbing video showing a police officer punching and pepper spraying a 14 year old girl, the Citrus Health Treatment Center for adolescents in Pembroke Pines is facing a new crisis: the unexplained death of a different child in their care.
A quick stop for something to drink ended in a spray of glass and metal at a Pembroke Pines convenience store Tuesday morning.
Pembroke Pines police were called to a "riot" at the Citrus Center for Adolescent Treatment Services in April, an episode that included an officer slugging a 14 year-old mentally disturbed patient in the face.
Three men were arrested Saturday after Hollywood Police said they robbed a jewelry store and then crashed their getaway car.
The Broward Sheriff's Office has released the name of the man who was shot and killed by deputies after he apparently tried to make good on a threat to rob a Pembroke Pines business.
Broward Sheriff's deputies shot a man Thursday who allegedly planned to pull off an armed robbery in Pembroke Pines.
A Pembroke Pines woman who has been missing since last week has been found safe.
A four long negotiation Tuesday afternoon ended with an agreement between The City of Pembroke Pines and the Broward Teachers Union over whether or not to privatize the city's financially struggling, but A-rated charter school system.
U.S. Central Command said Saturday that more than 11,000 targets have been struck since Operation Epic Fury began on Feb. 28.
The school district said 25 students and five adults were on the bus headed out for a school field trip.
The Colombian navy said it also seized thousands of gallons of smuggled fuel, preventing "the strengthening of illicit economies."
Francisco Marrero, 79, is facing multiple charges of organized fraud, first-degree grand theft, practicing accounting without a license, and money laundering.
Bank of America has reached a $72.5 million settlement in a lawsuit that alleges the financial giant helped facilitate the sex trafficking operation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The school district said 25 students and five adults were on the bus headed out for a school field trip.
Hundreds are expected to rally across South Florida as part of a nationwide "No Kings" day, with organizers planning demonstrations in several cities.
The Colombian navy said it also seized thousands of gallons of smuggled fuel, preventing "the strengthening of illicit economies."
Francisco Marrero, 79, is facing multiple charges of organized fraud, first-degree grand theft, practicing accounting without a license, and money laundering.
Bank of America has reached a $72.5 million settlement in a lawsuit that alleges the financial giant helped facilitate the sex trafficking operation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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.
Ten U.S. service members were injured in an attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, according to multiple U.S. officials.
The full committee will recommend sanctions for Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Florida Democrat, after the House's April recess.
The House passed a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security for 60 days — but it's still unclear how the shutdown will end as the Senate, which approved its own funding plan, is on recess.
President Trump said he will sign an executive order to restart pay for TSA officers, who have gone more than a month without a full paycheck.
The Treasury Department plans to add President Trump's signature to new U.S. paper currency, a first for a sitting president.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The price hike raises the cost of the standard plan with ads by $1 per month and the cost of the standard and premium plans by $2.
Savannah Guthrie stepped back from her NBC duties almost two months ago when her mother, Nancy Guthrie, disappeared. The investigation is ongoing.
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.
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."