Facing South Florida for Sept. 17: Florida Abortion
Jim DeFede devotes the entire half hour to this polarizing hot-button issue.
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Jim DeFede devotes the entire half hour to this polarizing hot-button issue.
CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede devotes the entire half hour to this polarizing hot-button issue, playing off this past week's Florida Supreme Court hearing on abortion. In addition to playing portions of the hearing, Jim gets perspective from the attorney who argued the case before the court, and the Florida Senate's Minority Leader, who represents Broward County, who attended the hearing in Tallahassee. Guests: Whitney White/Attorney, ACLU /Planned Parenthood State Sen. Lauren Book/(D) Broward County
The third Republican presidential primary debate will be held in Miami in early November, sources familiar with the event tell CNN.
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Testifying in Miami federal court, Moïse gave emotional and at times graphic testimony about the July 2021 attack inside the couple's bedroom at their home in Petionville, Haiti.
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When officers arrived at the scene, they found a woman and the man, who they say was armed with a knife.
The comments come as Cuba faces a deepening energy crisis. A severe shortage of fuel has forced authorities to impose prolonged blackouts across the country, leaving many communities without electricity for hours, and in some cases, days at a time.
Dr. Chuanmin Hu, a professor of Oceanography at the University of South Florida, delivered the warning following the school's latest 2026 sargassum outlook.
Testifying in Miami federal court, Moïse gave emotional and at times graphic testimony about the July 2021 attack inside the couple's bedroom at their home in Petionville, Haiti.
An idea catching fire in Fort Lauderdale is at the Sanctuary Presbyterian Church on North Federal Highway, which has filed an application to build a 12-story, 340-unit residential building, with up to a third set aside for affordable housing.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found a woman and the man, who they say was armed with a knife.
The comments come as Cuba faces a deepening energy crisis. A severe shortage of fuel has forced authorities to impose prolonged blackouts across the country, leaving many communities without electricity for hours, and in some cases, days at a time.
Dr. Chuanmin Hu, a professor of Oceanography at the University of South Florida, delivered the warning following the school's latest 2026 sargassum outlook.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
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The measure was pushed by the Freedom Foundation, a right-wing think tank funded by billionaires, whose intention is to eliminate public sector unions.
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Savannah Guthrie thanked her colleagues for "caring about my mom as much as I do" in her visit to the studio since Nancy Guthrie's disappearance.
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