Old Lottery Scam Claims New Victim, Out $82 Thousand
A Pompano Beach woman enthralled with the chance to share $3 million in lottery winnings instead lost more than $80 thousand to some smooth con-artists who found a new victim for an old scam.
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A Pompano Beach woman enthralled with the chance to share $3 million in lottery winnings instead lost more than $80 thousand to some smooth con-artists who found a new victim for an old scam.
Broward Sheriffs Office detectives released a composite sketch of a burglar who they said has targeted a dozen Palm Aire Condominiums in the past several weeks, stealing at least $200,000 in jewelry and other items.
The Broward Sheriff's Office has released a sketch of the man they say forced his way into an elderly woman's home, beat her up, and robbed her.
A Pompano Beach woman who was beaten and robbed in her own home is speaking out about the horrible ordeal and has a message for the man who attacked her.
A citrus and fruit tree quarantine in Pompano Beach has been expanded after state agriculture workers found a fifth Mediterranean fruit fly in a trap.
An elderly Pompano Beach woman lived through one of her worst nightmares Tuesday after she was beaten and robbed in her own home.
Voters in Miramar who went to the polls Tuesday, or voted in absentia, decided that Lori Moseley should keep her job as Mayor.
Voters in eight Broward County municipalities are going to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots on a number of local issues.
Police are investigating after a number of air conditioning units were targeted in a Pompano Beach area, and the thieves were after copper wire.
The man who gunned down Broward Sheriff's deputy Paul Rein in a desperate escape has been sentenced to life in prison.
Two Mediterranean fruit flies were discovered during routine monitoring in a residential area in South Florida, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services reported. Medflies are considered the most serious of the world's fruit fly pests.
A Pompano Beach family is mourning the loss of their 2-year-old daughter, Sophia Pacani after she drowned Sunday.
In a time when many are tightening belts some produce growers are helping by offering fresh vegetables and fruit at farmer markets Saturday in Florida City and Pompano Beach.
One down, one to go, in the search for two men wanted in the armed robbery of a Pompano Beach convenience store.
A Pompano Beach couple is dead in what the Broward Sheriff's Office is calling a murder-suicide.
A Ft. Lauderdale man charged in the death of a friend in Pompano Beach last year has changed his plea.
BSO investigators are asking for help with leads into the death of a popular American Airlines pilot whose body was found by deputies last Friday at his Pompano Beach home.
One of the oldest and largest Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. celebrations in the United States takes place on the street's of Miami's Liberty City and Pompano Beach.
A Pompano Beach man was killed early Monday morning after a smoky fire ripped through his ground floor apartment.
A pilot is grateful to be alive after a plane crash landed Friday afternoon in a field north of the Pompano Beach Air Park.
The FBI has released photographs of a South Florida bank robber in hopes that the public can help identify him.
An elderly Pompano Beach man was killed after falling 10-stories from a condo building. It happened just before at 11 a.m. at the Pompano Beach Club North.
The Broward Sheriff's Office has charged a Pompano Beach teen with tampering with evidence and giving false information to law enforcement after he shot his 10-year-old half-sister Wednesday night.
Broward Sheriff's Office detectives are trying to figure out how a gun got into the hands of a teenage boy, resulting in the shooting of his little sister.
Former Florida Rep. David Rivera goes on trial Monday over allegations he secretly lobbied for Venezuela's government during the first Trump administration.
The Supreme Court is considering a challenge to a Mississippi law that allows ballots that are postmarked by but received up to five days after Election Day to be counted.
Crude oil prices also dropped after President Trump said the administration had held "good and productive" peace talks with Iran.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the National Transportation Safety Board will likely lead the investigation.
Beachgoers can expect excellent conditions with a low rip current risk and water temperatures in the mid-70s.
Former Florida Rep. David Rivera goes on trial Monday over allegations he secretly lobbied for Venezuela's government during the first Trump administration.
The Supreme Court is considering a challenge to a Mississippi law that allows ballots that are postmarked by but received up to five days after Election Day to be counted.
Crude oil prices also dropped after President Trump said the administration had held "good and productive" peace talks with Iran.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the National Transportation Safety Board will likely lead the investigation.
Beachgoers can expect excellent conditions with a low rip current risk and water temperatures in the mid-70s.
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.
Former Florida Rep. David Rivera goes on trial Monday over allegations he secretly lobbied for Venezuela's government during the first Trump administration.
The Supreme Court is considering a challenge to a Mississippi law that allows ballots that are postmarked by but received up to five days after Election Day to be counted.
President Trump said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will assist TSA agents at airports as delays and security staffing shortages continue to worsen.
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.
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.