Crist Begins Taking Steps Toward Gubernatorial Run
Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist appears to be slowly taking the wrapping off his potential bid to challenge Republican Governor Rick Scott during next year's gubernatorial election.
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Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist appears to be slowly taking the wrapping off his potential bid to challenge Republican Governor Rick Scott during next year's gubernatorial election.
Big changes for some Florida Blue policy holders. The company announced it is dropping 300,000 customers whose policies the health insurer says aren't sufficiently comprehensive under the health care overhaul.
Internet retail giant Amazon is officially coming to Florida. Amazon.com confirmed Tuesday that it will build distribution centers in Hillsborough County and in Lakeland, with the expectation of creating more than 1,000 full-time jobs. However, it means Floridians will now have to pay sales tax on their Amazon purchases.
Governor Rick Scott announced Tuesday he wants to cut the state budget by $100 million next year.
Despite two escaped murderers released through forged documents being found and back in custody, the head of the state's law enforcement agency said additional steps are being put in place to prevent a similar incident from happening again.
Broward teachers, all 14 thousand of them, after much persistence, learned Friday that they will be receiving their raises.
More than 100 elected officials, teachers and concerned parents attended a public hearing in Davie Wednesday to debate the pros and cons of state's new academic standards.
Supporters and opponents of the controversial "Common Core" education standards clashed Tuesday in Tampa during the opening stop in a three-day round of public hearings across the state.
More than 90 days after Gov. Rick Scott signed off a budget which included nearly $500 million earmarked for teacher's raises, a majority the state's school districts have still not finalized negotiations to distribute the money.
Angie Crowley was making her first long trip through Florida on Memorial Day weekend in 1986 and was taking extra care to make sure she'd arrive OK.
Republican Gov. Rick Scott, whose campaign catchphrase is "It's working," is trying hard to get Floridians to like him.
The Sunshine State will back Mississippi in a lawsuit over flood insurance rates, but Florida will not file its own lawsuit.
Little more than a year before the 2014 elections, the Republican Party of Florida and its leaders are showing their financial muscle.
Florida Republicans have raised a lot more money toward the next election than Democrats so far according to new numbers released Thursday.
Florida's schools and state government could be the next victims of the federal government shutdown.
The promise of a pay raise by Gov. Rick Scott for teachers around the state is still just that for hundreds of teachers.
While he hasn't declared that he's in the running, Florida's Republican see Charlie Crist as a threat to Gov. Rick Scott in next year's election.
Jim DeFede spoke to former Florida U.S. Senator George LeMieux about how Gov. Rick Scott would fare if he was challenged by former Gov. Charlie Crist.
If former Gov. Charlie Crist challenges Gov. Rick Scott in 2014, some Florida Republicans appear to be very wary about the election.
Later this month, Florida will hold three public hearings on controversial new education standards.
It was one of the most controversial plans Governor Rick Scott came up with in 2012, but Florida's elections officials said they learned from their mistakes and will implement a new non-citizen voter purge programs this year.
As day four of the GOP-forced federal government shutdown rolls on Friday, most Florida agencies have avoided the worst impacts of the shutdown.
Tropical Storm Karen continues to churn towards the gulf coast and as the storm nears the region, Governor Rick Scott has issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency in 18 North Florida counties.
Millions of people across the U.S., including South Florida, can now enroll for coverage in the new government-run online health insurance exchanges but many encountered snarled web traffic and technical glitches during Tuesday's big launch.
After 23 years on Florida's death row, Marshall Lee Gore, a former escort service owner who killed two women, was executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening.
The Miami Dolphins' season-opening loss to the Las Vegas Raiders was a sobering reminder of the growing pains that come with a full organizational rebuild.
Cesar Oriol Cardoso, 53, faces charges including showing obscene material to a minor and lewd conduct.
Most unruptured brain aneurysms cause no symptoms and are found only through imaging, a Baptist Hospital doctor says.
With both parents still hospitalized, the girl's grandfather says the family has no way to lay her to rest yet.
The family of Julio Pineda, one of 5 killed when a work van was struck by an Amazon cargo plane, has filed the lawsuit.
The Miami Dolphins' season-opening loss to the Las Vegas Raiders was a sobering reminder of the growing pains that come with a full organizational rebuild.
Cesar Oriol Cardoso, 53, faces charges including showing obscene material to a minor and lewd conduct.
Four people were injured after an 85-foot drilling rig collapsed in Miami's Brickell neighborhood, crushing vehicles and trapping two workers.
Most unruptured brain aneurysms cause no symptoms and are found only through imaging, a Baptist Hospital doctor says.
With both parents still hospitalized, the girl's grandfather says the family has no way to lay her to rest yet.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Degnis Bofill, who won a 2022 Latin Grammy, is being held at the Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County while his asylum case is pending.
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.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
Carlos Tellez Sanchez had worked at a car dealership in Dallas during the day and drove for Uber Eats at night to support his family.
Courtney Walter said her husband, Jorge Luis Eliecer Ruiz, was stopped by immigration agents on Aug. 3 in Coconut Creek.
A former Republican Congressman turned Democrat, Jolly is running as a moderate voice, arguing that it is time for change after decades of Republican rule in Tallahassee.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
The report found taxpayer money was routed through nonprofits and into political accounts, while Attorney General James Uthmeier faces fresh criticism over his role in the transfer.
Moskowitz discusses primary win, Democratic divide.
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.
Despite a rash of foodborne illnesses in recent months, one expert said the nation's food supply is "remarkably safe." Here's what to know.
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.
Dubbed the "Designer to the Stars," Bob Mackie won nine Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and was nominated for three Oscars.
Stella Parton gives insight into her sister Dolly Parton's marriage, makeup habits and views on death in an exclusive CBS News interview.
Dolly Parton died in Nashville on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 — a shock to fans around the world who weren't aware of her illness.
Ben Shelton ended Carlos Alcaraz's title reign in the latest-finishing match in U.S. Open history, pulling out the victory in a marathon tussle that ended at 3:33 a.m. Wednesday.
While performing in St. Louis on Saturday night, Lionel Richie appeared at one point to lean on a piano for support, according to video from the show.