Broward's Murder Rates Rise As Overall Crime Statewide Drops
Despite a drop statewide in murder and a number of other crimes in the first half of this, Broward County actually saw an increase in its murder rate.
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Despite a drop statewide in murder and a number of other crimes in the first half of this, Broward County actually saw an increase in its murder rate.
Florida's charter schools continue to grow at a rapid pace and now Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants school districts to open their own charter schools to try out innovative approaches to curriculum, instructional strategies and educational focus.
Gov. Rick Scott canceled all of his events for Thursday so he could be with his mother who is seriously ill.
An agreement has been reached by an education task force assembled by Gov. Scott regarding how to lower tuition costs.
Plans to revamp Florida's license plans and change how they are distributed have been put on hold.
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a federal appeals court stay of execution for a mass killer convicted of eight murders in South Florida in the 1970s.
Governor Rick Scott is putting the final touches on education proposals he plans to unveil on Thursday at an education conference. The plans include debit cards for public school teachers and more school choice, according to the News Service of Florida.
There could be a change on the way for Florida license plates that could make it easier for the state to fine toll and red light runners.
Student athletes get an education in the classroom, but they haven't had a proper one on injury prevention. That changed Friday morning, when Governor Rick Scott signed into law House Bill 291.
Governor Rick Scott vowed Thursday to add $2 million for a professional grant program that will help train teachers.
Governor Rick Scott is targeting higher education again Friday after asking his chief inspector general to re-examine the contracts of the 28 presidents who work in the state college system.
During a update about the nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak to the Florida Cabinet Tuesday, Governor Rick Scott inadvertently gave out a number that will do nothing to help people looking for information about the condition: an adult phone line number.
Gov. Rick Scott and local officials will announce this week that a Univision-ABC joint venture for a new cable network will be based in Miami, likely bringing about 350 jobs to South Florida.
A stand off between Governor Rick Scott and the Obama administration has left millions of uninsured Florida families in a limbo of sorts.
Lawyers for a Florida death row inmate scheduled to be executed later this month will make their case to the state's highest court on Thursday.
Next month's execution of a convicted murderer has been temporarily put on hold by Gov. Rick Scott who wants a panel of psychiatrists to determine if he is insane.
Since taking office, Gov. Rick Scott has repeatedly boasted of rejecting billions of dollars from the federal government. Now, Washington has turned the tables, shutting down Scott's plea for financial aid in a move that almost instantly took on political tones.
Democrat Alex Sink would defeat Gov. Rick Scott in a hypothetical rematch of their 2010 governor's election according to a poll of likely voters released Thursday.
Governor Rick Scott appealed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Nepolitano Thursday saying South Florida's busiest airport is severely lacking in Customs and Border Protection agents.
For Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to capture the presidency, winning the Sunshine State will be crucial. But the latest polling from Fox News is not painting a positive picture for Romney.
After American Airlines announced on Tuesday it's plans to possibly let go of more than 1,400 in South Florida employees, Gov. Rick Scott is let down.
More than 30 counties in the state of Florida will not hold the maximum amount of early voting hours, according to Secretary of State Kent Detzner. But, those counties not taking part in full voting hours will not include Broward, Palm Beach, or Miami-Dade.
Along with six other counties, Monroe County might receive federal grant money after Tropical Storm Isaac brushed by Florida.
On Friday night Governor Rick Scott met with leaders of Florida's teachers union for the first time since taking office.
A task force formed after the shooting death of 17-year Trayvon Martin in Sanford earlier this year is meeting Wednesday in West Palm Beach.
Florida State kicker Conor McAneney remains jailed following his arrest on felony charges of battery of a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest with violence, according to jail records.
"This idea that unless you're an axe murderer you should be able to stay, that is not consistent with our laws, and it's also not good policy," DeSantis said at an event in Bradenton.
Authorities say the four suspects had previously been deported from the U.S.
Royer Perez-Jimenez was arrested by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office in January, according to ICE.
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Florida State kicker Conor McAneney remains jailed following his arrest on felony charges of battery of a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest with violence, according to jail records.
"This idea that unless you're an axe murderer you should be able to stay, that is not consistent with our laws, and it's also not good policy," DeSantis said at an event in Bradenton.
Authorities say the four suspects had previously been deported from the U.S.
Royer Perez-Jimenez was arrested by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office in January, according to ICE.
Two former FBI agents who helped investigate President Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results sued the federal government, alleging they were wrongfully terminated.
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.
Two former FBI agents who helped investigate President Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results sued the federal government, alleging they were wrongfully terminated.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. has struck more than 7,000 targets across Iran since the war began.
Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer testified to the House Oversight Committee that he "had no knowledge whatsoever" of his client's crimes.
A group of House Democrats walked out of a closed-door briefing with Attorney General Pam Bondi on the Jeffrey Epstein probe late Wednesday, as tensions over the DOJ's handling of the Epstein case continue to simmer.
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.
For the first time, Donalds acknowledges that he didn't just possess marijuana, but that he was also dealing at the time.
The measure was pushed by the Freedom Foundation, a right-wing think tank funded by billionaires, whose intention is to eliminate public sector unions.
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.
Law enforcement sources told CBS News that additional images were obtained from surveillance cameras installed at Guthrie's Tucson home, but they showed nothing suspicious.
The Kennedy Center's board of directors has voted to shut down operations for two years following this summer's July 4 celebrations.
The film follows CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp through their seven-year journey to document the toll of America's school shooting epidemic.
As Kumail Nanjiani took the stage to announce the winner for Best Live-Action Short at the 98th annual Academy Awards, the actor exclaimed: "And the Oscar goes to ... it's a tie."
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