Florida Gov. Signs Criminal Justice, Shooting Threat Bills
Threats of mass shootings and terrorist acts are being added to a Florida law that makes written threats to kill or do bodily harm a second-degree felony.
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Threats of mass shootings and terrorist acts are being added to a Florida law that makes written threats to kill or do bodily harm a second-degree felony.
Voting rights are something to be taken very seriously.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed two bills to nail down requirements for nursing homes and assisted living facilities to have backup generators and fuel supplies.
Gov. Rick Scott named a new chief of staff Monday in a potential prelude to an anticipated run for the U.S. Senate.
School safety is as big an issue as any in the US, evidenced by Saturday's March For Our Lives events held across the country.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed 74 bills into law on Friday, including a tax cut package and a measure that declares the Legislature's intent to observe daylight-saving time year-round.
Florida's governor has ordered a statue of a Confederate general at the U.S. Capitol to be removed and replaced with one of an African-American woman.
Gov. Rick Scott has signed legislation to combat opioid abuse in the state of Florida.
If a tree falls in Florida, does it make anyone money?
Some major financial assistance could be coming to Florida schools for a highly-debated reason.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott's time running the state is nearing its end.
A group of local and national officials held a press conference at Florida International University Thursday night following the deadly bridge collapse that has claimed at least four lives.
Emerging from his final legislative session, Republican Governor Rick Scott holds a small lead over incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson in a potential U.S. Senate race that could help determine control of the Senate, according to a poll released Monday.
President Donald Trump defended Monday his administration's newly unveiled gun and school safety proposals.
So much for giving two weeks notice.
High school students around the state hoping to go to college in Florida have a reason to celebrate.
Those hoping for more gun control are looking at an odd source for the beginning of change; the state of Florida.
Another big step in the right direction by Florida lawmakers this week.
Gun safety wasn't the only thing on Florida lawmakers minds this week.
Governor Rick Scott is not rushing to sign a compromise school safety and gun reform measure.
A proposal that will ask voters to make it tougher for future state lawmakers to raise taxes narrowly cleared the Senate on Monday.
"Jobs, jobs, jobs," has been the mantra for Rick Scott. It not only helped him win the governor's office, it kept him there for a second term.
In wake of the deadly school shooting, Florida's governor declared February 14th as Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Remembrance Day.
Florida Governor Rick Scott is a man with a plan.
Governor Rick Scott is asking the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to take a closer look at how local authorities responded to the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Tiger Woods' attorney and prosecutors are arguing about whether the golfer's prescription drug records should be handed over.
One of the victims suffered a laceration while jumping from a window to escape, officials say.
Heavy rain on Tuesday could help firefighters who are working to contain wildfires burning in South Florida.
An interactive wildfire map shows active fires burning in Broward and Miami-Dade as smoke impacts air quality and visibility across parts of South Florida.
Iran warns any new U.S. attacks will bring a "bad result," as President Trump acknowledges the ceasefire is faltering and violence flares in Lebanon.
Tiger Woods' attorney and prosecutors are arguing about whether the golfer's prescription drug records should be handed over.
One of the victims suffered a laceration while jumping from a window to escape, officials say.
Heavy rain on Tuesday could help firefighters who are working to contain wildfires burning in South Florida.
An interactive wildfire map shows active fires burning in Broward and Miami-Dade as smoke impacts air quality and visibility across parts of South Florida.
Participants in the program take part in community service and character-building programs, helping them grow and give back.
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.
Trade, Taiwan and tensions with Iran are surefire topics for President Trump's meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Justice Samuel Alito extended an administrative stay that maintained access to mifepristone through the mail.
Marty Makary has served as Food and Drug Administration commissioner since March 2025.
President Trump made the comments in a phone interview with CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes.
Allen is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump, assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon and two gun counts.
CBS News Miami has confirmed from multiple sources that the Miami Dade State Attorney's office is investigating A3.
State Senator Rosalind Osgood is urging Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida's 22nd Congressional district.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
In 2002, Zermeño found out he contracted hantavirus after cleaning the family house following the death of his mother and sister. He had been exposed to rodent droppings and became infected.
Three passengers have been evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, as related cases are confirmed in Switzerland and South Africa.
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.
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.