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Time Warner Inc. is bringing 500 jobs to Florida. Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday announced that the media and entertainment conglomerate that owns Home Box Office and CNN has chosen Tampa, Florida over other locations, including Atlanta.
Florida's statewide teacher's union has filed a lawsuit related to the teacher merit pay law passed by the Florida Legislature this year.
If Congress were to approve President Obama's jobs plan it could mean more than $7 billion for Florida and administration officials say it could create or save more than 60,000 jobs.
Less than a week after Florida Governor Rick Scott asked for more names to be submitted for the Broward County Medical Examiner's job; the current Broward County Medical Examiner announced his resignation at the end of October.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has filed suit in federal court against a new state law that requires welfare recipients to pass a drug test.
The courts have cleared the way for the state of Florida to execute a man who has outlived for more than three decades a death sentence for a killing a Coral Gables police officer.
Drilling for oil in the Florida Everglades has become a slippery slope for Gov. Rick Scott.
Florida Governor Rick Scott isn't even through his first year in office, but an opposition candidate for the 2014 race may be getting closer to challenging Scott.
Once again, the courts have stepped in to extend the life of a man who has outlived for more than three decades a death sentence for killing a Coral Gable cop. This time, a court has delayed Tuesday's planned execution of Manuel Valle over a clemency hearing he claims he was denied.
Florida Governor Rick Scott has asked for more names to be submitted for the Broward County Medical Examiner's job. Currently, Dr. Joshua Perper is Broward County's M.E.; but Governor Scott hasn't made a decision on whether to keep Perper on the job.
Gov. Rick Scott is hoping to cash in on the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top early learning challenge.
The Broward School Board was busy Monday when it welcomed its two newest members and narrowed down the candidates for Superintendent to seven semi-finalists.
The two open spots on the Broward School Board were filled late Friday afternoon by Florida Governor Rick Scott, who named former Broward Katherine Leach and real estate agent Donna Korn to fill the vacancies left by the resignation of Jennifer Gottlieb and Dave Thomas.
A man convicted of killing a Coral Gables police officer in 1978 is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to stay his Sept. 6 execution.
Citing increasingly apparent "differences in philosophy and management styles" with the administration, Corrections Secretary Edwin Buss resigned abruptly on Wednesday, after less than eight months on the job.
Gov. Rick Scott said a massive South Florida prison privatization plan won't fly if it doesn't save the state money.
Gov. Rick Scott on Friday ordered an investigation into the deletion of emails written by the governor and some members of his transition team.
Gov. Rick Scott's administration acknowledged this week that the email accounts of Scott when he was governor-elect and most of his transition team were deleted after he took office, possibly erasing public records illegally.
Florida Governor Rick Scott has been rebuked by the Florida Supreme Court for putting a halt to rulemaking in the state.
Governor Rick Scott has been trying to rehabilitate his image since being ranked one of the most unpopular governors in the country. Monday, Governor Scott's office sent out an out-of-focus picture and asked that all media agencies use the fuzzy image for all graphics.
Despite numerous campaigns to educate the public about he dangers of prescription pill abuse, drug deaths in Florida increased nearly 9 percent last year compared to 2009.
Gov. Rick Scott dropped his line in the water off the Florida Keys to promote tourism in the Conch Republic.
Taking advantage of his swing through South Florida, Governor Rick Scott plans to do a little fishing on Thursday in the Florida Keys to promote tourism.
Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday defended his decision to hire tea party activist Robin Stublen as a new "deputy director of public liaison" at $70,000 a year, pledging to "hold him accountable" to the taxpayers.
The former executive director of the College Board Florida Office has been tapped as Monroe County's new Superintendent of Schools.
Dolphins running back De'Von Achane is only entering his fourth season in the NFL, but he's already one of the veteran leaders in Miami.
Attorneys with the Coral Gables-based law firm Silva and Silva identified the patients as 19-year-old Endrys Elian Martinez and 35-year-old Kenly Millan Aponte, a mother of two.
The plans include watch parties, soccer clinics for kids, entertainment, and musical acts at various venues around the county.
A group of 35 former federal judges asked a court to reopen a legal dispute between President Trump and the government, calling the deal to create a $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization fund" potentially fraudulent.
The U.S. military carried out another round of strikes on Iran, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday, another challenge to a shaky ceasefire between the two countries.
Dolphins running back De'Von Achane is only entering his fourth season in the NFL, but he's already one of the veteran leaders in Miami.
Attorneys with the Coral Gables-based law firm Silva and Silva identified the patients as 19-year-old Endrys Elian Martinez and 35-year-old Kenly Millan Aponte, a mother of two.
The NEXT Weather team shares expert advice on how to prepare for a potential storm.
The plans include watch parties, soccer clinics for kids, entertainment, and musical acts at various venues around the county.
A group of 35 former federal judges asked a court to reopen a legal dispute between President Trump and the government, calling the deal to create a $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization fund" potentially fraudulent.
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.
A group of 35 former federal judges asked a court to reopen a legal dispute between President Trump and the government, calling the deal to create a $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization fund" potentially fraudulent.
The U.S. military carried out another round of strikes on Iran, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday, another challenge to a shaky ceasefire between the two countries.
FEMA says it's ready for hurricane season, though it's still racing to recover from months of shutdown disruptions, delayed grants and a depleted Disaster Relief Fund.
More than a dozen soldiers injured in Operation Epic Fury are still recovering at the military hospital.
Former first lady Jill Biden said she thought her husband, Joe Biden, was having a stroke during the 2024 debate against Donald Trump.
Enrique Tarrio said since President Trump announced the formation of the fund, he has been inundated with calls from others convicted for January 6 related activities.
Commissioners voted to allow the review, saying if that was the only way to move the project - designed to help people with mental illnesses caught in the criminal justice system - then so be it.
Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in planning and orchestrating the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The only remaining roadblock: Miami Dade County Commission Chairman Anthony Rodriguez, who has so far refused to say when – or even if – he will allow the full commission to vote on it.
A group of Miami residents, including historian Marvin Dunn, filed suit last week in federal court to block the transfer of land for the proposed library.
The head of the World Health Organization says Ebola has killed at least 7 people in Congo, but the U.N. agency says it knows the epidemic "is much larger."
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says risks from the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda are "high at the national and regional levels, and low at the global level."
The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection, wrapping up a troubled journey that put world health authorities on alert.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg, leader of the Food and Drug Administration division responsible for regulating prescription and over-the-counter drugs, is leaving her post, a senior FDA official confirmed.
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 American Music Awards celebrate fan favorites in the music world and feature performances from multiple artists.
Rob Base, the MC whose lyrics lit up the dancefloor classic "It Takes Two" and got countless people moving worldwide, passed away Friday.
Stephen Colbert hosted "The Late Show" for the final time Thursday night as the franchise came to an end after 33 years.
Lee Mendelson Film Productions alleges the U.S. Department of the Interior illegally used the jazzy tunes in social media posts and a video game.
"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert is marking the end of an iconic late-night franchise on CBS.