Gov. Ron DeSantis previews his message ahead of Republican debate
Gov. Ron DeSantis said he's ready to present his vision for the country during the third and final Republican presidential debate being held in Hialeah.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis said he's ready to present his vision for the country during the third and final Republican presidential debate being held in Hialeah.
Teri Hornstein reports each of the five presidential hopefuls is hoping for a break-out moment to gain ground on current GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.
A federal judge has rejected a challenge to a 2021 Florida law banning transgender female students from playing on women's and girls' sports teams.
Gov. DeSantis labels his rivals as spoilers
Participation in the program was capped at roughly 41,000 students for this school year
Reynolds' support could be a boost for DeSantis' presidential campaign, which has anchored itself in Iowa.
Off the table in this special session is property insurance. Local state lawmakers tell CBS News Miami they'll continue to work on ways to help homeowners in the regular session in 2024.
Since allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took over Walt Disney World's government earlier this year, morale has deteriorated, the governing district has been politicized and cronyism permeates the organization.
Florida is the third largest state in the nation, yet it has never fielded a winning presidential candidate.
Lawmakers are expected to consider new sanctions against Iran, which has supported Hamas
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is trying to demonstrate his viability against former President Donald Trump in their shared home state.
In a case that has drawn attention from media organizations and open-government advocates, state lawyers late Monday urged an appeals court to uphold a ruling that said "executive privilege" shields Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration from releasing records.
Disney claims its free speech rights were violated by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and is fighting him in federal court.
Disney says Walt Disney World's governing district made up of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointees is dragging its feet in providing requested documents to the company in a lawsuit over who has design and construction powers over Disney's sprawling theme park resort in central Florida.
The governor said he is not sure if the law is effective in removing guns from dangerous people
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he's arranged to send drones, weapons, and ammunition to Israel as it prepares for an incursion of Gaza in response to Hamas' attack.
On Wednesday, the DeSantis administration ordered public universities to disband campus chapters of a pro-Palestinian student group.
Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Florida as counter-programming to the third Republican presidential primary debate, which he is once again choosing to skip.
Appointees of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on the board of Walt Disney World's governing district are asking a state judge to dismiss Disney's counterclaims in a lawsuit.
Gov. Ron DeSantis' office announced the arrival of the state's first group of evacuees late Sunday into Tampa
A round-up of what presidential campaigns raised and spent from July through September.
DeSantis said the US should not accept Palestinian refugees because they are all antisemitic
Teri Hornstein reports the group flew from Israel to Portugal and then to Florida.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that "the U.S. should not be absorbing any" of the potential refugees from Gaza.
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis says the United States shouldn't take in any Palestinian refugees if they flee the Gaza Strip because they are "all antisemitic.".
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated inside his bedroom on July 7, 2021.
Prosecutors are trying to strip former ambassador Victor Manuel Rocha of his U.S. citizenship after he admitted to secretly serving as a Cuban spy for decades.
There is a major risk of heat-related illnesses for most of South Florida through Mother's Day weekend.
President Trump insists the ceasefire with Iran remains in effect despite an exchange of attacks that Tehran says "crossed the point of no return."
The investigation was taking place on 7th Street in North Lauderdale.
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated inside his bedroom on July 7, 2021.
Prosecutors are trying to strip former ambassador Victor Manuel Rocha of his U.S. citizenship after he admitted to secretly serving as a Cuban spy for decades.
There is a major risk of heat-related illnesses for most of South Florida through Mother's Day weekend.
The investigation was taking place on 7th Street in North Lauderdale.
The body of a missing hiker killed in an apparent bear attack has been found in Glacier National Park in Montana, park officials say.
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.
Attorneys for accused White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter Cole Allen asked a judge to disqualify Jeanine Pirro and other senior Justice Department leaders from the case because they were present during the incident.
The Justice Department argues the patchwork of state laws around guns makes it difficult to take them across state lines for lawful purposes like target shooting, hunting and self-defense.
The tariffs were put in place in February, days after the Supreme Court struck down President Trump's previous round of sweeping "Liberation Day" tariffs.
Three U.S. Navy destroyers transiting the Strait of Hormuz came under attack on Thursday, and the U.S. struck on two Iranian ports abutting the strait, putting into question an increasingly fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Pope Leo XIV met Thursday at the Vatican to discuss the situation in the Middle East and other matters.
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.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Three passengers have been evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, as related cases are confirmed in Switzerland and South Africa.
The FDA announced its first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers, a major policy shift after months of appeals to President Trump from the vaping industry.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
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.
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.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.