Nikki Fried stays optimistic after primary loss, saying Tuesday night starts a new chapter
Fried said she called Charlie Crist to congratulate him on his victory and asked her supporters to come together to support the Democratic nominee.
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Fried said she called Charlie Crist to congratulate him on his victory and asked her supporters to come together to support the Democratic nominee.
In selecting Crist in the race for governor, Florida Democrats sided with a candidate backed by many in the party's establishment who viewed him as the safest choice, even after he lost his previous two statewide elections.
Crist defeated Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, who called to congratulate him shortly after CBS News called his win.
Whoever wins the Democratic ticket will face off against Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Democrats are choosing who will take on powerful Republicans Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio.
CBS4's Gabrielle Arzola reports on how a grand jury has recommended that Gov. Ron DeSantis remove from office four members of the Broward County school board,
CBS4's Gabrielle Arzola reports on how a grand jury has recommended that Gov. Ron DeSantis remove from office four members of the Broward County school board,
A Florida judge on Thursday declared a Florida law championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that restricts race-based conversation and analysis in business and education unconstitutional.
The judge said the "Stop WOKE" act violates the First Amendment and is impermissibly vague.
Judge ruled the law violates the First Amendment and is impermissibly vague.
A federal judge ruled that parts of the law violated the first and fourteenth amendments.
DeSantis said most of the individuals were in Miami-Dade and Broward
Most of those arrested are in Miami-Dade and Broward
Law restricts race-based conversation and analysis in business and education.
An elected Florida prosecutor who was removed from office by Gov. Ron DeSantis because of his positions on abortion and transgender rights filed suit Wednesday to get his job back, saying the Republican leader violated his First Amendment rights.
The tribe contributed the $1 million to his political committee on August 1
The case against the "Stop the Woke Act" went before a judge this week after a group filed a lawsuit to try to stop it.
Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidates called out Gov. Ron DeSantis for comments he made after an unprecedented FBI search Monday at the Palm Beach home of former President Donald Trump.
Andrew Warren said the governor is trying to take away his job for doing his job.
About six hours after he was suspended Thursday by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Andrew Warren insisted he was still Hillsborough County's top prosecutor — and that the governor was trying to "overthrow" democracy.
DeSantis tried to place her on the state's highest court two years ago but was thwarted
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tapped the Palm Beach County circuit judge Renatha Francis to serve on a high court dominated by conservative jurists.
Ron DeSantis suspended Andrew Warren for pledging not to enforce the state's new 15-week abortion ban and for supporting gender-affirming treatments for minors.
The initiative is based on a pilot treatment program that state health officials touted as a success.
Najahe Sherman reports videos show children attending weekend drag brunches at R House
Under the law, Cuban-born Americans traveling to Cuba would be required to enter the country using a Cuban passport.
Gas prices have jumped 28% from last year, reaching the highest level since July 2022, as the Iran war continues to restrict global oil supplies.
The State Attorney's Office (SAO) has released body camera footage and ruled that a Miami-Dade Deputy was justified in a deadly shooting that occurred in April 2025.
The Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO) has provided police and fire services at the airport for decades. However, with rising costs, commissioners say they must look at alternatives.
Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died, his family announced Tuesday.
Under the law, Cuban-born Americans traveling to Cuba would be required to enter the country using a Cuban passport.
Gas prices have jumped 28% from last year, reaching the highest level since July 2022, as the Iran war continues to restrict global oil supplies.
The State Attorney's Office (SAO) has released body camera footage and ruled that a Miami-Dade Deputy was justified in a deadly shooting that occurred in April 2025.
The Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO) has provided police and fire services at the airport for decades. However, with rising costs, commissioners say they must look at alternatives.
Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died, his family announced Tuesday.
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.
The Trump administration plans to name longtime immigration official David Venturella as the interim head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, replacing acting director Todd Lyons, a spokesperson and two U.S. officials said.
The closure comes amid escalating operating costs for the facility, which are now estimated to total nearly $1 billion.
President Trump said Americans' financial situation isn't motivating him to make a deal, "Not even a little bit," and that he is only focused on preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the $1.5 trillion the Pentagon is seeking is "admittedly a historic budget."
Trade, Taiwan and tensions with Iran are surefire topics for President Trump's meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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.