Broward teacher heads to Poland to in part teach English to Ukrainian children
Veteran Broward math teacher Jim Gard is heading to Poland to teach children.
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Veteran Broward math teacher Jim Gard is heading to Poland to teach children.
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"I think mostly that art is a way to help heal the world and to give help and to create a sense of humanity and community."
At the Liviv Clinical Emergency Hospital, Dr. Enrique Ginzburg visited patients and shared with Ukrainian physicians his knowledge of treating combat injuries.
Zev Neuwirth, a local doctor from Miami, has been among the brave volunteers helping Ukrainians.
As we watch the events in Ukraine unfold, many of us want to know what we can do to help. Here is a list of organizations helping the people of Ukraine during this crisis.
On Sunday members of the Unity on the Bay Church came together to make a $10,000 donation to help in the response effort.
Passover begins at sundown, but families have already begun getting together, and this year, it takes on new meaning as local Jews are preparing and helping those in need, including Ukrainian refugees.
"People are dying, so we dropped everything and we're bringing in 11 units," said Joe Hurston of Air Mobile Ministries' efforts to provide people in the hardest hit areas of Ukraine with water purifiers.
Yeva and Tymur Kuplvakhska were all smiles as they finally got to relax and let loose.
In and around Ukraine's capital, rescue workers clear the rubble, searching for signs of life, and hidden in destroyed homes, four-legged family members were left behind.
Fort Lauderdale Fire Fighter/paramedic Matty Johnson saves lives for a living. Now, he's taking his skills to the war zone in Ukraine and bringing supplies with a group of US firefighters known as Project Joint Guardian.
World famous classical pianist Marina Radiushina, from Ukraine, performs benefit concert for her homeland.
A family of five turned into a family of 10 after opening their doors to a mother, father and their three kids forced to flee Ukraine.
Around 200 people and young children lit candles and said prayers Saturday night to honor the victims.
One overlooked fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the fate of thousands of animals, especially those in the country's many zoos.
Zoo Miami has announced that they are donating $10,000 to help zoos in Ukraine through the European Association of Zoos and Aquarias.
Over 2 million Ukrainians have left their homes looking for safety and medical care since Russian troops began their invasion of the European nation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been shoring support from his counterparts in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, according to recent reports.
Shortwave is old technology, but folks at WRMI will tell you there are plenty of shortwave radios in Russia and Eastern Europe.and most important "shortwave is known as crisis radio and in times of crisis people will look to their shortwave radio and start tuning around," White says. And what will they find? Unfettered news of the invasion, no censorship and they can hear the news in Russian, Ukrainian and even in English being beamed their way from that cow pasture in Okeechobee, Florida.
Over 3 million Ukrainian refugees have left their country with no idea when they will return. It's a humanitarian crisis that has motivated some of Floridians to go overseas to help.
President Biden on Wednesday announced $800 million in new security assistance to Ukraine, hours after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded with Congress and the president to approve a NATO-enforced no-fly zone over Ukraine and to provide more air-defense capabilities.
Cute cats, Orisia and Simba, are about the only thing giving a young Kyiv couple, Oksana and Boris Sabada comfort these days
Viktoriya Kovolova told her young daughter they're "traveling the world" as they escape war torn Ukraine with only clothes and medicine.
The halt of Russian-imported goods has one American-owned liquor company seeing its product banned from shelves.
As Florida moves homeowners' policies out of its state-run insurer of last resort, insiders question one new company's finances.
The Trump administration says Iran's autocratic regime is down but not out, and it won't say how long the deadly, costly conflict will go on.
The Justice Department says it has shuttered four websites that were allegedly used by Iranian government-linked groups to post hacked information and threaten regime critics.
Luka Doncic scored 60 points, LeBron James had a triple-double on a night where he tied the NBA record for games played, and the Los Angeles Lakers pushed their season-best winning streak to eight games with a 134-126 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday night.
The demonstration of unity comes as Cuban leaders recently offered to allow exiles worldwide to invest in businesses and property on the island. However, this proposal is being met with immediate pushback from South Florida exiles.
As Florida moves homeowners' policies out of its state-run insurer of last resort, insiders question one new company's finances.
The Justice Department says it has shuttered four websites that were allegedly used by Iranian government-linked groups to post hacked information and threaten regime critics.
Luka Doncic scored 60 points, LeBron James had a triple-double on a night where he tied the NBA record for games played, and the Los Angeles Lakers pushed their season-best winning streak to eight games with a 134-126 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday night.
The demonstration of unity comes as Cuban leaders recently offered to allow exiles worldwide to invest in businesses and property on the island. However, this proposal is being met with immediate pushback from South Florida exiles.
The vote by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose members are supporters of the president and were appointed by him earlier this year, was without objection.
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 Justice Department says it has shuttered four websites that were allegedly used by Iranian government-linked groups to post hacked information and threaten regime critics.
The vote by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose members are supporters of the president and were appointed by him earlier this year, was without objection.
The FCC announced Thursday that it had approved the $6.2 billion merger of major broadcast station owners Nexstar and Tegna.
Few Americans feel they know a lot of the specifics about the SAVE Act.
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.
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.
ABC has canceled its already filmed season of "The Bachelorette" starring Taylor Frankie Paul after video surfaced of a 2023 incident in which she was charged with assault.
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."