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NBA Code of Conduct

The National Basketball Association, Miami HEAT, and AmericanAirlines Arena are committed to creating a safe, comfortable, and enjoyable sports & entertainment experience. NBA fans have a right to...

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Amazon Goes Big In Florida

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) -Seattle-based company Amazon will bring new warehouses to Florida. The move, according to Governor Rick Scott, will create more than 3,000 jobs, but it also means Floridians...

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Miami Deck Collapse Injures 33 No Fatalities

"We have located and we're in the process of treating approximately 24 victims. The other individuals involved are what we call walking-wounded individuals that are stable," Lt. Eugene Germain said...

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Pilot pleads guilty in Tampa to flying while intoxicated

TAMPA -- An air cargo pilot has pleaded guilty to operating a plane while intoxicated with a blood alcohol level more than three times the state limit. Philip Lavoie, 28, of Sarasota, was an employee...

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Miami Childrens Hospital Celebrates 4000th Open-Heart Surgery

Miami Children's Hospital celebrated it's 4,000th open-heart surgery patient with a party that reunited the hospital's first patient with doctors and nurses. Lily and George Fernandez, Miguel Solar and...

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Defected Cuban dancers adjust to U.S. seek work

MIAMI (AP) -- They practice in the back of a dance studio next to a Wendy's restaurant in a strip mall in Miami. Six ballet dancers leap across the floor, hidden from view from the mothers watching...

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Game of Thrones Walking Dead Hunger Games stars coming to Tampa Bay Comic Con

Tampa Bay Comic Con continues to ratchet up the star power -- this time bringing in stars from Game of Thrones, Walking Dead and actor Willow Shields, who portrays Primrose Everdeen in the Hunger Games...

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Orlando Science Center extends weekend hours

Orlando Science Center will stay open later on Fridays and Saturdays through mid-August. In addition to its regular offering of exhibits, summer night-sky viewings will be held in the Crosby...

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Day 2 of NCAA hearing on U of Miami

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The NCAA has begun the second day of a hearing in the massive infractions case against the University of Miami athletics department. The session ran 9 1/2 hours on Thursday. Miami...

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Preteen boy escapes with Glock handgun in Orlando burglary

A suspected burglar, thought to be as young as 10 years old, escaped with a .45-caliber Glock pistol Thursday evening after breaking into an Orlando residence, according to police. The Sunwood Lane...

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Tampa Bay Business Journal June 14

TAMPA - In this week's Tampa Bay Business Journal segment, editor Alexis Muellner discusses the stabilization of the Tampa Bay real estate market, a local business group's trip to Cuba, and where a...

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Scott others knew about insurance deal

TALLAHASSEE - Florida Gov. Rick Scott -- and other top state officials -- quickly distanced themselves last month from a controversial deal approved by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to shift...

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Amazon Brings 3000 Jobs to Florida in Deal With State

Amazon will bring 3,000 jobs to the state in a deal that also means Floridians will have to start paying taxes on purchases from the online retailer. Gov. Rick Scott's office announced Thursday ...

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Police Man Stabs Brother Over Missing Mac and Cheese

DELTONA, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say two Florida brothers got into a tussle over missing macaroni and cheese that ended with one stabbing the other in the stomach. Volusia County Sheriff's deputies say...

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Man who faked his death pleads to sex charge

PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- A Georgia man who officials say faked his own death to avoid prosecution on sex charges in Florida, has pleaded no contest in the Florida case.The News Herald of Panama City (...

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Fla. gets final OK for Medicaid privatization

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Federal health officials have given final approval to a plan to overhaul Florida's safety net health insurance program.Gov. Rick Scott announced the decision on Friday, saying it...

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1 dead 1 unconscious inside Tequesta condo

TEQUESTA, Fla. -- Authorities say they've found one person dead and another unconscious in a condominium in Tequesta.The Palm Beach Post ( http://bit.ly/12tDBP3) reports Tequesta police were called to...

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Suspicious package under investigation in downtown Miami

Miami-Dade Police Departmen’s Bomb Squard is investigating a suspicious package discovered Friday morning on the north side of the Government Center. As a precaution, the immediate area surrounding the...

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Some jurors told to return Tuesday morning in Zimmerman trial

George Zimmerman enters the court room on the fifth day of jury selection for his trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla., Friday June 14, 2013. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree...

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Miami Gardens makeup artist Kazumi Brown’s work a thing of beauty

, a Miami Gardens-based makeup artist, to make her look extra special. But Paul of North Miami Beach had her doubts. What if the makeup accentuates the scar? Will Brown make her feel weird about her...

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