Orlando reporter killed in shooting identified as Dylan Lyons Orlando reporter killed in shooting identified as Dylan Lyons 03:52 The parents of a local TV journalist who was fatally shot while reporting on a killing in central Florida in 2023 have filed a negligence lawsuit against their son’s former employer, claiming the media company didn’t … Read more
A South Florida tree trimmer has died after getting caught in a wood chipper, according to officials. The accident occurred at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday in Ocean Ridge, about 60 miles north of Miami, when a man was trimming trees on the first day of a project at the Ocean Ridge Town Hall and Police … Read more
A Colombian customs worker admitted his role Tuesday in taking bribes and funneling more than $1 million in drug proceeds in a case that threatened to expose dirty dealings between U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and their informants. Omar Ambuila’s surprise guilty plea to a single count of conspiring to commit money laundering came on … Read more
The test questions from a class at Florida International University enraged Randy Fine, a state lawmaker endorsed by President Trump. One of the questions, uploaded onto social media by a student, said that Palestine was a country before Israel was created. Another seemed to suggest that Zionists invented terrorism. To Mr. Fine, they were proof … Read more
A Florida police officer has been fired after she accidentally shot a man with his own gun during a traffic stop. Officer Shaun Lowry, of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, stopped driver Jason Arrington for running a red light around 5:10 p.m. on December 13, 2024, according to an internal affairs report shared by the sheriff’s … Read more
A rare and potentially deadly winter storm descended across the southern U.S. on Tuesday, leaving inches of record-setting snow totals and halting travel for millions of Americans in Louisiana, Texas and Florida. “I was born and raised in New Orleans,” Ian Spooner told CBS News 24/7. “I can count on one hand how many times … Read more
A potentially record-breaking winter storm was blowing through the southeastern United States early Tuesday morning, bringing heavy snow to places where even light flurries are rare and sending temperatures along the Gulf Coast plunging to a hard freeze. A blizzard warning was in effect for parts of Texas and Louisiana early Tuesday, after the storm … Read more
Senate unanimously confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state – CBS News Watch CBS News The Senate unanimously voted on Monday to confirm former Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as President Trump’s secretary of state. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports from Capitol Hill. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, … Read more