SpaceX Dragon delivers scientific bounty to space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) A SpaceX shipment arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday, delivering a bonanza of science experiments. The SpaceX Dragon capsule pulled up following a two-day flight from Cape Canaveral. NASA astronaut Jack Fischer used the space station’s hefty robot arm to grab the Dragon 250 miles (400 kilometers) above the […]

Latvala, considered a GOP moderate, running for governor

HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) Jack Latvala – a powerful, sometimes surly state senator seen as a moderate Republican voice – entered the race for Florida governor Wednesday, taking on better-known, more conservative and better-funded primary opponent Adam Putnam for the GOP nomination to replace Gov. Rick Scott. Latvala, 65, immediately took aim at 43-year-old Putnam, who was […]

Man arrested in ambush, attack of Palm Beach County deputy

LAKE WORTH, Fla. (AP) Authorities in Florida have arrested a 27-year-old man accused of flagging down a sheriff’s deputy and then hitting him in the face. Palm Beach Sheriff’s officials said in a news release that 27-year-old Gerlo “G-Lo” Ulysse was arrested Tuesday and charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer with a […]

Texas man, 28, killed in Bonita Springs hit-and-run

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday night on U.S. 41, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Ryan J. Kinsey, 28, of El Paso, Texas, fell from his bike and was hit by a northbound vehicle while laying in the right lane of U.S. 41 near Cedar Creek Drive, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The vehicle, […]

Lehigh Acres man, 53, killed in crash

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. A 53-year-old man died in a crash Tuesday evening on Joel Boulevard, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Cesar Tano Carrales, of Lehigh Acres, who was driving a 2001 Nissan Altima, was involved in the wreck when he failed to stop at a stop sign and entered the path of a 1993 Chevy 2500 […]

Peace rally held in Fort Myers following violence in Charlottesville

FORT MYERS, Fla. Demonstrators gathered in peace Tuesday night following deadly violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The crowd could be heard from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. across downtown Fort Myers chanting in unison, “People want freedom, they wants answers, they want action and they want it now.” The peace rally hit home […]

Lawsuit: Dead rodent baked into woman’s Chick-fil-A

BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. (CBS) A Bucks County woman is suing after she claims a dead rodent was baked into the bun of her Chick-fil-A sandwich. In the lawsuit obtained by CBS Philly, Ellen Manfalouti claims that on November 25, 2016 she had her friend purchase a chicken sandwich for her at the Chick-fil-A restaurant located […]

Dad walks son to his first day of kindergarten, first day of college

DALLAS (CBS6) A viral photo shared on Twitter shows a father walking his son to school on his first day of kindergarten – and on his first day of college. Charles Brockman III shared the photo of him and his father walking to school on his first day of kindergarten and a recent photo of […]