South Florida first responders back home after being stuck in Peru

Two Miami first responders reunited with their families after days of being trapped in Peru. Captain Brian Vega with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue arrived at Miami International Airport Monday afternoon and was greeted by his family. “I’m beyond elated and relieved to be back at home in the good ole USA,” he said to reporters. Vega […]

Florida airports expected to set records during holidays

The holiday travel season this year is expected to rival the busiest seasons before the pandemic at Florida’s two most bustling airports, which will see millions of travelers passing through them, officials said. Orlando International Airport, the state’s busiest airport and the seventh busiest airport in the U.S. last year, is expected to host 2.9 […]

Florida sets stage for more marijuana licenses

State health regulators on Monday set in motion a process to issue up to 22 more medical marijuana licenses, in a highly anticipated move that could double the size of Florida’s medical cannabis industry. The state Department of Health also published an emergency rule that would make it far more expensive for marijuana operators to […]

Mom charged in 2018 death of infant found in Florida inlet

A Florida woman appeared in court Friday on a first-degree murder charge in the 2018 death of her newborn infant whose body was found floating in a seaside inlet. A Palm Beach County judge ordered Arya Singh, 29, held without bail during a brief hearing. She was arrested Thursday in the death of a female […]

Retired South Florida firefighter distributes Narcan to help save lives

A retired firefighter makes it his mission to distribute Narcan to families with the hopes of saving lives. Luis Garcia started a non-profitable organization that makes overdose reversal drugs more accessible. Garcia was seen at Pompano Beach distributing and demonstrating how to use Narcan on Saturday. “This is life or death. You cannot wait two […]

Plane heading to Philly makes emergency landing in Miami

A plane from Key West set to land in Philadelphia had to make an emergency landing in Miami due to a fuel leak on Sunday, CBS3’s Joe Holden has learned. The plane is American flight 1154. DEVELOPING: American flight 1154 from Key West to Philadelphia had to make an emergency landing in Miami after a […]

Musk polls Twitter users about whether he should step down

Elon Musk is asking Twitter’s users to decide if he should stay in charge of the social media platform after acknowledging he made a mistake Sunday in launching new speech restrictions that sought to ban mentions of rival social media platforms. In yet another drastic policy change, Twitter announced that users will no longer be […]

Messi wins World Cup, Argentina beats France on penalties

Lionel Messi, wearing a black Qatari robe over his blue-and-white Argentina shirt, kissed the World Cup, shuffled toward his teammates, and hoisted the golden trophy high in the air. It was an iconic sight that finally — definitively — places the soccer superstar in the pantheon of the game’s greatest players. Messi’s once-in-a-generation career is complete: […]

US court rejects maintaining COVID-19 asylum restrictions

Restrictions that have prevented hundreds of thousands of migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. in recent years remained on track to expire in a matter of days after an appeals court ruling Friday, as thousands more migrants packed shelters on Mexico’s border with the U.S. The ruling from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals […]