6-year-old Florida boy reunited with mom 2 months after he went missing

Jorge “Jojo” Morales, a 6-year-old boy with autism, was reunited with his mother at a Miami airport on Tuesday night. He had been missing for more than two months before someone spotted him at a Walmart in Canada over the weekend. CBS Miami captured the moment Morales was reunited with his mom, Yanet Leal Concepcion, […]

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Powerball prize up to $1.5 billion, 3rd-largest ever in US

The bad news is that no one won Wednesday night’s huge $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot. The good news is that the prize has grown even larger to $1.5 billion ahead of the next drawing Saturday night, the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. The numbers drawn Wednesday night were: 2, 11, 22, 35, 60, and […]

Parkland school killer formally sentenced to life in prison

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz formally received a sentence of life without parole Wednesday after families of his 17 slain victims spent two days berating him as evil, a coward, a monster and a subhuman. Cruz, shackled and in a red jail jumpsuit, watched Judge Elizabeth Scherer but showed no emotion as she sentenced him […]

Biden tears into GOP, labels DeSantis ‘Trump incarnate’

President Joe Biden on Tuesday lashed out at Gov. Ron DeSantis as “Donald Trump incarnate,” zeroing in on a potential 2024 GOP presidential contender as he campaigned for Democrats facing uphill fights in next week’s midterm election. In a final-week sprint for Democrats before Election Day, Biden will campaign in New Mexico on Thursday, California […]

University of Florida trustees select Sen. Ben Sasse as next president

Nebraska U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse won approval Tuesday from the University of Florida Board of Trustees to be the school’s next president despite vocal opposition from some faculty and students. Sasse, a Republican, was recommended for the top post by a unanimous vote of the trustees. A final vote to elevate Sasse as the school’s […]

Ian ruins man-made reefs, brings algae bloom to Southwest Florida

Hurricane Ian not only ravaged Southwest Florida on land but was destructive underwater as well. It destroyed man-made reefs and brought along red tide, the harmful algae blooms that kill fish and birds, according to marine researchers who returned last week from a six-day cruise organized by the Florida Institute of Oceanography. Researchers who used […]

Masked man kills woman in ‘targeted’ hit at New Port Richey home

A woman who was in bed with her two young children was fatally shot early Tuesday during a home invasion that a Florida sheriff described as a “targeted” hit. A man knocked on a door in New Port Richey, which is north of Tampa, sometime after 12:30 a.m., Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said during […]

Southwest Florida traffic peaks, hotels crowd after Hurricane Ian

In this Gulfshore Business report, hundreds of people are hard at work getting Sanibel back on its feet. But, those people are causing traffic issues in and around the Southwest Florida area. Gulfshore Business went to the Publix closest to Sanibel Island to demonstrate how roads have gotten to be so clogged across Southwest Florida. […]

Lifesaving double lung transplant

More than 2,500 people received new lungs last year. Cystic fibrosis, COPD, breathing disorders and heart disease are some of the main reasons. But did you know lung transplants for lung cancer are extremely rare? A double lung transplant on a terminal lung cancer patient is even rarer. But, by doing it on one man, […]

Florida gas prices to jump as tax ‘holiday’ ends

Get ready to pay more at the pump as the state’s month-long gas tax “holiday” comes to an end. The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas Monday stood at $3.29, about a dime cheaper than at the start of October. But the AAA auto club said that likely will change quickly when […]