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New Congressional Districts Taking Fire
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — Members of Congress along with some Florida lawmakers blasted the first draft of a new set of Florida congressional districts. The...
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Man Charged With Killing Family Dog
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter BROOKSVILLE (CBSMiami/AP) — Authorities said a Tampa Bay area man is facing an animal cruelty charge after he allegedly beat his family’s pet dachshund to death...
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Florida Man Shown In Video Stealing Confederate Flag Being Charged
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter BRADENTON (CBSMiami/AP) — A Florida man has been arrested after he appeared in a video stealing a Confederate flag from the outside of a Tampa Bay-area home,...
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Company Offers To Fly Injured Florida Student Back Home
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TAMPA (CBSMiami) — A local company agreed to fly an injured South Florida student, stuck in Cuba, back home. A car slammed into University of South Florida...
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Senate Unveils Last-Ditch Congressional Map
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – A key state senator floated a last-ditch effort Thursday to strike a compromise with the House on new congressional districts, while...
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Former University Of South Florida Football Player Stabbed To Death
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter YBOR CITY (AP) — Police say a former University of South Florida football player has died in a stabbing outside a Ybor City nightclub. Elkino Watson, 23, died...
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‘Fair Districts’ Supporters Consulted Democrats On Maps
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – After successfully arguing that a congressional map drawn by the Legislature impermissibly favored Republicans, voting-rights groups and...
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House Map-Drawers Defend Congressional Districts
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – Legislative aides who drew a map of congressional districts backed by the state House defended the plan in court Thursday, even as they...
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Marlins Officially Shut Down Giancarlo Stanton For Season
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter ST. PETERSBURG (CBSMiami/AP) — The Miami Marlins announced something on Tuesday that most people have known for a while already. Miami right fielder Giancarlo...
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Draft Senate Maps Released As Special Session Looms
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – The Legislature on Wednesday released six draft maps of Senate districts for a special session that begins next week, opening up the next...
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Legislative Lawyers Blast Map Recommended By Judge
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – House and Senate lawyers tore into the map a Leon County judge recommended the state use in the 2016 congressional elections, arguing that...
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It’s Map-Drawing Time Again For Florida Legislators
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — If only it was as simple as “X” marks the spot. Because if it was, the Florida Legislature wouldn’t have to meet for the third...
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Chairman Releases Redistricting Plan Amid Numbers Controversy
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – The chairman of the state Senate committee charged with redrawing districts for the 40-member chamber released his proposed draft of the map...
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Senators Joust Over Maps Ahead Of Key Vote
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – One day before a high-stakes committee meeting, there were few signs Thursday that state senators were any closer to agreement on how the...
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Senate Changes Map Amid Miami-Dade Questions
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – The political realities of redistricting burst into the open Tuesday, as the Senate approved a proposal increasing the Hispanic share of...
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House Redistricting Lines Veer Away From Senate Plan
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – The House redistricting committee voted along party lines Monday to approve its version of new districts for the state Senate, potentially...
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House Tosses Revamped Redistricting Plan Back To Senate
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to approve a redistricting plan for the state Senate, setting up the delicate endgame for a...
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VA Wrongly Tells Veterans They’re Dead, Cuts Off Benefits
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter DUNEDIN, Fla. (CBSMiami/AP) —A veteran from Florida got an alarming notification in regards to his Veterans Affairs benefits that he relies on to get him through...
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Senate Defeats Redistricting Map; Session Crashes
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – A last-ditch effort to keep the courts from drawing state Senate districts collapsed Thursday, as senators voted down a plan proposed by the...
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Lawmakers Ponder New Redistricting Methods
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – After a second consecutive redistricting session fell apart Thursday and the Legislature went home yet again without passing a map,...
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Plaintiffs Back Off Changes To Tampa-Area Districts
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – A coalition of voting-rights organizations has withdrawn two state Senate redistricting proposals it had submitted to a Leon County judge,...
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Court Begins Working Through Redistricting Issues
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) – A Leon County judge and lawyers for the Legislature and voting-rights organizations on Tuesday began muddling through the legal process...
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Senate’s Motives At Issue As Redistricting Trial Starts
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – The decisions prompting state Senate leaders to choose a redistricting plan they recommended to a Leon County judge took center stage Monday,...
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Galvano: No Intent To Favor GOP In Redistricting
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – The Senate redistricting chief on Wednesday defended a proposed map of the chamber’s 40 districts, telling a Leon County judge that it was...
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Judge Approves Voting-Rights Groups’ Senate Map
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TALLAHASSEE (NSF) – A state Senate redistricting plan favored by voting-rights organizations was approved Wednesday by a Leon County judge in a move that could...
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Man Who Threw Daughter Off Bridge Found Incompetent To Stand Trial
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TAMPA (CBSMiami/AP ) – A man who killed his daughter by throwing her off a bridge into Tampa Bay has been found incompetent to stand trial. John Jonchuck, 26,...
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Foul Play Suspected In Death At Florida Holiday Inn Express
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter SPRING HILL (CBSMiami/AP) — Investigators believe there was foul play in the death of a person found at a Holiday Inn Express in the Tampa Bay area. Hernando...
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Unlike Jeter, A-Rod Leaves Yankees Without Fans’ Love
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez’s time with the New York Yankees will be remembered for one World Series title, two MVP awards and countless controversies. And...
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Health Officials Test Water After Tampa Bay Sewage Spill
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter ST. PETERSBURG (CBSMiami) — Florida health officials say they are continuing to monitor the water quality after a sewage spill into Tampa Bay after Hurricane...
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Suspicious Fumes At Florida Home Leads To FBI Investigation
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (CBSMiami/AP) — The FBI is helping Tampa Bay area law enforcement in the potential terrorist activities of a 21-year-old man who was...
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NFL Moves Super Bowl LV From LA To Tampa Bay
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter CHICAGO (CBSMiami/AP) — Apparently delays in Los Angeles aren’t exclusive to the highways. The 2021 Super Bowl has been moved by the NFL from Los Angeles to...
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Migrating Rays Spotted In Tampa Bay
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter TAMPA (CBSMiami) – A stunning sight in Tampa Bay as hundreds of eagle rays flowed into a boat channel. The large group of rays, known as a ‘fever’, was spotted...
View ArticleFlorida’s Ongoing Red Tide Outbreak Reaches Tampa Bay Area
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter ST. PETERSBURG (CBSMiami/AP) — A major environmental problem in Florida is growing. It appears that a noxious red tide algal bloom has reached one of Florida’s...
View ArticleFlorida Man Who Killed Daughter By Throwing Her Off Bridge Asks For New Trial
CLEARWATER (CBSMiami/AP) — A Florida man is looking for a second chance after being found guilty of an extremely heinous crime. John Jonchuck was found guilty of first-degree murder for dropping his...
View ArticleTiger At Tampa’s Busch Gardens Died After Getting Into Altercation With Her...
TAMPA (CBSMiami/AP) – One of Bush Gardens Bengal tigers has died after park officials said she got into an “atypical altercation” with her brother. The park announced the death of their 13-year-old...
View ArticleFlorida’s Hepatitis A Outbreak Prompts Vaccine Push
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — The Tampa Bay area has led the state this year with 466 new hepatitis A cases in Pasco County, 369 in Pinellas County and 145 in Hillsborough. The Tampa Bay Times reports that...
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Super Bowl Handoff Ceremony Held Monday Morning
The traditional ceremony to hand off the NFL football to the next Super Bowl host city took place early Monday morning.
View ArticleFlorida Man Seen Carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Lectern During Capitol...
MIAMI (CBSMiami/CNN) – The Florida man seen carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern during the riot at the U.S. Capitol has bonded out of jail. Adam Johnson, 36, was released from the Pinellas...
View ArticleRoad Warriors: Bucs Win 31-26 At Green Bay, Reach Super Bowl
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ road magic have them heading home to the Super Bowl, the first team to play in one on their home field. Brady owns six Super Bowl rings...
View ArticleWastewater Discharge In Tampa Bay Could Fuel Algal Blooms
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – Environmentalists are worried that a recent discharge of wastewater into Tampa Bay could exacerbate a new outbreak of the dreaded red tide algal blooms. An estimated 215 million...
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