Florida teen uses social media to find hero after encounter with dangerous rip current
It was the teen's first time experiencing a rip current, and she didn't know what to do.
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It was the teen's first time experiencing a rip current, and she didn't know what to do.
"I love to get in the water but after going through what I went through I don't want to get back in." said survivor Amari Holcey.
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A firefighter from Georgia and two fathers who drowned while trying to save their children are among at least 10 recent victims of dangerous rip currents along Gulf of Mexico beaches stretching across Florida's Panhandle to Gulf Shores, Alabama.
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A person has been arrested in connection with the shooting that killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk, sources said.
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The Broward Sheriff's Office fired six deputies and disciplined 11 others over agency failures leading up to a Tamarac triple murder.
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A person has been arrested in connection with the shooting that killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk, sources said.
One person was killed and another hospitalized after a house fire broke out early Friday in Cutler Bay, officials said.
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The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
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Jim DeFede goes one-on-one with Marvin Dunn, the historian, author, and civil rights advocate who is an authority on anything to do with Black Miami or Black Florida.
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CBS News Miami visited a South Florida family's kitchen with a nutritionist to gather information that can help you live a better life.
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Miami-Dade is considering four possible sites, including two that are 2 miles or less from the city of Miramar.
Polly Holliday, the last surviving member of the principal cast of the long-running sitcom "Alice," has died at 88. Linda Lavin, who played the title character, died last year.
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