Florida A&M Comes Back To Beat NC Central 63-60
Reggie Lewis scored 19 points — including half of Florida A&M's final 16 points — to fuel a late rally and push the Rattlers into a 63-60 comeback over North Carolina Central on Saturday night.
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Reggie Lewis scored 19 points — including half of Florida A&M's final 16 points — to fuel a late rally and push the Rattlers into a 63-60 comeback over North Carolina Central on Saturday night.
In a whirlwind finale to its presidential search, the Florida A&M University board of trustees on Thursday named Elmira Mangum as the university's 11th president. She will be the first woman to serve as permanent president since FAMU was founded in 1887.
Florida A&M University selected Cornell University vice president to lead the school. All this following a tumultuous period in the school's history.
A student sitting atop a speckled Appaloosa and wearing a headdress and war paint will ride to the 30-yard line before the BCS title game and plant a flaming spear into the turf.
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Jamari Bradshaw's 3-pointer forced overtime, and he scored five of FloridaA&M's 12 points in the extra session, to lead the Rattlers over Florida International 93-87 Thursday night.
A federal judge has ruled that a 2011 law requiring welfare applicants to undergo drug tests is unconstitutional, striking a blow to Gov. Rick Scott's administration over the controversial tests.
Natasha Howard tied a career high with 26 points on Saturday and No. 22 Florida State defeated Tennessee-Martin 76-53.
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A divided state appeals court has rejected arguments made that a Miami Northwestern Senior High School student's constitutional rights were violated when his book bag was searched after police received an anonymous tip of a loaded gun.
Two convicted killers, a couple months ago, were let out of prison early with forged documents. On Thursday the state's Department of Law Enforcement will announce more arrests in the case.
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Boris Bojanovsky scored a career-high 15 points as Florida State cruised to a 77-53 victory against Jacksonville State.
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Prosecutors are setting up an interview with the victim in the investigation of an alleged sexual assault tied to Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston that was reported nearly a year ago.
May want to stay out of the water this weekend as state officials say there's an elevated risk of rip currents along Florida's Atlantic coast.
Spread among projects in Florida, Governor Rick Scott said the state will hand out more than $2 million in grants to aid military installations.
The Tallahassee tailgate was an all-day affair with some fans setting up shop 10 hours before kick-off with signs, food, and booze all for the University of Miami Hurricanes versus Florida State University Seminoles game Saturday.
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Jackson died in a helicopter crash while responding to an emergency call. A new tribute and logo now honor his legacy.
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The CBS Miami Nat Moore Trophy recognizes the top high school football player in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties.
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A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
Immigration officials are moving detainees out of a controversial, state-run detention center in the middle of the Florida Everglades dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."
A judge said in an order that it was "baffling" that the woman had been "detained in the first place."
News that the last detainee at Alligator Alcatraz could leave the facility within days came less than a week after a federal judge in Miami ordered the detention center to wind down operations.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has suspended more than 20 employees who signed an open letter criticizing the agency, multiple sources told CBS News.
Florida has plans to target three to five House seats held by Democrats.
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.
Jim DeFede goes one-on-one with Miami-Dade County Commissioner Raquel Regalado to discuss the county budget and potential cuts to services.
Jim DeFede goes one-on-one with Republican State Rep. Alex Andrade about the Hope Florida Foundation scandal.
Jim DeFede goes one-on-one in separate interviews with U.S. Congressman Darren Soto and former Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber about the subject.
Lucia Baez-Geller is a former Miami-Dade school board member who lost in her bid two years ago to oust Maria Elvira Salazar.
CBS News Miami visited a South Florida family's kitchen with a nutritionist to gather information that can help you live a better life.
A Florida dairy farm was named in a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she lost her unborn child after getting sick from drinking raw milk. Her toddler also got sick.
Instagram rolled out a new Map feature that lets users see their friends' locations in real time. Here's why privacy experts are concerned.
The Boar's Head deli meat plant at the heart of a deadly food-poisoning outbreak is set to reopen in the coming months, but recent reports point to ongoing sanitation problems.
A Florida woman was arrested for allegedly impersonating a registered nurse and treating over 4,000 patients without a license.
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Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Discount store chain Target says it's joining rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back corporate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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Around 5:50 a.m., LAPD officers responded to Ventura Boulevard and Vineland Avenue for a man walking in the street.
Tennis legend Serena Williams is sharing her journey with weight loss drugs, saying she's lost 31 pounds in 8 months using GLP-1s.
A Maryland ticket broker is accused of illegally purchasing and reselling hundreds of thousands of tickets for profit, including thousands to Taylor Swift's highly-sought Eras Tour.
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Playboy will move its global headquarters from Los Angeles to Miami Beach and open a new club with a restaurant and members-only section.