Ultra announces retiring Miami Beach Police Chief Ray Martinez as new security director

Dade Data

The Miami-Dade 500: Who gets the most money from county government?

Terrorism

Federal judge waits for FBI in Sarasota Saudis case

A federal judge in Fort Lauderdale is expected to get documents from the FBI about its investigation of a S...

Former Hialeah mayor’s Ferrari deal grabs spotlight at tax-evasion trial

Was Julio Robaina’s Ferrari a gift or income? That was the question at his tax-evasion trial.

Environment

In Biscayne National Park, Eliott Key, damaged by Hurricane Sandy, reopens with improvements

A rebuilt boardwalk, surge-proof piers and a new dock for small boats are among improvements at Eliott Key,...

North Miami

7-year-old electrocuted in family pool

Police have determined that 7-year-old Calder Sloan died after he was electrocuted in the family’s p...

World Cup

Miami will be World Cup crossroads

Legislature 2014

South Florida lawmakers ramp up push for needle-exchange bill

South Florida lawmakers are hoping to push a controversial needle-exchange proposal over a final hurdle.

Christie's to auction portrait of Malala by Yeo

A portrait of a Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban for championing education for girls will be auctione...

Ludlow massacre spurred New Deal labor reforms

A century ago this Sunday, 11 children and two women died in a fire that followed a shootout between the Co...

Storms threaten 2nd launch try to space station

SpaceX is back on the launch pad in hopes of making a critical delivery to the International Space Station.

AP PHOTOS: Marking Jesus' journey on Good Friday

Around the world, Christians are coming together in observance of Good Friday, which they believe was the d...

NASA's moon-orbiting robot crashes down

NASA's robotic moon explorer, LADEE, is no more.

Deputies: Man smothered crying son over video game

A Florida man suffocated his young, crying son so he could play video games on his Xbox and watch TV, sheri...

Atlanta residents object to planned priests' home

Residents are objecting to the Archdiocese of Atlanta's plans to renovate a house in the city's upscale Buc...

10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

57-nation group plays key Ukraine monitoring role

A team from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe is going to try to help de-escalate Rus...

UK looking into death of teenager in Syria

British officials say they are looking into the death of a British teenager in Syria.

Egypt stops attempt to smuggle Jewish artifacts

Authorities in Egypt say they have seized a cache of Jewish religious artifacts that smugglers wanted to sh...

Turkish president rules out job swap with Erdogan

French President Hollande's top aide resigns

Peaches Geldof funeral to be held on Easter Monday

The family of Peaches Geldof say her funeral will be take place on Easter Monday at the same church where h...

Bomb in shopping street in Iraqi capital kills 3

Officials in Iraq say a bomb planted on a street full of shoppers in the capital, Baghdad, has killed three...

Prosecutors seek arrest warrant for ferry captain

Prosecutors say they've asked a court to issue an arrest warrant for the captain of the South Korean ferry ...

Fiction

Francine Prose reconstructs a Nazi collaborator and Paris in this dazzling historical novel.

Fiction

A boy spies on his mom in Mona Simpson’s fresh new novel

A Fork on the Road

A Fork on the Road: Choices Cafe gives vegans plenty of flavor

Holiday cooking

Miami chefs put a twist on Easter classics

Cook’s Corner

Cook’s Corner: Behold the new colors of Easter eggs

The Edgy Veggie

Edgy Veggie: Eggless ‘Egg Salad’

This must be the egg industry’s favorite time of the year. There’s Easter eggs, egg-rich Easter c...

Fit tip: Get enough water

Q: How much water should I be drinking throughout the day?

Watch for sleep drug risks

About 8 million people take prescription drugs to help them sleep, but these medications have flaws

Track and field

Westminster’s James achieves rare sprint triple at regionals

Westminster Academy’s Andrew James showed the Region 4-1A field at Dade Christian why he’s become...

IN MY OPINION

David J. Neal: NCAA ruling on meals is really food for thought

Brother, can you spare a dime? Because Daddy Coach needs a new tray of hamburgers.

Marlins | Tom Koehler

Miami Marlins’ Tom Koehler doing his part amid the losing

Unheralded righty Tom Koehler has given the struggling Marlins a complement to ace Jose Fernandez so far th...

GAME 1 | BOBCATS AT HEAT, 3:30 P.M. SUNDAY, ABC

Patience, preparation pay off for Miami Heat’s Udonis Haslem, Rashard Lewis

Udonis Haslem will be back in a familiar spot as an expected starter when the playoffs start. And Rashard L...

Water Polo

STA sweeps to district titles

Anna Smith-Johnson scored three goals as St. Thomas Aquinas put a halt to Fort Lauderdale’s improbable...

Tennis | Class 1A state championships

Ransom girls capture second state title in the past three years

It wasn’t perfection, but the Ransom Everglades girls left no doubt that the state Class 1A tennis tr...

Heat notebook

Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade rested, healthy for playoffs

Baseball | GMAC Championship: Killian 5, Columbus 4

Killian rallies in bottom of seventh for championship

It’s becoming clear that Killian will be one of the most dangerous teams in the upcoming Class 8A stat...

La vida local

Dylan Lauren: I wish I could eat more candy

Not only kids have a fixation with sweets. Just ask Dylan Lauren, owner of Dylan’s Candy Bar on Linc...

La vida local

Marlon Wayans couldn’t let it rest: he’s back for ‘A Haunted House 2’

Celebrity roundup

Valerie Harper: I’m not ‘cancer free’

Jay Z to bring Made in America music fest to LA

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Budweiser Made in America music festival is coming to Los Angeles, but who is...

Singer Chris Brown’s bodyguard on trial in DC

WASHINGTON (AP) – Singer Chris Brown’s bodyguard is on trial on assault charges in Washington...

Miley Cyrus resting up after severe allergic reaction causes her to miss shows

Miley Cyrus isn’t doing too well.

Gabriel García Márquez | 1927-2014

Gabriel García Márquez: Master of magical realism, Nobel Prize winner

Microsoft will celebrate new retail store at Aventura Mall with free performance by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Microsoft is opening its newest retail store at Aventura Mall, and will celebrate the opening with a free p...

CUBA

Group says jailed Cuban journalist should be freed

Report says the reporter was jailed because she wrote about alleged police abuse.

World Cup

Miami will be World Cup crossroads

WAR COURT

Outside counsel to probe FBI’s action in Guantánamo 9/11 case

A Justice Department attorney has been named to look into the FBI’s questioning of one member of a 9...

Doral

Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Bill Nelson try to keep U.S. attention on Venezuelan political unrest

In a joint appearance in Doral, Florida’s senators endorsed U.S. sanctions against Venezuelan govern...

Bay Harbor Islands

Bay Harbor Islands approves resolution supporting Venezuelan demonstrators

Bay Harbor Islands council members have approved a resolution in support of Venezuelan demonstrators.

WAR COURT

Guantánamo judge to CIA: Disclose ‘black site’ details to USS Cole defense lawyers

CUBA

Condom shortage hits Cuba

Haiti

U.S. housing effort in Haiti criticized — again

The U.S. government’s largest aid agency says despite criticism of its efforts to build thousands of...

Doral

Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Bill Nelson try to keep U.S. attention on Venezuelan political unrest

In a joint appearance in Doral, Florida’s senators endorsed U.S. sanctions against Venezuelan govern...

Legislature 2014

South Florida lawmakers ramp up push for needle-exchange bill

South Florida lawmakers are hoping to push a controversial needle-exchange proposal over a final hurdle.

2014 Legislature

Trouble looms for immigrant tuition bill in Florida Legislature

The Senate delivered a blow to a bill seeking to extend in-state tuition rates to undocumented students.

Florida Supreme Court

Court: Fla. discrimination law covers pregnancy

In a 6-to-1 opinion, the Florida Supreme Court overturned a lower court in the case of a woman who worked f...

POLITICS

Gov. Rick Scott to Charlie Crist: Win your primary and then maybe we’ll debate

Gov. Rick Scott said he’s not ready to take up Charlie Crist’s challenge to debate, saying it...

2014 Legislature

Miami lawmakers make one more push to extend healthcare to immigrant children

Florida lawmakers haven’t given up hope on extending the state’s subsidized health insurance ...

2014 Legislature

Florida lawmakers consider healthcare law change aimed at Jackson

Crist delivers blistering attack of Scott

Delivering an opening salvo in his campaign to return to office, former Gov. Charlie Crist heaped blisterin...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel laureate, dies at 87

Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez crafted intoxicating fiction from the fatalism, fantasy, cruelty and ...

World reacts to death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Reaction to death of writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez:

Works by Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez was among Latin America's most popular writers and widely considered ...

Gabriel García Márquez | 1927-2014

Gabriel García Márquez: Master of magical realism, Nobel Prize winner

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel laureate, dies at 87

Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez crafted intoxicating fiction from the fatalism, fantasy, cruelty and ...

Harry Russell, 93, Miami-Dade’s champion for the disabled, has died

Harry Russell became Miami-Dade County’s champion for the disabled more than 50 years ago — a...

World reacts to death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Reaction to death of writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez:

Works by Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez was among Latin America's most popular writers and widely considered ...

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Florida companies attract $72 million in VC funding in 1st quarter

Sunrise telehealth provider MDLIVE attracted the largest investment in the fourth quarter, The MoneyTree re...

BILLBOARD LATIN MUSIC CONFERENCE

Billboard Latin Music Conference celebrates 25th anniversary next week in Miami

The Billboard Latin Music Conference returns to the JW Marriott Marquis in Miami on Monday to celebrate its...

Legislature 2014

South Florida lawmakers ramp up push for needle-exchange bill

South Florida lawmakers are hoping to push a controversial needle-exchange proposal over a final hurdle.

World Cup

Miami will be World Cup crossroads

Riviera Focacceria Italiana now open in the Shops of Midtown Miami

A new restaurant, Riviera Focacceria Italiana, is now open in the Shops of Midtown in Miami, offering fresh...

Miami Beach

Miami Beach may spend $26 million on land for transit hub

The deal is dependent on an appraisal and City Commission approval.

Unexpected revenues help Jackson Health System

An unexpected bump in Miami-Dade sales tax receipts, and a one-time capital reimbursement from a prior year...

Microsoft will celebrate new retail store at Aventura Mall with free performance by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Microsoft is opening its newest retail store at Aventura Mall, and will celebrate the opening with a free p...