Corrections

Emails show coverup of Miami-Dade prison inmate’s scalding death started early

Elliot Key Plane Crash

A Coral Gables man crashed his plane off Elliott Key Sunday after a series of tricky maneuvers, witnesses said

Authorities still are investigating the crash of a Cessna that killed a Coral Gables man.

Federal court

Former Miami firefighter faces long prison sentence on Internet child-porn conviction

The FBI monitored a file-sharing network and discovered a former Miami firefighter was downloading child po...

Identity theft

Debt collection scam tries to trade on Miami-Dade state attorney’s title

Miami-Dade prosecutors are warning people not to pay money to e-mailers who use the office’s clout t...

Little Havana

Police arrest Miami man in stabbing death of 11-year-old girl

Columnist

Emmanuel Temple hosts annual Come Together Day

Neighbors in Religion tips its hat to the Rev. John F. White II and the congregation at Emmanuel Temple fo...

MDC, Lynn University make list of great college workplaces

Two South Florida institutions are on the latest list of Great Colleges to Work For, an annual survey publi...

Miami-Dade

New trailer brings adoptable pets out to meet the people

Clippers CEO and Shelly Sterling to testify

Richard Parsons, the interim CEO of the Los Angeles Clippers, is due to step into the battle of billionaire...

Detroit retirees back pension cuts by a landslide

Quotations in the News

"I want to thank city retirees and active employees who voted for casting aside the rhetoric and making an ...

Evangelical group sets sights on secular Portland

An evangelical Christian group plans to try to convert children as young as 5 at Portland apartment pools, ...

Theater shooting lawyers in court to discuss video

Attorneys in the Colorado theater shooting case are returning to court to discuss whether a doctor should b...

Montana judge to be censured over rape comments

The Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday will publicly reprimand a judge who gave a lenient sentence to a rapis...

Oil gains further on concerns over Ukraine, Gaza

The price of oil rose above $103 a barrel Tuesday on persisting jitters over the situation in Gaza and the ...

HIV pills show more promise to prevent infection

There is more good news about HIV treatment pills used to prevent infection in people at high risk of getti...

66 reported hurt in Turkish tanker truck explosion

Turkey's state-run news agency says a tanker truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG, has overturned...

EU meets as some countries seek tougher sanctions

European Union foreign ministers are meeting to consider further sanctions against Russia because of the do...

Cambodian political rivals say agreement reached

Prime Minister Hun Sen and Cambodian opposition parties said Tuesday they agreed on a joint solution to end...

Credit Suisse has $779M loss in 2Q due US tax case

Credit Suisse AG has posted a second-quarter net loss of 700 million Swiss francs ($779 million) after payi...

Turkey: police involved in graft probe detained

Turkish media reports say police have raided homes of police officers overnight and detained dozens who wer...

Moscow subway chief fired after 22 killed in crash

Russian news agencies say the head of Moscow's subway system has been fired in the wake of a rush-hour dera...

Former general rejects Indonesian election process

Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto says he rejects the election process and accused it of b...

Protesters at Russian embassy in KL seek justice

Protesters marched on the Russian embassy in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, waving placards and demanding justice...

Fit Tip

Fit tip: Eat more mangoes

Q: I love mangoes but they are so sweet they must be bad for me. Is this true?

Carolyn Hax

Carolyn Hax: Am I single and loving it or just scared?

Adapted from a recent online discussion.

Dear Abby

Dear Abby: Younger couples weigh in on how they handle money

Dear Readers: On April 11, I printed a letter from “Wondering in Washington,” a man asking wh...

Cooking

A cut above: Sharp knives are a home cook’s greatest tool

Cook’s Corner

Layered picnic coleslaw is a sight to behold

Today’s Special

Perfect Parmesan peps up summer salads

Fitness

Broward trainer focusing on women’s health — not their looks

A Coconut Creek trainer is working with women to focus on their health, not their looks. She’s one o...

Mr. Tidbit

Peanut butter cereal is ‘flavored’ with almonds and walnuts

The latest breakfast entry from Kellogg is Jif peanut butter cereal (made with Jif peanut butter).

UM FOOTBALL

Miami Hurricanes shifting to attack mode

Marlins 3, Braves 1 (10)

Garrett Jones comes up big for Miami Marlins in 10th inning win over Braves

The desperate Marlins started a big series against the first-place Braves in glorious fashion, pushing acro...

FLORIDA PANTHERS

Cuban-American goalie Al Montoya hopes to ‘show off my American dream’ with Florida Panthers

Goalie Al Montoya hoops to boost the Panthers on the ice and use his Cuban roots to promote hockey in South...

Soccer | AS Monaco vs. Atletico Nacional

Radamel Falcao steals show during AS Monaco workout at FIU

UM FOOTBALL

Media predicts Miami Hurricanes will win ACC Coastal Division

Marlins Notebook

Source: Miami Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton would be turned off if Steve Cishek is dealt

After watching the Marlins routinely trade players to dump salary, All-Star outfielder Giancarlo Stanton h...

Soccer

Broward beckoning to David Beckham: Bring soccer stadium here

Soccer star David Beckham’s failed attempts to find a home for a 20,000-seat stadium in downtown Mia...

Marlins 3, Giants 2

Pitcher Brad Hand gives Miami Marlins a needed lift, going seven strong innings

Celebrity birthdays on July 22

Actor Orson Bean is 86. Actress Louise Fletcher is 80. Actor Terence Stamp is 76. Game show host Alex Trebe...

La vida local

LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian spotted at Swim Week, Mario Lopez parties on yacht

LeAnn Rimes was impressed by the skimpy swimwear at the Luli Fama presentation at the Raleigh Sunday. She a...

As seen on TV

Adam Richman starts fresh with ‘Food Fighters’

The movie scene

The Rock: He really is Hercules

Scene in the Tropics

Leonardo DiCaprio parties with models in Miami Beach

Mercedes Benz Swim Week was sweltering for so many reasons, among them the appearance of models. And where ...

Celebrity roundup

Jonah Hill officiates at Adam Levine’s wedding

Celebrity roundup

Night of drinking ends in jail for former Destiny’s Child member Farrah Franklin

A former member of the R&B group Destiny’s Child was arrested in Myrtle Beach over the weekend after...

Radar

Hot stuff celebrities love

Venezuela

Wife of imprisoned Venezuelan activist pleads for his release

The wife of political activist Leopoldo López, who has been in a Venezuelan jail since February, takes...

Panama Canal

Arbitration on Panama Canal dispute to begin in Miami

An arbitration tribunal sitting in Miami will hear the dispute, which has already delayed completion of a p...

NORTH MIAMI

Haitian president, prime minister meet diaspora in North Miami

Haiti’s government brings its town hall gathering to North Miami where officials touted their succes...

CUBA

Russia-Cuba love affair on again

Trade, politics, culture and history are leading to warmer relations between the Cold War allies.

Olympic Games

Rio Olympics organizers can glean lessons from Brazil’s World Cup

Brazil’s bumpy road to organizing the World Cup can guide Olympic organizers in what not to do.

Colombia Politics

Colombia’s new legislature brings fresh challenges to peace process

When Colombia’s legislature is sworn in on Sunday to a four-year term, peace will be at the center o...

Health

Chikungunya fever finally makes it to the United States - two cases in South Florida

A 41-year-old woman has contracted chikungunya fever in Miami-Dade County, even though she had not traveled...

CUBA

Putin denies deal for reopening Cuba base

But Russian and foreign media say their own sources confirmed the report in a Moscow newspaper.

Politics

Gov. Scott had stake in pipeline firm whose $3 billion venture he and his appointees backed

Upon his election in 2010, Gov. Rick Scott’s transition team included a Florida Power & Light execut...

Politics

From ‘huckster’ riff to math dis, Florida CFO Jeff Atwater and N.Y. Gov. Cuomo have war of words

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is running a misleading ad campaign aimed at luring business to New York from Fl...

Politics

Miami congressional candidate highlights ‘Cuban’ rivals in flier

Cutler Bay Mayor Ed MacDougall says he’s merely repeating what his opponents say on the campaign trail.

Politics

Marc Caputo: Numbers favor Rick Scott, despite troubles

Charlie Crist had one of the best weeks of the gubernatorial race after picking a widely admired running ma...

Florida politics

Even among opponents, Charlie Crist’s pick for No. 2, AnnetteTaddeo, gets respect

Annette Taddeo gives Charlie Crist fundraising power and cover with Democrats as his running mate.

Campaign 2014

Judge eases rules for write-in candidates

A court ruling will allow write-in candidate Ronald Bray to stay in the race for Florida House District 96.

In My Opinion

Fred Grimm: Winning lawsuit over redistricting is as bad as losing

It’s as if you spotted someone cruising around in the family sedan that had been swiped from your dr...

Politics

Crist names Miamian Annette Taddeo-Goldstein as running mate

James Garner, TV antihero of 'Maverick,' 'Rockford,' dies at 86

If Sam Spade was a tough guy, Jim Rockford was ... well, he could throw a punch, but he didn't like to beca...

Thomas Berger, 'Little Big Man' author, dead at 89

Thomas Berger, the witty and eclectic novelist who reimagined the American West in the historical yarn "Lit...

Longtime UMass men's soccer coach dies

Massachusetts men's soccer coach Sam Koch (coke), who led the Minutemen to a berth in the 2007 College Cup,...

German supermarket tycoon Albrecht dead at 94

Family spokesman: Ex-Oregon Gov. Vic Atiyeh dies

Vic Atiyeh, Oregon's last Republican governor who shepherded the state through a deep recession during two ...

Reactions to the death of James Garner

"Jim was a mentor to me and a friend, and I will miss him." — Tom Selleck, who early in his career g...

James Garner, witty star of 'Maverick' and 'Rockford Files,' dies at 86

James Garner, a master of light comedy who shot to fame in the 1950s as the charming and dry-witted gambler...

NC Rep. Fulghum dies after cancer diagnosis

State Rep. Jim Fulghum has died, weeks after announcing he was being treated for cancer.

Business

Colombian coffee company Juan Valdez kicks off U.S. expansion with downtown Miami café

The farmer-owned company is planning to open about 60 South Florida stores before adding franchises in Texa...

Q&A

Q&A with EarlyShares CEO on the future of crowdfunding

Joanna Schwartz talks about the progress of Miami-based EarlyShares, an equity crowdfunding platform that c...

Startup Spotlight: The Clean Team

Headquarters: Miami

TECH TALK

Venture Law Project: Free legal service for startups fills a need

MDC, Lynn University make list of great college workplaces

Two South Florida institutions are on the latest list of Great Colleges to Work For, an annual survey publi...

Cooking

A cut above: Sharp knives are a home cook’s greatest tool

More menu variety — and chocolate — in store for Norwegian Cruise Line

Norwegian Cruise Line is spicing up menus in its main dining rooms, giving customers the option to make res...

SMALL BUSINESS PROFILE

LAPIZTA founders used their passion for extreme sports to create watch brand

The founders of LAPIZTA took their passion for extreme sports and put it on the face of a watch, creating t...