Friends and Neighbors

Give the gift of volunteering this holiday season

At this time of the year, many of us are thinking about the kinds of gifts we will get for our loved ones. ...

JOBS IN FLORIDA: THE RICK SCOTT RECORD

Gov. Rick Scott boasts about creating new jobs, but the numbers tell a far different story

Gov. Rick Scott campaigned in 2010 on a promise to create 700,000 jobs, but the jobs he can most directly d...

Schools

Florida students ‘happy’ at school despite lagging PISA scores

The Florida students who took an international math, science and reading exam also for the first time answe...

CUBA

A sudden surge in Cuban migrants

At least 44,000 Cubans arrived in the United States in the year ending Sept. 30. It is the highest total si...

HOMESTEAD

Homestead may pull plug on land deal with tarnished Dade Medical College boss

Homestead chose Dade Medical College as the new centerpiece of its downtown — but now the city has h...

HEALTHCARE

Nurse education expansion creates failing programs

Florida lawmakers hoping to stave off a nurse shortfall has opened the door for second-rate schools.

Wish Book: A computer for former North Miami playwright to finish his memoirs

The years has not been kind to 80-year-old Robert Macbeth, but he still scratches out his dreams on scraps ...

MIAMI

Missing Miami girl found alive with injury

Tea party battles business over Braves stadium

A deal for hundreds of millions of dollars in public money to draw the Atlanta Braves north of their downto...

The nation's weather

Weather Underground Forecast for Sunday, Dec. 08, 2013

Survivors recall Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

For the first time since the war, Alvis Taylor returned to Pearl Harbor and recalled the surprise Japanese ...

US vet Merrill Newman, 85, home from North Korea

A tired but smiling 85-year-old U.S. veteran detained in North Korea for several weeks returned home to app...

Today in History

Today is Sunday, Dec. 8, the 342nd day of 2013. There are 23 days left in the year.

A glance at why the US is buying Russian copters

Some answers to questions about how the United States ended up buying more than $1 billion in new helicopte...

Pa. Catholic school teacher fired for gay wedding

A gay teacher at a suburban Philadelphia Catholic high school was fired Friday after he applied for a New J...

Mason, No. 3 Auburn beat No. 5 Missouri 59-42

Tre Mason struck a pose — a Heisman Trophy pose.

Presidents, royalty expected for Mandela memorial

The memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela on Tuesday is poised to be one of th...

Iran says opposes foreign presence in Afghanistan

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says his country opposes the presence of foreign forces in Afghanistan and ...

Quotes from South African sermons honoring Mandela

Nelson Mandela was honored in church sermons across South Africa Sunday, which has been declared a national...

Central African fighters defy order to stand down

The mostly Muslim fighters who control Central African Republic patrolled neighborhoods across its capital ...

Bombings kill 39 in and around Iraqi capital

At least 11 explosions tore through predominantly Shiite Muslim areas in and around the Iraqi capital on Su...

'La Cage aux Folles' director dies

Edouard Molinaro, nominated for an Oscar for directing "La Cage aux Folles," a French farce about a gay cou...

France tries to rewrite its role in Africa

France is coming to the rescue again, deploying soldiers in a former African colony to help stave off catas...

Cuba reforms seen as changing ideals, values

It's not dog-eat-dog. Not just yet.

Graphic novels

Graphic novels, from Batman to Button Man

What do you recommend?

Fiction

Fannie Flagg spins her small-town formula once again

Memoir

Roger Rosenblatt takes a walking tour of his past

Experts urge feds to measure, pursue our happiness

Happy or sad? Content or bored? And how many times did you smile yesterday? A panel of experts thinks Amer...

MEDICAL RESEARCH

Face transplants are thriving two years after operations

Medical imaging shows new blood vessel networks have formed, a finding that may help improve future face tr...

Parenting

Expressing gratitude best learned by example

Some of us are still reeling from our attempts to coax a shred of Thanksgiving gratitude out of our kids.

The travel troubleshooter

Am I responsible for underside damage to my Enterprise rental?

Q: I recently rented a car from Enterprise. When I picked up the car, a representative and I did a walk-aro...

DOLPHINS AT STEELERS, 1 P.M. SUNDAY, CBS

Quarterback Ryan Tannehill on pace to make Miami Dolphins history

Ryan Tannehill could eclipse 4,000 passing yards this season, joining Dan Marino as the only Dolphins quart...

UM

Miam Hurricanes practice, await Bowl news

The Hurricanes had their first bowl practice in three years, opening the session — as well as the ne...

Hiking

Big O Hike, a Lake Okeechobee holiday tradition

Every Thanksgiving week since 1991, a group of hardy souls — from elementary-school age to octogenaria...

ACC Championship Game | No. 1 Florida State 45, No. 20 Duke 7

Jameis Winston leads FSU past Duke to ACC crown, spot in BCS title game

Florida State captured the ACC crown game and a spot in the BCS title game against likely opponent Auburn.

Class 4A championship | Booker T. Washington 40, Jacksonville Bolles 21

Booker T. Washington wins second consecutive Class 4A state title

Booker T. Washington recovered from a slow start to rout Jacksonville Bolles and win its second consecutive...

Recruiting | Dalvin Cook

Miami Central’s Dalvin Cook still weighing his options despite commitment to Florida Gators

Panthers 2, Red Wings 1

Tim Thomas paces Florida Panthers in victory over Red Wings

Tim Thomas helped Florida win its second game in as many nights, before meeting his idol and former Cats go...

In My Opinion

Michelle Kaufman: World Cup group winner predictions

Now that the world has had some time to digest the World Cup draw, the celebrating and whining are slowing ...

La vida local

Demi Lovato a headliner at Y100 Jingle Ball

Gossip extra

Strange turns in Justin Bieber case

The lawsuit brought by a Miami Beach paparazzo against pop star Justin Bieber and one of his bodyguards is ...

Celebrity birthdays on Dec 8

Actor-producer-director Maximilian Schell is 83. Singer Jerry Butler is 74. Singer-keyboardist Gregg Allman...

Scene in the Tropics

Celebrities do Art Basel in a big way

Celebrity roundup

TLC star will document cancer battle

Jen Arnold, star of TLC’s The Little Couple, has decided to let cameras document her battle with can...

Coming to town

Rock royal Chelsea Tyler takes stage with badbad

Chelsea Tyler has music in her DNA.

The style scene

Shoe designer Chloe Jade Green is fashion royalty

Safe to say, Chloe Jade Green knows how to put an outfit together.

In concert

Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen: We’re a rock band

Surrender to the sounds of Cheap Trick on Saturday night at Magic City Casino. The band — which form...

Venezuela

Pocketbook politics: Venezuela’s Maduro hopes economic measures can swing Sunday’s vote

With Sunday’s municipal vote in Venezuela, analysts think economic measures — from fire sales...

CUBA

A sudden surge in Cuban migrants

At least 44,000 Cubans arrived in the United States in the year ending Sept. 30. It is the highest total si...

Gov. Scott checks out PortMiami dredging

The crews digging a deeper channel into PortMiami had a VIP guest Friday: the governor of Florida.

CUBA

Cuba consular problem in Washington may cause ripples for US diplomats in Havana

Cuban diplomats reportedly said that if they can’t find a bank to hold consular accounts, the U.S. m...

CUBA

Martha Frayde, co-founder of Cuba’s human rights movement, dies

She was sentenced to 29 years in prison, but Fidel Castro pardoned her after she agreed to go into exile in...

Caribbean

Caribbean needs cheaper, reliable energy

Time for the Caribbean to cut its dependency on expensive fossil fuel, experts say.

Venezuela Politics

Venezuela’s municipal races seen as national litmus test

Campaigning for Venezuela’s municipal elections ended Thursday. While the races may be local, the im...

VENEZUELA

Web crackdown blocks currency sites

As the value of the bolivar plunges and people try to find safe haven in U.S. dollars, the government is bl...

JOBS IN FLORIDA: THE RICK SCOTT RECORD

Gov. Rick Scott boasts about creating new jobs, but the numbers tell a far different story

Gov. Rick Scott campaigned in 2010 on a promise to create 700,000 jobs, but the jobs he can most directly d...

HEALTHCARE

Nurse education expansion creates failing programs

Florida lawmakers hoping to stave off a nurse shortfall has opened the door for second-rate schools.

HOMESTEAD

Homestead may pull plug on land deal with tarnished Dade Medical College boss

Homestead chose Dade Medical College as the new centerpiece of its downtown — but now the city has h...

JOBS IN FLORIDA: THE RICK SCOTT RECORD

New frontier for Space Coast jobs

In Gov. Rick Scott’s quest to find more private-sector jobs, the CEO-turned-governor sometimes relie...

Miami-Dade County

Commission restrictions could make budget cuts tricky for Miami-Dade mayor

A commission decision to restore union workers’ pay would require $56 million in budget cuts this year.

JOBS IN FLORIDA: THE RICK SCOTT RECORD

Case study: A jobs promise that faded

Two years after the Colt Manufacturing Company promised to bring 63 jobs to the state, the jobs are still n...

RICK SCOTT

Governor’s chief of staff admits he lied on resume in previous job

JOBS IN FLORIDA: THE RICK SCOTT RECORD

Little campaign payback for jobs incentives

At least publicly, most corporate CEOs say cash incentives and tax breaks trail other factors — the ...

'La Cage aux Folles' director dies

Edouard Molinaro, nominated for an Oscar for directing "La Cage aux Folles," a French farce about a gay cou...

Belgian golf psychologist to Ernie Els dies at 62

Ernie Els had another sad day upon learning that his former psychologist, Jos Vanstiphout, had died of a he...

Boxer Jacob Matlala, 51, a Mandela favorite, dies

Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala, a four-time world champion in the flyweight and junior flyweight divisions and o...

South African leader Nelson Mandela dies at 95

JOHANNESBURG _ Nelson Mandela, who emerged from more than a quarter of a century in prison to steer a troub...

Correction: Obit-Kennedy Rescuer story

In a story Nov. 28, The Associated Press, relying on information from family members, reported erroneously ...

Famed door-to-door salesman Bill Porter dies at 81

Bill Porter, the door-to-door salesman in Portland, Ore., who was portrayed by William H. Macy in an Emmy-w...

British jazz great Stan Tracey dies at 86

British jazz pianist and composer Stan Tracey, who played with everyone from Sonny Rollins to Charlie Watts...

Ex-Assemblywoman Vivian Freeman dies at 86

Former Assemblywoman Vivian Freeman, who championed the causes of women and children, conservation and educ...

DISPATCHES

Basel wrap-up: Taffy, crystal and a T-shirt barge

CARNIVAL FOOD: THE STICKIER, THE ARTSIER The annual VIP breakfast at CIFO (Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundat...

Media

Miami-based Guide launches text-to-video tool for publishers

Miami-based tech startup Guide provides a tool to let publishers inexpensively generate videos of their new...

Gov. Scott checks out PortMiami dredging

The crews digging a deeper channel into PortMiami had a VIP guest Friday: the governor of Florida.

Banesco USA agrees to consent order

Banesco USA said Friday that it has agreed to a consent order with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., dea...

ART WEEK

Women honored for arts impact at Miami Beach event

Collector Mera Rubell among the honorees by Niche Media’s Art Basel Magazine.

HOTELS

East Coast sibling of Hollywood’s Redbury hotel now open in South Beach

The 69-room Redbury hotel on South Beach opened just in time for Art Basel Miami Beach crowds.

ART MUSEUMS

MOCA mum on move rumors

After an art publication reported that the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami might move, the museum w...

Caribbean

Caribbean needs cheaper, reliable energy

Time for the Caribbean to cut its dependency on expensive fossil fuel, experts say.