In a nod to changing demographics, Gov. Rick Scott airing early Spanish-language campaign ad

Rick Scott did better than many expected with Hispanic voters in 2010, and his new Spanish-language ad buy ...

Closing arguments in trial of Miami man accused of killing new bride

WEATHER

Dry, cooler weather expected early this week in Miami area

A patch of rough weather early Saturday that jolted people out of bed — and even damaged a Southwest M...

LEGISLATURE 2014

Today in Tallahassee: Five Things to Know

Lawmakers return to Tallahassee on Monday to begin the two-week sprint toward Sine Die.

LEGISLATURE 2014

Plan to split FSU-FAMU engineering school stirs political waters

The engineering school plan was introduced by Sen. John Thrasher, chairman of Gov. Rick Scott’s re-e...

EASTER

On Easter, tenor Andrea Bocelli pops in at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Miami Beach

Politics

Marc Caputo: The politics of Charlie Crist's debate dodge

Charlie Crist never leaves a TV camera without a comment or campaign talk unspoken.

One dead in strip-club shooting in Kendall

One person is dead and another is in custody after a shooting at a Southwest Miami-Dade strip club.

MARATHON WATCH: 118th Boston Marathon begins

The 118th Boston Marathon has begun. The first entrants crossed the starting line at 8:50 a.m. in the mobil...

UAW withdraws appeal of Volkswagen union vote

The United Auto Workers announced Monday it is withdrawing an appeal of the outcome of a union vote at Volk...

Debate over Armenian museum will continue at appellate hearing

The legal fight over a proposed Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial has lasted nearly as long as the horr...

Boston race makes room for those affected by bombs

"I need to run."

10 Things to Know for Today

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

The nation's weather

Weather Underground Forecast for Monday, April 21, 2014

Teen OK after riding in wheel well of Hawaii jet

Officials say a 16-year-old boy is "lucky to be alive" and unharmed after flying from California to Hawaii ...

Dozens denied Navy base access due to past crimes

Dozens of transportation workers have been denied access to Navy bases on the East Coast because of their c...

Uganda suspends athletics coach over sex abuse

An official with Uganda's athletics body says a coach who faces charges of sexual harassment has been suspe...

Biden in Ukraine to show support as tensions rise

A look at the dual justice system in the West Bank

Israeli and Palestinian minors accused of crimes in the West Bank are subject to two different sets of laws...

Palestinians meet in Gaza for reconciliation talks

A senior Hamas leader based in Egypt is in Gaza for talks aimed at reaching a reconciliation agreement betw...

New drone strike in Yemen kills al-Qaida militants

Yemeni security officials and tribal chiefs say that a suspected U.S. drone strike has killed several al-Qa...

Gaza militants fire missile, rockets at Israel

Militants from the Gaza Strip fired a missile at Israeli troops patrolling the border and several rockets i...

Sherpas consider boycott after Everest disaster

Buddhist monks cremated the remains of Sherpa guides who were buried in the deadliest avalanche to hit Moun...

Suicide bombings, attacks in Iraq kill 19 people

Suicide bombings and other attacks across Iraq killed at least 19 people and wounded 36 on Monday, official...

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Nonfiction

Book considers the pros and cons of fracking

Southern Cross Stargazer for April 20-26

By nightfall Spica follows fiery Mars, in Virgo, higher in the east. Telescopes reveal the white ice cap sh...

Florida: Orlando Cabaret Festival opens April 25

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The travel troubleshooter

An empty vacation package from Expedia

Q: I’m writing you about our problems with a vacation package we booked on Expedia to Tamarindo, Cos...

Cruises

Contrasting cruises big and small:Intimate SeaDream, energetic Norwegian Getaway

Two recent Caribbean voyages could not have been more different.

consumed

Master the Art of the Cut at Carmen y Lola in Doral

The Spanish — on both sides of the pond — are one people united by a passion for pig, whether...

Fiction

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

Notre Dame 7, UM 4

Notre Dame snaps Miami Hurricanes’ 14-game winning streak

Easter Sunday belonged to Notre Dame — at least on the baseball field.

Marlins 3, Mariners 2

Replay decision helps Miami Marlins sweep Seattle Mariners

Assisted by the replay rule for the second time in their past three games, the Marlins went ahead in the ei...

fau 6, fiu 1

Freshman Mourelle falters as FIU falls in rubber game

On Saturday, FIU gave FAU way too much. On Sunday, FAU allowed FIU way too little.

Game 1 | Heat 99, Bobcats 88

Miami Heat overcomes slow start to win Game 1 against Charlotte Bobcats

Boxing spotlight

Chris Algieri gets world-title opportunity against SWBO junior-welterweight champion Ruslan Provodnikov

Marlins notebook

Long outs frustrate Miami Marlins’ Jeff Baker

Jeff Baker has found his “zone,” but not the kind hitters relish.

In My Opinion

Greg Cote: Miami Heat needs Dwyane Wade of Game 1 to three-peat

Bobcats | Al Jefferson

Al Jefferson, Charlotte Bobcats limp to the finish line

Celebrities

George Lopez no ‘Saint’ but plays one on TV

George Lopez wants to feel like a 10-year-old. That’s the intent of the Mexican-American comedian&#x...

The music scene

Ruben Studdard talks life after ‘Idol,’ ‘The Biggest Loser’

Celebrity birthdays on April 21

The television scene

‘Game of Thrones’ stars visit Miami to talk fantasy

Radar

Hot stuff celebrities love

Celebrity birthdays on April 20

Actor George Takei is 77. Actor Ryan O’Neal is 73. Keyboardist Craig Frost of Grand Funk Railroad ...

Celebrity roundup

Idris Elba a new dad

Celebrity birthdays on April 19

Gabriel García Márquez

Nobel laureate Garcia Márquez’s Colombian hometown hopes to make magic out of his legacy

Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez is being remembered Monday in his adopted country of Mexico...

CUBA

Cuba moves to end condom shortage by selling stock with ‘wrong expiration dates’

CUBA

Archbishop Wenski asks for prayers for Cuban dissidents

Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski has asked that masses at the Our Lady of Charity shrine say special prayers ...

CUBA

Company fined $5.9 million for travel to Cuba

U.S. interests bought majority in CWT B.V. — a Dutch company — but did not get the required U...

Venezuela

Venezuela’s troubled times: Maduro’s first year in power

President Nicolás Maduro took power a year ago today. During the past 12 months, he’s faced a s...

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.

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

In a nod to changing demographics, Gov. Rick Scott airing early Spanish-language campaign ad

Rick Scott did better than many expected with Hispanic voters in 2010, and his new Spanish-language ad buy ...

Education

South Miami-based charter school management company under federal scrutiny

As legislators consider revising the law governing charter schools, the U.S. Department of Education is scr...

Hialeah

Hialeah mayor’s testimony highlights own involvement in lending schemes

Florida budgets put priority on hometown projects over at-risk kids

With two weeks to go, legislators are poised to spend a surplus on hometown projects rather than on service...

Scott's office: Ask employees for records, not us

The administration of Gov. Rick Scott is making a unique legal argument when it comes to handing over publi...

CAMPAIGN 2014

Charlie Crist‘s biggest challenge: motivating Democrats in South Florida to vote

For Charlie Crist to beat Gov. Rick Scott, South Florida voters likely need to do something they haven ...

POLITICS / ANALYSIS

Immigrant tuition bill opens rift in Republican party

The abrupt announcement that a bill to give some undocumented immigrants in-state tuition would not get a v...

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...

Anti-junta Myanmar journalist Win Tin dies at 85

Win Tin, a prominent journalist who became Myanmar's longest-serving political prisoner after challenging m...

Prizefighter Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter dies at 76

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter never surrendered hope of regaining his freedom, not even after he was convicted o...

Canadian author Alistair MacLeod dies at 77

Alistair MacLeod, the award-winning Canadian author who was best known for his short story collections and ...

Country music singer Kevin Sharp dies at age 43

Kevin Sharp, a country music singer who recorded multiple chart-topping songs and survived a well-publiciz...

Country music singer Kevin Sharp dies at age 43

Kevin Sharp, a country music singer who recorded multiple chart-topping songs and survived a well-publicize...

Boxer Rubin ‘Hurricane' Carter dies at 76

Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international...

Prizefighter Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter dies at 76

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter never surrendered hope of regaining his freedom, not even after he was convicted o...

NASA: Engineer vital to moon landing success dies

John C. Houbolt, an engineer whose contributions to the U.S. space program were vital to NASA's successful ...

BUSINESS PLAN CHALLENGE

Challenge announces 29 semifinalists

From tech to logistics to food and games, these businesses or business ideas passed the first round in the ...

RESTAURANTS

Myles Chefetz, Michael Schwartz dominate Miami’s fine-dining scene

Myles Chefetz and Michael Schwartz, who were once business partners, each went their own way — Chefetz...

From his Miramar home, businessman runs plastic factories — across the world in his native Nigeria

Austin Onyejiaka, in South Florida, directs his plastic-manufacturing factories located in his native country.

Four years after Miami business training trip, Nigerian entrepreneurs face challenges in their home country

Four years ago, 21 Nigerian business men and women visited Barry University as part of a State Department-f...

Q&A with commercial real estate broker and developer Michael Comras

Commercial real estate broker and developer Michael Comras, chief executive of the Comras Company, has made...

Quest Workspaces is expanding, offering space so clients can grow

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