Former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew dies at 85

Columnist

Cookout for Kids: Raising funds for neglected children

For more than 38 years, Christian Homes for Children have been a kind of “ram in the bush” fo...

LEGISLATURE 2014

Today in Tallahassee: Five Things to Know

Florida legislators will start piecing together the 2014-15 state budget on Thursday, after getting fresh ...

Legislature 2014

Gov. Rick Scott backs in-state tuition for undocumented students

Another Republican lawmaker has come around on the issue of in-state tuition for undocumented students ...

PROPERTY INSURANCE

Hundreds of Fla. homeowners reach settlement with Citizens over sinkhole claims

The settlement involves policyholders who were challenging the state-run insurance company for failing to a...

Environment

Two-year search for deadly Nile croc ends with capture in Everglades National Park

A Nile crocodile was captured Sunday ending a two-year search. Officials believe the croc, along with two o...

Miami-Dade School Board opposes Legislature’s proposal to allow armed staffers

The legislation would allow school superintendents and principals to authorize trained employees to carry a...

North Central Dade

North Mami-Dade woman shot dead behind daycare center

Police were searching Wednesday for a man who shot a woman dead behind a daycare center in North Miami-Dade.

Gay veterans won't march in Boston parade

A gay rights advocacy group says it is ending its efforts to get organizers of Boston's St. Patrick's Day p...

Florida teen accused of poisoning teacher's drink

A Florida teenager is accused of trying to poison his teacher by putting hand sanitizer in her Diet Coke.

APNewsBreak: Transgender troop ban faces scrutiny

10 Things to Know for Today

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

Vegas fire: 1 person dead; several police treated

A late night fire in west Las Vegas killed one resident, injured another and left nearly a dozen police off...

Searchers scour rubble after gas explosion kills 7

A seventh person has been confirmed killed by an explosion that flattened two New York City apartment build...

Defense contractor due at Hawaii plea hearing

A civilian defense contractor faces a court hearing Thursday on federal charges, accused of giving military...

Oil back above $98 after China jitters

The price of oil rose above $98 per barrel on Thursday after plunging the day before on concern China's eco...

Paris Hilton inaugurates Manila urban beach club

Paris Hilton unveiled her first real estate project Thursday in metropolitan Manila and said she wants to f...

Wealthy Ukrainian businessman arrested in Vienna

Austrian authorities say they have arrested a wealthy Ukrainian businessman on an American warrant charging...

Confidence, trepidation ahead of Crimea referendum

Men hawk Russian tricolor flags to drivers at traffic lights on the streets of the Crimean capital. Mini-va...

Syrian parliament approves new election law

Syria's state TV says the parliament has unanimously approved a new election law allowing multiple candidat...

Pope marks anniversary: "Please pray for me."

Pope Francis has marked his one-year anniversary with a simple tweet: "Please pray for me."

OECD halts membership talks with Russia

A grouping of the world's most developed countries says it's provisionally halting accession talks with Rus...

Putin thanks Paralympics for eschewing politics

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Paralympic leaders that Russia was not "an instigator" of the Cri...

Court confirms death sentence in India gang rape

A New Delhi court on Thursday confirmed the death penalty imposed by a lower court to four men convicted fo...

Medicare

Proposal would limit Medicare coverage for some Florida drug testing

Florida officials say a proposed Medicare reimbursement policy would carry “unwelcome public health ...

Crave a cookie? Study measures temptation

If there’s no caramel cheesecake, you’re not likely to eat any. But plop one down on a table ...

Nutrition

Mikey likes this - and it’s healthy

Program aims to get kids to eat healthy foods by choice

Fit tip: Should I eat more often?

Q. A friend said I should eat more meals a day, but I'm trying to lose weight. What's the logic behind eati...

JOCK DOC

Non-surgical treatments available for hip pain

Q. I am only in my late ‘50s but have developed horrible left hip pain. It started as an ache about ...

Plastic Surgery 101

Why the Oscars are giving plastic surgery a bad rap

As I watched the Oscars last week, I was appalled by what I saw. Every year after the Oscars I always get t...

Seven-day menu planner

Plan your meals a week at a time, or pick and choose your favorites. Each meal comes with a shopping list.

Mother, son undergo same procedure with same surgeon — on the same day

When he came to in the intensive care unit at Mt. Sinai Hospital, Carlos Garcia asked the nurse to wheel hi...

Outdoors

Bounty of bonefish in Bimini

Veteran flats guide “Eagle Eyes” Fred Rolle poled his skiff along a sparse mangrove fringe next ...

fort lauderdale high

Sweetapples are a triple threat at Fort Lauderdale

Sweetapple is an unusual name — unless you live in Glovertown, Newfoundland … or play baseball or...

Softball | Westminster Christian 11, Coral Reef 7

Warriors achieve one goal towards mission

With eight seniors who have been eliminated in regional finals the past three seasons, this year’s Wes...

Marlins

Miami Marlins’ A.J. Ramos tuning up for season

MIAMI DOLPHINS

Miami Dolphins welcome Branden Albert, Earl Mitchell

The Dolphins welcomed Branden Albert and Earl Mitchell on Wednesday as they continued to rebuild following ...

Panthers

Another learning experience for Florida Panthers

Thursday brings another late-season active learning session for some of the Panthers’ young, this time...

UF men

Florida Gators sweep top SEC awards

No. 1 Florida was perfect during the Southeastern Conference regular season, becoming the first team from ...

Spotlight | On tennis

Semi-retired Martina Hingis to join star-studded lineup at Sony Open

Zimmerman's parents sue Barr over Twitter post

George Zimmerman's parents are suing actress Roseanne Barr in Florida, claiming a Twitter post she made lis...

Jazz in the Gardens

Kelly Rowland promises a sexy night of song

Of course, Kelly Rowland is best known for being part of the triumphant trio that is Destiny’s Child...

La vida local

William Levy and Zulay Henao in Miami: Set was laid back on ‘Tyler Perry’s Single Mom’s Club’

Actor Chris Pine charged in New Zealand with DUI

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – Hollywood actor Chris Pine, known for playing Captain Kirk in the &#x...

Celebrity birthdays on March 13

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Hot stuff celebrities love

Doris Day plans animal-friendly birthday bash

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Screen legend Doris Day is celebrating a landmark birthday with an auction to ben...

Celebrity birthdays on March 12

IN THE CAMPS

U.S. repatriates once resistant Guantánamo detainee to Algeria

Dominican Republic

U.S. walks tightrope on controversial Dominican ruling

The U.S. voice on the Haitian citizenship issue was weaken without VP Joe Biden’s visit.

Venezuela

To survive, Maduro must dismantle the Chavismo model

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro likely will have to make a change in policy to save the country fr...

Review board upholds first forever prisoner’s Guantánamo detention

A parole-style panel at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has decided to recommend that the military continue to ...

Caribbean community

Caribbean leaders conclude two-day summit

Caribbean Community leaders end a two-day summit in St. Vincent agreeing to further studies issues like med...

Haiti

Some Haiti cholera victims file new lawsuit against U.N .

Days after the US government asked a court to grant the United Nations immunity in a cholera lawsuit, a gro...

CUBA

UN: Cuba would not ID those responsible for North Korea arms shipment

The weapons that Cuba described as “obsolete” were in good shape, the U.N. said.

Chile

Bachelet sworn in as Chilean president, pledges ‘fairer’ society

In an historic ceremony, Isabel Allende, whose father was deposed in a military coup in 1973, draped the pr...

Former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew dies at 85

POLITICS

Former Fla. Gov. Reubin Askew, 85, hospitalized

Medicare

Proposal would limit Medicare coverage for some Florida drug testing

Florida officials say a proposed Medicare reimbursement policy would carry “unwelcome public health ...

LEGISLATURE 2014

Gov. Rick Scott, lawmakers tangle with universities over tuition costs

Currently, state universities can ask the Board of Governors for up to 15 percent higher rates, known as tu...

Campaign 2014 | Analysis

Republicans' CD13 win gives Florida Democrats a bad case of déjà vu

Without President Barack Obama on the ticket, something weird happens to the Florida Democratic Party and i...

Legislature 2014

Gov. Rick Scott backs in-state tuition for undocumented students

Another Republican lawmaker has come around on the issue of in-state tuition for undocumented students ...

POLITICS

Gov. Scott pens new book, but won’t talk about it

Gov. Rick Scott, long rumored to be writing a book, recently told reporters it won’t be available un...

COURTS

Sen. Rubio reports for jury duty Wednesday in Miami

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is reporting for jury duty in Miami.

Former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew dies at 85

Former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew dies

Pioneering bodybuilder Larry Dee Scott dies at 75

Larry Dee Scott, a trailblazing bodybuilder who rose to fame in the 1960s and became the first Mr. Olympia ...

Player who inspired 'Kuykenstrong' dies at age 32

Former D.C. United midfielder Shawn Kuykendall has died from a rare form of cancer at the age of 32.

Czech filmmaker Vera Chytilova dies at 85

Czech film director Vera Chytilova, one of the leading filmmakers of the new wave of Czechoslovak cinema in...

Dr. Catherine A. Poole, 80

Dr. Catherine Poole, the first female to lead UM’s radiology department, dies at 80

Mark Bonawitz, 74

Pioneering paramedic developed priority system for mass-casualty scenes

'Fatal Vision' author Joe McGinniss dies at age 71

Joe McGinniss wasn't one to let a story tell itself.

FORECLOSURES

Florida still No. 1 in foreclosure activity, RealtyTrac data show

Florida still leads the nation in foreclosure activity.

media

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway to buy WPLG-Channel 10

CRUISE SHIPPING MIAMI

Norwegian to base next new ship in Miami

Norwegian Cruise Line announced its second new ship will call Miami home and be decorated by Guy Harvey.

Accepting lifetime achievement award, Armando Codina says his long career is far from over

Long-time Miami developer Armando Codina accepted the Real Estate Lifetime Achievement Award from the Great...

TECHNOLOGY

Wild ideas grow in Google’s secret lab

Many other tech companies have trimmed research budgets, but Google’s X division is pursuing a range...

Medicare

Proposal would limit Medicare coverage for some Florida drug testing

Florida officials say a proposed Medicare reimbursement policy would carry “unwelcome public health ...

Vicomte A. to open first Miami-Dade store in South Beach

Unions

Miami-Dade unions want healthcare prices

Labor representatives meeting with Miami-Dade administrators to explore ways to reduce healthcare costs ask...