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...

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.

Soccer in Miami

Two sides trade jabs in debate over Major League Soccer stadium at PortMiami

For the first time, one of David Beckham’s representatives debated the leader of an alliance opposed...

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...

Going with the flow: Water trickles into new Florida Keys aquarium

Watching water trickle slowly into an empty 200,000-gallon fish tank isn't that far off from watching grass...

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...

Sleeping girl killed after car drives into home

Officials say a 16-year-old Southern California girl asleep in her bed has died after a driver accused of b...

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...

AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EDT

Duncan scores 27 points, Spurs rally to beat Mavericks 90-85 in Game 1

On eve of marathon, festivities and tight security

In many ways, it felt like any other pre-marathon Sunday in Boston.

The nation's weather

Weather Underground midday recap for Sunday, April 20, 2014

Police: Man pelted woman at egg decorating party

Pittsburgh police say a man threw hardboiled eggs at his girlfriend during an Easter egg decorating party, ...

Memorial for 11 serial-killing victims needs $250K

Construction of a memorial at the Cleveland site where the remains of 11 women were found in a serial kille...

AP Photos: Christians seek hope in Easter events

From the splendor of the Vatican to some of the world's most troubled regions, Christians worldwide sought ...

Mob in Dominican Republic kills Haitian father

A Haitian man died after being attacked by a mob in the Dominican Republic for allegedly stabbing his 4-mon...

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...

Malaysia Airlines jet turns back after tire burst

A Malaysia Airlines flight heading to India with 166 people aboard made an emergency landing in Kuala Lumpu...

8 killed in Finland parachutist plane accident

Finnish officials say eight people died when a small plane carrying parachutists crashed to the ground and ...

8 dead in northern Mexico plane crash

A private plane has crashed in a northern Mexico city, killing all eight people on board.

Yemen: Airstrike targets al-Qaida training camps

An airstrike targeting suspected al-Qaida training camps in a rugged mountain region in southern Yemen kill...

Large wildfire in Dutch national park

A large wildfire destroyed at least 530 hectares (1,300 acres) in the Netherlands' Hoge Veluwe National Par...

Kuwait court shuts 2 newspapers over coup articles

A Kuwaiti court has temporarily suspended the publication of two independent newspapers over articles about...

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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...

Cruises

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

Two recent Caribbean voyages could not have been more different.

Florida: Orlando Cabaret Festival opens April 25

Come to the Cabaret

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...

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.

Game 1: Miami Heat vs. Charlotte Bobcats

Live updates: Miami Heat vs. Charlotte Bobcats, Game 1

Read live updates from sports writers, columnists and photographers from the Miami Herald and Charlotte Obs...

Game 1 | Heat 99, Bobcats 88

Miami Heat wins Game 1 against Charlotte Bobcats

From Cuba to the majors: Yasiel Puig’s harrowing story

Many Cuban-born ballplayers have a remarkable tale of how they got to the major leagues. Few are as amazing...

MARLINS 7, MARINERS 0

Henderson Alvarez tosses two-hitter as Miami Marlins blank Mariners

Henderson Alvarez didn’t produce another no-hitter to go with the one he delivered on the final day of...

UM 3, Notre Dame 2

Miami Hurricanes extend streak to 14 with 3-2 win vs. Notre Dame

University of Miami pitcher Chris Diaz hadn’t lost a game he started since May 24, 2013 — a stret...

In My Opinion

Michelle Kaufman: Colombian soccer fans concerned about Radamel Falcao

Of all the questions heading into the World Cup this summer, the one that has Colombian fans fretting is: W...

Series preview

Miami Heat expects dogfight from Bobcats

Even if the Heat appears to be in a different class than the Bobcats, the players aren’t preparing as ...

Nine-run eighth inning helps FAU beat FIU

Saturday’s FIU-FAU baseball game sat 10 outs from extra innings, one out from going into the bottom of...

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

La vida local

Dylan Lauren: I wish I could eat more candy

As seen on TV

Tatiana Maslany of ‘Orphan Black’ is a hard worker

Kim Novak speaks out against Oscar night ‘bullies’

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Kim Novak says that cruel jabs about how she looked during the Oscar ceremony amo...

Gabriel García Márquez

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

CUBA

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

The government will sell stocks of Chinese prophylactics marked with the ‘wrong’ expiration d...

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

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...

Hialeah

Hialeah mayor’s testimony highlights own involvement in lending schemes

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...

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...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel Prize-winning writer, dies at 87

When Colonel Aureliano Buendia faced the firing squad, time slipped away, and his life became a dream. Befo...

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:

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...

ECONOMY

Miami is one of the most expensive places to pay rent

Residential rentals are scarce and prices are soaring in many areas — but especially South Florida.

Healthcare

Medicare spends nearly $2 billion in South Florida

Medicare, the federal health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, spent the most on office visit...

Windridge Yacht Charters acquired by Chicago company

Fort Lauderdale’s Windridge Yacht Charters, which owns the Lady Windridge and Windridge K vessels, h...

Economy

Florida leads nation in new job creation

But Miami-Dade’s March unemployment rate ticked up as more people search for jobs.

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...

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 to host town hall meeting to discuss Beckham’s soccer proposal

Miami Beach residents can express their opinions about David Beckham’s proposal to build a soccer st...