Black in Time

Carver’s Hall of Fame celebrates shared history

Nearly 60 years ago, May 17, 1954, in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Co...

Aventura

Police: Couple dead in Aventura murder-suicide

A man and woman, arrested last year on domestic-battery battery charges in Aventura, got into another alter...

A flawed investigation: The rape case of FSU quarterback Jameis Winston

Early on the morning of Dec. 7, 2012, a freshman at Florida State University reported that she had been ra...

Dade Data

The Miami-Dade 100: Who gets the most money from county government?

Miami Beach

Miami Beach road construction continues to pinch businesses

Multiple road projects in Miami Beach and its causeways snarl traffic, create obstacles for customers and p...

Legal affairs

Florida Bar accuses lawyer who represented UM booster Nevin Shapiro

Maria Elena Perez, who represented Ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro, was slapped with allegations of ethical vio...

Coast Guard works to clean fuel spill in Miami’s Government Cut

Miami-area Coast Guard crewmembers were working to clean up a minor fuel spill in the area of Government Cu...

2014 Legislature

Miami lawmakers make one more push to extend healthcare to immigrant children

Florida lawmakers haven’t given up hope on extending the state’s subsidized health insurance ...

Portland officer wounded, dog killed in shootout

A Portland, Ore., police dog sicked on a burglary suspect was fatally shot early Wednesday, and his handler...

Obama, Biden to announce $600M for job grants

Striving to show action on jobs, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are trumpeting $600 mi...

New trial to begin in Baltimore in killing of North Carolina teen

The family of slain North Carolina teenager Phylicia Barnes is bracing themselves for a second grueling tr...

Farmer ships Vidalia onions ahead of start date

A major grower of Georgia's famous Vidalia onions says he's shipping early to supermarkets in defiance of t...

Judge again rejects deal in NFL concussion cases

A federal judge in Philadelphia has again declined to approve deals for some of the retired players suing t...

White House presses GOP to vote on immigration while backing away from taking independent action

President Barack Obama stepped up the pressure on House Republicans Wednesday to take up immigration refor...

Round 2: Court takes up Oklahoma gay-marriage case

Lawyers for a couple challenging Oklahoma's gay marriage ban, and the clerk who refused to grant them a lic...

Robber who lived productive life seeks release

After he was convicted of armed robbery in 2000, Cornealious Anderson was sentenced to 13 years behind bars...

Operation Comfort strives to help vets ‘reinvent their dreams’

Janis Roznowski has made it her mission to provide comfort to wounded veterans of the wars in Afghanistan ...

Veterans bike through Vietnam to help heal wounds of war

Their mission: to raise money for Vietnam veterans who want to return to this southeast Asian country for t...

Mexico nabs No. 2 in Beltran-Leyva gang

Mexican police said Wednesday they have captured a man identified as the second highest-ranking figure in t...

Bosnians see victims excavated from mass grave

Denisa Hegic pulled her scarf around her nose to guard against the stench, and drew back the plastic shroud...

Prominent human rights lawyer detained in Saudi

Saudi activists say authorities have detained a prominent human rights lawyer in the capital.

Cuba publishes text of foreign investment law

Cuba on Wednesday published the full language of a new law that seeks to make it more attractive for foreig...

Detained Berlusconi ally taken ill in Lebanon

A Lebanese security official says a longtime ally of former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi detained in L...

Watchdog: Rise in targeted media killings in Syria

A spike in targeted murders of journalists in Syria landed the war-shattered country for the first time on ...

Cook’s Corner

Cook’s Corner: Behold the new colors of Easter eggs

A Fork on the Road

A Fork on the Road: Choices Cafe gives vegans plenty of flavor

The Edgy Veggie

Edgy Veggie: Eggless ‘Egg Salad’

This must be the egg industry’s favorite time of the year. There’s Easter eggs, egg-rich Easter c...

Fit tip: Get enough water

Q: How much water should I be drinking throughout the day?

Watch for sleep drug risks

About 8 million people take prescription drugs to help them sleep, but these medications have flaws

Chew on This

If stress has you on edge, these foods will settle you

What are the consequences of chronic stress?

Skin Deep

How to correct five common beauty mistakes

Nobody’s perfect, and we’re all guilty of making beauty blunders on occasion. So long as they...

Children’s health

Fast, cheap test can save the lives of many babies

World Cup

FIFA World Cup Trophy makes the rounds as Brazil promises an efficiently run 2014 tournament

Tennis | Boys’ and Girls’ State Championships

Cypress Bay girls’ tennis team delayed; Coral Gables wins boys’ title

How fortunes can change in the span of 20 minutes. That’s about how long it took for Cypress Bay to lo...

Heat

Miami Heat experiences changes but same goal remains

TENNIS

Coral Gables edges past Cypress Bay for first boys’ state tennis title in 42 years

As both of his doubles teams dueled Cypress Bay in showdowns certain to tilt their inevitable rivalry for t...

Panthers | NHL Draft Lottery

Florida Panthers win draft lottery, will have No. 1 overall pick in 2014 NHL Entry Draft

The Florida Panthers won the NHL's annual draft lottery and will have the first overall pick in the upcomin...

Marlins 11, Nationals 2

Giancarlo Stanton, Marcell Ozuna pace Miami Marlins’ rout of Washington Nationals

Giancarlo Stanton belted another mammoth homer, and the Marlins snapped an eight-game losing streak

Dolphins

Technology embraced by Miami Dolphins GM Dennis Hickey

Dennis Hickey thinks fast and talks even faster.

UM | Track and Field

University of Miami pole vaulter Alysha Newman overcomes fear to succeed

At the movies

British comedian Nick Frost channels a salsa dancer in ‘Cuban Fury’

Scene in the Tropics

‘Games of Thrones’ stars Gwendoline Christie and Pedro Pascal seen eating at Bâoli

Game of Thrones stars Gwendoline Christie and Pedro Pascal were seen having dinner Friday at Bâoli, fe...

Bluesman B.B. King apologizes for St. Louis concert gone bad

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Blues guitarist B.B. King wants his St. Louis fans to give him another chance after...

All ‘View' co-hosts will salute Barbara Walters

LOS ANGELES (AP) – ABC’s “The View” will gather all 11 past and present co-host...

Celebrity birthdays on April 16

Singer Bobby Vinton is 79. Actress Ellen Barkin is 60. Bassist Jason Scheff of Chicago is 52. Singer Jimmy...

As seen on TV

Billy Bob Thornton finds a fit with FX’s ‘Fargo’

Celebrity roundup

Ultimate Warrior’s cause of death announced

Michael Jackson’s mother Katherine should pay more than $800,000 in trial costs to concert promoter ...

Celebrities

Nicolas Cage, not your average ‘Joe’

A decade-and-a-half removed from his Oscar-winning turn in Leaving Las Vegas, Nicolas Cage was an actor on ...

WAR COURT

Guantánamo judge orders inquiry into FBI’s involvement

Two copies of commentary by accused 9/11 planner Khalid Sheik Mohammed were given to the FBI in December as...

WAR COURT

Accusation of FBI spying stalls 9/11 hearing

Defense attorneys in the 9/11 case say the FBI is searching for misdeeds by the legal teams, and it might h...

CUBA

Cat-and-mouse secrecy game plays out daily in Cuba

WAR COURT

9/11 competency hearing puts focus on Guantánamo’s secret prison

Based on U.S. documents, accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed marks his 49th birthday Monday, and ...

CUBA

Gross ends hunger strike in Cuba

U.S. government subcontractor Alan P. Gross, jailed in Havana for more than four years, suspended his becau...

CARIBBEAN

Eastern Caribbean whalers follow a 139-year-old tradition, now under siege

With a tradition dating back more than 100 years, whalers in Bequia in the eastern Caribbean still hunt wha...

Cholera

World Bank head Jim Yong Kim calls for renewed urgency in Haiti’s cholera fight

World Cup

Yes, you can put on a World Cup in the Amazon. Manaus ready to show off its best.

POLITICS

Gov. Rick Scott to Charlie Crist: Win your primary and then maybe we’ll debate

Gov. Rick Scott said he’s not ready to take up Charlie Crist’s challenge to debate, saying it...

2014 Legislature

Miami lawmakers make one more push to extend healthcare to immigrant children

Florida lawmakers haven’t given up hope on extending the state’s subsidized health insurance ...

2014 Legislature

Florida lawmakers consider healthcare law change aimed at Jackson

Crist delivers blistering attack of Scott

Delivering an opening salvo in his campaign to return to office, former Gov. Charlie Crist heaped blisterin...

PolitiFact

Did more than 3 million young adults get health coverage from parents' plans?

There’s no way to get an exact figure, but President Obama’s point that the federal health ca...

LEGISLATURE 2014

Democrats resort to ‘political stunts’ to call attention to raising Florida’s minimum wage, Republicans say

In My Opinion

Fred Grimm: Zombie Apocalypse bill comes to life

It’s the only plausible explanation for what happened last week in Tallahassee. Florida lawmakers ar...

Politics

Former Congressman David Rivera’s friend Ana Alliegro denied bond, remains in jail

Romanian poet, dissident Nina Cassian dies

Romanian poet and translator Nina Cassian, who obtained political asylum in the United States after the Com...

Ex-Arizona 3-sport star, NFL QB Fred Enke dies

Fred W. Enke, a former three-sport star at Arizona who later was a quarterback on three NFL teams, has died.

British journalist Patrick Seale dies at 84

Patrick Seale, a veteran journalist and author on Middle Eastern affairs as well as one of the world's lead...

Janet Feagans Launcelott, 78

South Florida civil rights and fair housing leader Janet Launcelott dies

Tony Award-winning actress Phyllis Frelich dies

Phyllis Frelich, a Tony Award-winning deaf actress who starred in the Broadway version of "Children of a Le...

Young basketball fan's memorial set for next week

The family of an 8-year-old girl who befriended Michigan State University basketball star Adreian Payne is ...

Songwriter Jesse Winchester dies at age 69

Songwriter Jesse Winchester dies at age 69

Technology

Intermedix buys New Zealand company

Intermedix Corp. of Fort Lauderdale announced Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition of Optima Cor...

Miami Beach

Miami Beach road construction continues to pinch businesses

Multiple road projects in Miami Beach and its causeways snarl traffic, create obstacles for customers and p...

2014 Legislature

Miami lawmakers make one more push to extend healthcare to immigrant children

Florida lawmakers haven’t given up hope on extending the state’s subsidized health insurance ...

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...

TECHNOLOGY

eMerge Americas Techweek to bring in array of experts, events

eMerge Americas Techweek, May 2-7, will bring together entrepreneurs, technologists and executives from aro...

Coral Gables

Coral Gables may swap two old parking garages for a new one

The city could gain hundreds of spaces under a plan floated by outgoing City Manager Pat Salerno.

Centene Management signs lease for office space at Sawgrass Plaza in Sunrise

Centene Management Co. LLC, a Fortune 500 company, has signed a lease for 42,678 square feet at Sawgrass Pl...

Verizon installs advanced wireless systems at arenas

Telecommunications giant Verizon Wireless has installed advanced in-building 4G LTE wireless systems at the...