Baseball

Concerns raised about spring training free-for-all

Officials in cities with MLB spring training fear state incentives may lead teams to move within Florida.

Friends and Neighbors

Gables church honors longtime head of early-childhood center

For nearly 40 decades, Barbara Watson has lovingly served the children as director of the Early Childhood C...

POLITICS

Sarasota lawmaker carves out legacy in Legislature

State Sen. Nancy Detert is a hard-charging, 68-year-old Sarasota grandmother who championed three key bills.

PolitiFact Florida

Rick Scott says budget sets record low for state workers per capita this century

Gov. Rick Scott claims this year’s state budget is the leanest in years. PolitiFact Florida the clai...

aBsentee VOTING

Absentee voters helped by Cabrera critizice politicians

Voters who got assistance in casting ballots from Deisy Pentón de Cabrera, who is charged with voter f...

MIAMI BEACH

The killing of Raymond Herisse: 116 shots that shook South Beach

Two years after a motorist was killed and four bystanders wounded in a breathtaking barrage, cops wonȁ...

CRIME

Child survives apparent “drive-by” that leaves one dead, one wounded

A child survived a drive-by shooting that left one man killed and a woman injured in Miami Gardens.

Judge denies Bulger's bid for name of informant

A federal judge in the trial of reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger has denied a request by his lawyers ...

Search for pilot in deadly NY Angel Flight ongoing

Ex-Penn State assistant wants firing decision date

A former Penn State assistant football coach who was a key witness in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse ca...

Ore. teen accused of planning to attack school

An Oregon teenager intended to blow up his school in a plot "forged and inspired by the model of the Columb...

Tornado victims include animal lover, man in truck

AP PHOTOS: Bayern beats Dortmund 2-1 in final

Tornado victims include animal lover, man in truck

One was an animal lover. Another loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force...

Opposition parties enforce strike in Bangladesh

Police say opposition activists have set off homemade bombs and smashed several vehicles in Bangladesh's ca...

Niger president says attackers came from Libya

Niger's president says suicide bombers who carried out simultaneous attacks on a military installation and ...

Huge crowd cheers Argentine leader's 10-year rule

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez rallied a huge crowd Saturday night celebrating the 10-year governme...

Anti-Muslim actions rise in UK over slain soldier

Police, politicians and activists in Britain are warning of rising anti-Muslim sentiment following the slau...

Hezbollah chief commits to victory in Syria

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar Assad to victory in ...

Roadside bomb kills 2 Yemeni soldiers

Security officials say two Yemeni soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in a restive province where ...

Turkish couples kiss in subway in protest

Dozens of couples have locked lips at a subway stop in Turkey's capital, Ankara, to protest subway authorit...

Fiction

Old hostilities take on new slant in Cristina Garcia’s ‘King of Cuba’

Science

Five great scientists with flawed vision

Nonfiction

‘Smart war’ is license to kill from afar

Sleep apnea

With sleep apnea, those snores can mean trouble

Sleep apnea, a common sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing, has been linked to cognitive imp...

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Bed check: Jacksonville Beach

The Casa Marina inn, awash in history

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Presidents Harry S Truman and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Jean Harlow, Char...

Biography

He was an unbelievable showman

Miami Heat

Miami Heat a team out of focus

Though LeBron James is playing to his usual high standards, he needs help from his teammates now that the H...

White Sox 2, Marlins 1

Miami Marlins’ offense futile once again in loss to White Sox

French Open

Another French feast likely for same players

Calder

Csaba wins Memorial by two lengths

Csaba, a 4-year-old trained by Phil Gleaves, had an easy victory in the Memorial Stakes and showed his domi...

In my opinion

MLS fans in South Florida are getting a treat this week

You wanted MLS to return to South Florida? You got it.

ACC Tournament | UM 7, Clemson 0

Miami Hurricanes blank Clemson; coach Jim Morris hospitalized

Miami’s offense came to life for its first win in the ACC tournament, but Canes coach Jim Morris mis...

Fishing | Tropical Park

Tropical Park fishing about to improve

Fishing is expected to improve in South Miami’s Tropical Park, as the FWC works to clean up plant-ba...

At the movies

New tricks up Jesse Eisenberg’s sleeve in ‘Now You See Me’

Celebrity birthdays on May 26

Sportscaster Brent Musburger is 74. Singer Stevie Nicks is 65. Actor Philip Michael Thomas (“Miami V...

As seen on TV

Candice Glover: It feels good to win ‘American Idol’

The third time on American Idol was really, truly the charm for Candice Glover. The South Carolina singer t...

Celebrity birthdays on May 25

Actor Ian McKellen is 74. Actress-singer Leslie Uggams is 70. Actress Karen Valentine is 66. Actress Patti ...

Scene in the Tropics

Stevie Wonder sings at his own birthday bash

At the movies

Chris Wedge talks directing ‘Epic’

In Epic, opening Friday, Miami’s own Pitbull plays a character that always makes money, no matter the ...

Celebrity roundup

Amanda Bynes: hot mess extraordinaire

SPECIAL REPORT: MEXICO AND THE MEDIA

Murder of Mexican reporter in Veracruz spotlights official hostility toward press

Regina Martinez had a premonition that she was courting danger in the months before her death. She spoke t...

Mexico

Few convictions for Mexico’s special prosecutor for crimes against journalists

The special prosecutor for such cases says Mexican law gives her office only the “most feeble”...

Mexico

Few convictions for Mexico’s special prosecutor for crimes against journalists

The special prosecutor for such cases says Mexican law gives her office only the “most feeble”...

SPECIAL REPORT: MEXICO AND THE MEDIA

On the crime beat in Mexico, danger lies in knowing too much

— It is a sultry morning in this crime-ridden resort, and little movement occurs at the main police...

Mexico

In Mexico, fears for democracy as threatened journalists curtail coverage

Quitze Fernandez, a columnist for the El Guardian newspaper in this capital of Coahuila state abutting Texa...

Vice presidential trip

Biden heads to the Caribbean, Latin America

Vice President Joe Biden embarks on a hemispheric tour to discuss a broad list of issues in Colombia, Trini...

In My Opinion

Andres Oppenheimer: While Pacific Alliance thrives, Mercosur withers

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos may not have been hallucinating when he said last week that the Paci...

POLITICS

Sarasota lawmaker carves out legacy in Legislature

State Sen. Nancy Detert is a hard-charging, 68-year-old Sarasota grandmother who championed three key bills.

PolitiFact Florida

Rick Scott says budget sets record low for state workers per capita this century

Gov. Rick Scott claims this year’s state budget is the leanest in years. PolitiFact Florida the clai...

POLITICS

Behind would-be Democratic candidate Charlie Crist, a loose-knit crew of advisers

If former Gov. Charlie Crist runs against Gov. Rick Scott as a Democrat, he will lean on a select group for...

Miami

Miami Mayor Regalado vetoes “double dipping” for retirees in 4 top city posts

Regalado said Thursday’s 3-2 commission vote was “flawed and unfair” to the cityȁ...

PROPERTY INSURANCE

Hue and cry grows over deal for Scott donor

The list of lawmakers criticizing Citizens Property Insurance Corp. for a $52 million deal with a new insur...

INSURANCE

Sweet deal for state taxpayers or Scott donor giveaway?

Critics see political donations and heavy lobbying by Heritage Property and Casualty as evidence that Citiz...

INSURANCE

Citizens OK’s deal for Scott donor

The board at Citizens Property Insurance approved a special $52 million deal for a startup insurance firm ...

DEATHS | Robert Knight Jr., 85

Robert J. Knight Jr., expert on tropical fruits, dies

Robert Knight Jr. — Bob to his friends and family — spent a lifetime bringing tropical fruits...

Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81

Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil r...

Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81

When Haynes Johnson visited Selma, Ala., months after a civil rights crisis there gripped the nation, he wr...

Medal of Honor winner McGarity dies in Tenn.

Former World War II Army squad leader and Medal of Honor recipient Vernon McGarity has died at age 91, a fu...

DEATHS | CAPT. MIKE BURKE, 89

Capt. Mike Burke, Windjammer founder, dies at 89

Capt. Michael Burke sailed through life with his unending spirit and romantic outlook, touching the lives o...

Georges Moustaki, who penned for Piaf, dies

Georges Moustaki, an Egyptian-born composer, singer and poet who wrote songs for Edith Piaf and other Frenc...

Photographer and forester Wayne Miller dies at 94

aBsentee VOTING

Absentee voters helped by Cabrera critizice politicians

Voters who got assistance in casting ballots from Deisy Pentón de Cabrera, who is charged with voter f...

FEDERAL SPENDING

Federal budget cuts caused by sequester ripple across region

The nation’s airports bore the brunt of the sequester, but the federal budget cuts hurt the elderly...

The Home Economist

Middle income college students face increasing debt

The children of middle income parents are facing increasing amounts of college debt.

TOURISM

Holiday weekend crowds way down from boom in Miami Beach

Hotel numbers show that business on Miami Beach slowed considerably over Memorial Day weekend last year. Wi...

PROPERTY INSURANCE

Hue and cry grows over deal for Scott donor

The list of lawmakers criticizing Citizens Property Insurance Corp. for a $52 million deal with a new insur...

Atton Hotels opening property in Miami

South American hospitality company Atton Hotels will open a location in Miami two years from now.

North Miami-Dade

North Dade zoning board to consider proposal for new church

County staff recommends that the board approve the church but reject a request to allow three apartments fo...