A dozen members of Miami-Dade pot ring sentenced to long prison terms

A Miami federal judge dealt long prison sentences for a dozen members of the notorious Santiesteban pot-dis...

Weather alert: Highs to reach 90 Friday afternoon; cool-off expected Saturday night

Miami Heat players aren’t the only hot ones. If you head outside Friday and the holiday weekend, be pr...

Million-dollar Caplow Children’s Prize looks for plan to save children’s lives

The million-dollar Caplow Children’s Prize hopes to find and finance a plan to save the lives of ch...

Shooting in Orlando

Murder suspect’s death and accusations against him shock Kissimmee neighbors

Ibragim Todashev was killed by an FBI agent Tuesday. They say he turned violent after confessing to a tripl...

7 migrants returned to Cuba by U.S. Coast Guard

Seven Cuban migrants have been returned to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, after arriving off the Keys.

Canine training area at MIA to be dedicated to fallen Miami Marine

Miami International Airport on Friday will unveil a new canine training area for the Miami-Dade Police’...

Child welfare

Probe into Kendall boy’s death uncovers lie by DCF investigator

Summer travel forecast: Better, but no blowout

The forecast for summer travel, 2013: Partly sunny.

10 Things to Know for Today

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

Brewers team up on beer to help military families

Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient t...

Top 10 items found during 2012 coastal cleanup

The Ocean Conservancy, a Washington DC-based environmental organization, released its 2012 list of trash co...

Plastic ocean debris the target of new Calif. bill

It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles,...

Wheelchair lift out of Wis. promises more access

An elementary school principal has inspired the University of Wisconsin-Madison to create a new wheelchair ...

Quotations of the day

"We have a ton of people now. It's just like buying a refrigerator or a stove for your house. You put in a ...

UN nuke agency's Iran probe driven by US-led intel

The U.N. nuclear agency responsible for probing whether Iran has worked on a nuclear bomb depends on the Un...

Correction: Mozambique-UN story

In a story May 21 about U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visiting Mozambique, The Associated Press report...

Explosion hits heart of Afghan capital

An explosion has sent smoke rising over the heart of Afghanistan's capital. The strong blast was felt sever...

Egypt: 3 women killed in 'honor' crime

An Egyptian security official says 10 male relatives have killed a mother and her two daughters on suspicio...

Zimbabwe activist: Prisoners denied Aids drugs

A Zimbabwean human rights activist says he wants the nation's highest court to order prison authorities to ...

Pakistan: US diplomat kills pedestrian in accident

The U.S. Embassy says an American diplomat accidentally killed a pedestrian while driving in the Pakistani ...

Niger government: No hostages in Agadez

Niger's government spokesman told The Associated Press that the jihadists who attacked a military installat...

The travel troubleshooter

No hope for a refund — or is there?

I’m sorry to hear about your brother-in-law, and glad he made it. Like other airlines, American rare...

Florida: Kissimmee’s Old Town hosts Car Cruise

All revved up

Florida

Change comes to Ocala’s Silver Springs

I’m pretty sure I just made my first trip to Silver Springs, the old-school tourist attraction in Oc...

An indoor barbecue for Memorial Day in the subtropics

A Fork on the Road

Channel the south of France at South Beach’s WD 555

Orlando theme parks

SeaWorld introduces Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin

SeaWorld Orlando’s new Empire of the Penguin, which has its grand opening Friday, is a fun family ri...

Wine

If you’ve got grill marks, you want cabernet sauvignon

Miami Heat

Miami Heat’s Ray Allen going back to work

Ray Allen uses misses like the free throw in Game 1 to motivate him.

Baseball | Class 6A finalArchbishop McCarthy 5, Mosley 2

Archbishop McCarthy’s baseball dynasty continues

Archbishop McCarthy won its 20th consecutive playoff game, becoming the first Florida school to win four st...

Miami Marlins

Miami Marlins’ closer role is a quiet, shared one

College Baseball roundup

Rios belts 2 homers to fuel FIU

Rios hit his first homer of the day in the opening inning to give the Panthers (40-16) an early 2-0 lead. T...

ACC Tournament | North Carolina 10, UM 0

Miami Hurricanes shut out by North Carolina in ACC

Miami struggled on offense, getting its first hit in the fifth inning against UNC pitcher Kent Emanuel, and...

IN MY OPINION

Dan Le Batard: LeBron James takes the chaos of victory with an inner calm

UM football

UM-UF kickoff set for noon; fans upset

Talk about a hot game.

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 ...

La vida local

Coconut Grove woman to appear in People magazine for campaign

Celebrity birthdays on May 24

Celebrity roundup

Joe Francis apologizes for attacking jury

87-year-old woman loses to Trump in civil case

CHICAGO (AP) – An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday –...

The calendar

Blackbird Ordinary hosts a special screening of “Coming Home,” a documentary following DJ EF...

Celebrity birthdays on May 23

Cuban migration

Sociologist: Income levels of Mariel migrants lower than earlier Cuban exiles

Sociologist finds that more recent Cuban arrivals are not the ‘golden exiles’ of times past ...

7 migrants returned to Cuba by U.S. Coast Guard

Seven Cuban migrants have been returned to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, after arriving off the Keys.

Pacific Alliance Summit

Costa Rica and Guatemala move closer to joining Pacific Alliance bloc

At the Pacific Alliance meeting in Colombia, the presidents of Costa Rica and Guatemala said they hoped to ...

CUBA

Cubans more optimistic about Castro’s economic changes

Cubans appear to be growing more optimistic about ruler Raul Castro’s economic reforms and large maj...

Turks and Caicos making strides in getting back stolen land

Four years after a British firm embarked on efforts to help the Turks and Caicos recover illegally sold gov...

CUBA

Canadian goes on trial in Havana for corruption scandal

Sarkis Yacoubian says he will plead guilty to one charge, but that he’s innocent of other corruptio...

Pacific Alliance Summit

In bloc-happy Latin America, the Pacific Alliance hopes to stand out

The four nations of the Pacific Alliance — Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru — are holding a s...

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 ...

POLITICS

Senate president, House speaker tout legislative accomplishments during tour

Senate President Don Gaetz and House Speaker Will Weatherford hit the road to highlight what they see as su...

ELECTION LAW

Gov. Rick Scott signs elections bill to fix long voter lines

Gov. Rick Scott completed Florida’s election law about-face, signing a bill to reverse changes to ea...

Immigration bill heads to full Senate

A far-reaching bill to remake the nation's immigration system is headed to the full Senate, where tough bat...

Tallahassee

Gov. Scott vetoes hundreds of millions from state budget

From a coast-to-coast bike trail to tuition increases, Gov. Rick Scott vetoed more than $350 million from t...

Politics

Nan Rich: Time for South Florida Dem to run for governor

— For 10 years, political pros have taken it almost as gospel that the strongest statewide Democrati...

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

Minn. teen whose farewell song became web hit dies

When high school student Zach Sobiech learned he didn't have much longer to live, his mother suggested he w...

Criteria Recording Studios founder Emerman dies

Mack Emerman, the founder of Criteria Recording Studios where acts including Eric Clapton, James Brown and ...

Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74

Miami foreclosure rate down, but still high

The percentage of mortgages in the Miami area involved in some stage of the foreclosure process declined in...

Million-dollar Caplow Children’s Prize looks for plan to save children’s lives

The million-dollar Caplow Children’s Prize hopes to find and finance a plan to save the lives of ch...

ART BASEL

Despite lousy weather, initial Art Basel Hong Kong draws global collectors

A Russian oligarch, an English megamodel and a Miami museum group are among art enthusiasts at the initial ...

VISUAL ARTS

Outside the lines

Pacific Alliance Summit

Costa Rica and Guatemala move closer to joining Pacific Alliance bloc

At the Pacific Alliance meeting in Colombia, the presidents of Costa Rica and Guatemala said they hoped to ...

Miami Beach

Miami Beach developer, neighbors settle dispute

A settlement agreement has been reached between the homeowners of Sunset Islands 3 and 4, and the developer...

CRUISE INDUSTRY

Cruise group adopts Passenger Bill of Rights

Major cruise companies have agreed to adopt a “Passenger Bill of Rights,” focusing on mechani...