Columnist

Church baseball league’s longtime leader retires

Seventeen years ago, Bob Haworth, a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Miami Springs, organized a coed soft...

HOLLYWOOD

Hollywood meeting will focus on changes to Margaritaville lease

Hollywood residents and business owners will get their first glimpse of the proposed changes to Margaritavi...

In my opinion

Daniel Shoer Roth: Hialeah ‘boletera’ a political scapegoat in ballot scandal

Since the eruption of the electoral fraud volcano last summer, Hialeah ballot broker Deisy Pentón de C...

BROWARD

Driver who caused fatal crash loses license

The driver who caused a January crash that killed four family members, must pay $4,000, give up his driver&...

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...

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

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...

10 Things to Know for Today

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

Quotations of the day

"Plaza (Towers Elementary School) did the best they could. That's all they have. I'm big on the schools nee...

Man shot by FBI had ties to Boston bombing suspect

A Chechen immigrant shot to death in central Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent had several tie...

Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs

U.S. Navy Lt. Mike McGrath was just 27 years old, with a wife and two toddler sons in the U.S., when he was...

Oil falls below $93 as China manufacturing weakens

The price of oil fell below $93 per barrel Thursday after a survey showed manufacturing activity in China f...

Winners of the 79th National Headliner Awards

The winners of the 79th annual National Headliner Awards, sponsored by The Press Club of Atlantic City, N.J...

Ohio rape investigation grand jury resumes work

An eastern Ohio grand jury examining whether other laws were broken in the case of a 16-year-old girl raped...

Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest

US family leaves Singapore frustrated with inquest

The parents of an American software engineer found dead in his Singapore apartment last year have left the ...

Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone

Pakistani authorities once arrested an American citizen now known to have been killed in a U.S. drone strik...

Report: Rafsanjani blasts Iran's rulers

An Iranian pro-reform website is reporting that former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has strongly crit...

North Korea envoy awaits chat with China's leader

While a North Korean envoy waits for an expected meeting with China's Communist Party chief, his Chinese ho...

Czech police seek US man suspected of 4 murders

An American man suspected of killing four people is on the run in the Czech Republic and likely armed, offi...

Simultaneous car bomb attacks in Niger

Attackers in Niger detonated two car bombs at dawn on Thursday, one in the city of Agadez where a military ...

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

Dinner in minutes

One-pan pork salad makes it a holiday for the cook, too

Try this quick and easy barbecue pork salad for Memorial Day weekend. It has a barbecue flavor without heat...

Veggie burgers

Veggie burgers: Patties are delicate but delicious

These veggie burgers draw their flavor from vegetables, and that’s the way it should be.

Cook’s Corner

Mercadito chef shares spicy short-rib recipe

With barbecue season upon us, chef Patricio Sandoval of Mercadito Midtown shares a recipe quite different f...

Wine

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

carolyn hax

Carolyn Hax: Hubby loves to complain about his job

Adapted from a recent online discussion.

HEAT 103, PACERS 102 (OT)

LeBron James hits game winner to give Miami Heat 1-0 series lead over Indiana Pacers

Tennis spotlight

Window opens in Paris for Wawrinka

Andy Murray is skipping the French Open with lower-back problems. Juan Martin del Potro withdrew on Wednesd...

ALL-DADE ATHLETIC AWARDS

Coral Reef captures first All-Sports Trophy during Herald’s All-Dade awards

Coral Reef won the Class 8A-5A All-Sports Trophy and Girls’ Major Sports Award during The Herald...

Phillies 3, Marlins 0

Miami Marlins silenced by Cliff Lee, Philadelphia Phillies

The Marlins were silenced by Phillies left-hander Cliff Lee, and Miami starter Kevin Slowey strained a side...

Barry golf | Nancy Vergara

Breakthrough comes at perfect time for Barry’s Nancy Vergara

Sophomore Nancy Vergara rose up and earned a surprising individual national golf championship, the first fo...

Swamp Apes group gives war veterans missions in the Everglades

When 30-year-old Iraq war veteran Jorge Martinez left the Marine Corps, he suffered from post-traumatic str...

UM baseball

Miami Hurricanes baseball team ready for ACC tournament

The eighth-seeded Miami Hurricanes begin play in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament at 3 p.m. Thursda...

The calendar

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

Celebrity birthdays on May 23

As seen on TV

‘DWTS’ winner Derek Hough glad he kept dancing

At the movies

For stars, ‘Hangover’ was a game changer

Four years ago, Bradley Cooper had built a solid reputation as a scene-stealing supporting player. Ed Helms...

Michael Douglas: Thanks for the role, Mr. Soderbergh

As seen on TV

2 locals starring in ‘Bachelorette’

Romantics, whet your appetites for reality matchmaking at its finest. The Bachelorette is back in action 9 ...

Celebrity birthdays on May 22

Actor Michael Constantine (“Room 222”) is 86. Actor-director Richard Benjamin is 75. Actress ...

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...

Troops can tweet from Guantánamo again

HUNGER STRIKE

Military defense lawyers cite My Lai massacre in plea to Hagel

Uniformed defense lawyers for alleged Guantánamo terrorists invoked the Vietnam War’s My Lai mass...

Pentagon wants $450M for Guantánamo prison

The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantánam...

CUBA

Fiber optic cable linking Cuba to Jamaica active

Cuba has activated a branch of its submarine fiber optic cable that connects to Jamaica, giving it greater ...

CUBA

Annual U.S. report on religious freedoms says Cuba eased some controls but still imposed many restrictions

U.S. State Department finds some religious reforms but says controls on Cuban churches remain strong

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

DEATHS

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...

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

Bernard Waber, children's author, dies at age 91

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...

TRAVEL

Summer travel: More crowds — and, for fliers, fees

Experts are forecasting a booming summer, with the threat of furlough-related delays over and gas prices lo...

CRUISE INDUSTRY

Cruise group adopts Passenger Bill of Rights

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

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 ...

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...

HOTELS

Tourism boom takes a breather in April

South Florida’s booming hotel market hit a lull in April, but stay tuned.

ECONOMY

Florida gets a “C” in job security

Florida scores a middling grade in a new report card on job security in the United States.