BROWARD

Celebrity chef hosting dinner to raise money for kids in poverty

The Legal Aid Service of Broward County, Inc.’s Children’s Advocacy Program (CAP) will be ho...

Florida woman accused of stabbing man with a seashell, biting his ear

A Port St. Lucie woman who said she was stressed over a court appearance on a battery charge stabbed a man ...

Photographer for nine governors recorded Florida history

Over 35 years and 9 administrations, photographer Eric Tournay documented Florida’s governors.

Convicted polo mogul John Goodman released from jail amid DUI appeal

Polo mogul John Goodman is out of jail and has arrived at his Wellington estate.

Keys mayor wants crocodiles removed from human areas

The mayor of Islamorada is calling for the state to remove crocodiles from areas populated with people.

At Aventura murder trial in Miami courtroom, crime scene investigator admits to affair with lead detective

Adultery and the credibility of a key police investigator took center stage Thursday at the murder trial of...

TD Bank lawyers deny wrongdoing, shift blame to Greenberg Traurig in Miami court hearing

New lawyers for TD Bank, accused of violations in a recent trial, said at a contempt hearing that the bank ...

In Alaska, militia members accused of murder plot

Schaeffer Cox carries himself with youthful swagger as he spreads a message to his many admirers of an out-...

Texas airline exec describes enemies at porn trial

The founder of a South Texas cargo airline testified in his own defense on Friday, the fifth day of his fed...

Mary Kennedy services planned amid apparent rift

The two branches of Mary Richardson Kennedy's family were planning separate memorial services for the 52-ye...

Fla. mom who killed self, 4 kids endured violence

A child welfare investigator who spoke with Tonya Thomas in the weeks before she fatally shot herself and h...

Top Pa. judge charged with campaign corruption

A Pennsylvania Supreme Court judge has been charged with illegally using her state-funded staff to perform ...

Obama stance adds fuel in marriage battlegrounds

President Barack Obama's support for gay marriage has emboldened activists and politicians on both sides of...

Poll: Opposition to Iran going nuclear widespread

Opposition to Iran obtaining nuclear weapons is widespread around the world, including in neighboring count...

Journalist kidnapped in northern Mexico

Mexican authorities say masked gunmen have kidnapped a police-beat reporter in the northern state of Sonora.

Remnants of Haiti's army march in the capital

A group of former and would-be soldiers in Haiti are refusing government orders to disband.

Emergency law faces vote in Quebec student protest

Quebec's provincial government is expected to vote Friday on an emergency law that would shut some universi...

Security cordon still rings Chen's Chinese village in what may be effort to hide extent of abuse

After escaping from a brutish house arrest in eastern China last month, blind Chinese legal activist Chen G...

APNewsbreak: 3 Irish dissidents arrested

Three senior Irish dissidents were arrested and charged with a range of serious and rarely used terror offe...

Hundreds leave Venezuelan prison amid standoff

About 600 inmates have filed out of a troubled penitentiary where a group of armed prisoners has held off a...

Security cordon still rings blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng’s home village of Dongshigu

Blind legal advocate Chen Guangcheng is 400 miles away in a Beijing hospital, waiting for his passport to t...

Fiction

About a boy

Autobiography

Carole King reveals the tapestry of her rich life in ‘A Natural Woman’

Fiction

Calypso country bands together

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Nonfiction

Why we love the same old, same old

DANCING

Arthur Murray’s dancing legacy turns 100

One hundred years ago, Arthur Murray began dancing, and now his legacy lives on from the corporate headquar...

Aventura man tackles Keys ultra-marathon to raise epilepsy awareness

In the past six years, Aventura’s Glenn Fenster has made six solo bicycle trips across the country ...

Roundup

FAU routs FIU, eyes top seed for Sun Belt tourney

Here’s how bad and how fast it got bad for the FIU baseball team on Thursday night at FAU:

Boxing

Claudio Marrero in featured fight at Seminole Hard Rock

Championship hardware will be on display when Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena has its first boxing show of th...

Pacers 94, Heat 75

Dwyane Wade struggles as Miami Heat collapses against Indiana Pacers

With Dwyane Wade struggling and no Chris Bosh, the Heat again stalled on offense and trails the Pacers 2-1 ...

UM ATHLETICS

Hundreds gather to remember former Miami Hurricanes AD Paul Dee

Flags were at half-staff at the University of Miami on Thursday in memory of beloved former athletic direct...

Class 5a state baseball semifinals | american heritage 3, tampa jesuit 0 (8 innings)

Heritage a big hit against Jesuit

The nation’s top-ranked team and its draft prospect Lance McCullers couldn’t prevent a late P...

Braves 7, Marlins 0

Historic chance for Ricky Nolasco missed as Miami Marlins fall to Atlanta Braves

Ricky Nolasco had a chance to make franchise history but it was the Braves’ Brandon Beachy who stole t...

Class 6a state baseball semifinals | Archbishop McCarthy 6, Lakewood Ranch 4

McCarthy able to keep the dream alive

New disturbing John Travolta claims

As seen on screen

Matthew Morrison dances his way onto ‘What to Expect’

Celebrity birthdays on May 18

Actor Bill Macy (“Maude”) is 90. Actor Robert Morse is 81. Actor Dwayne Hickman (“T...

Russell Brand, Billy Bob Thornton talk divorces

Bill Murray emerges at Cannes

The calendar

Lang Lang returns to the Arsht in a solo recital. Acclaimed as “the hottest artist on the classical...

Celebrity birthdays on May 17

CUBA

U.S. visa to Mariela Castro sparks angry complaints

Haiti

New Haiti PM touts anti-poverty, pro-investments agenda

Haiti’s new Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe took office and immediately got to work, declaring ȁ...

CUBA

Universities and foreign companies in Cuba are shrinking

Cuban leader Raúl Castro’s push to carry out needed economic reforms has led to reduced enrollm...

CUBA

U.S. changes requirements for some Cuba trips

The U.S. changes on some ‘people to people’ visits come after pressure from Florida Sen. Marc...

Free Trade

New era of U.S.-Colombia trade and investment begins

The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement went into effect Tuesday. A Miami event organized by Colombia’...

Colombia Violence

2 killed in Colombia bombing that targeted former Interior minister

Deadly bombing in the Colombian capital wounds former Interior Minister Jose Londoño and left , at lea...

Free Trade

U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement goes into effect

South Florida is expected to be a big beneficiary of increased trade between the two countries

Photographer for nine governors recorded Florida history

Over 35 years and 9 administrations, photographer Eric Tournay documented Florida’s governors.

2012 CAMPAIGN

As Mitt Romney hits Florida, Democrats attack Bain Capital’s history of profits and layoffs

Democrats are aiming to turn Romney’s strength as a businessman into a vulnerability by reminding Fl...

REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDA

Former Gov. Charlie Crist says Florida GOP Chairman Jim Greer tried to extort him in 2011

CAMPAIGN 2012

Mitt Romney rumbles through Florida, raising cash and bashing President Barack Obama

Making stops in Tampa and South Florida, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was long on criticis...

POLITICS

Lobbying firms get big paydays in Tallahassee

At least three lobbying firms collected more than $1 million in fees during the first three months of the y...

Florida says more than 53,000 dead people on voting rolls

Florida is calling on county election supervisors to remove more than 53,000 dead people from the state's v...

HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE

Citizens Property Insurance plan could send rates soaring for new customers

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, legendary baritone, dies at 87

German singing legend Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau died Friday at the age of 87 at his home in Berg bei Starnbe...

Former CBS News producer Rosenbaum dies at 64

Michael Rosenbaum, an award-winning CBS News producer who served as Tel Aviv bureau chief during the first ...

Driver who was hero in '76 Calif. bus kidnap dies

Frank Edward "Ed" Ray, a school bus driver who was hailed as a hero for helping 26 California students esca...

German baritone opera singer Fischer-Dieskau dead

Doug Dillard dies at 75; banjo player, member of the Dillards band

LOS ANGELES - Bluegrass banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs answered a knock at the door of his Nashville home in 19...

Ed Ray, Chowchilla bus driver in 1976 kidnapping, dies at 91

In his last days, Frank Edward Ray was visited by many of the schoolchildren he helped to save in the Chowc...

Disco queen Donna Summer dies at 63

In 1975, Donna Summer released a pop single unlike any before it.

MyTechHelp in Margate to host Job Fair on Monday to hire 50 new employees

MyTechHelp, a Margate-based business with a staff of U.S.-based technical support experts, said it is looki...

Winn-Dixie reopens renovated Miramar, Davie stores

Winn-Dixie’s transformation continues with the grand reopening of its Miramar and Davie stores

Costa reveals plan to remove wrecked Concordia

In an operation that could take up to a year, salvage companies will refloat the wrecked Costa Concordia so...

ECONOMY

South Florida is marked down for companies looking for a new home

A corporate relocation study gives South Florida high marks in terms of affordability. Low taxes and depres...

South Florida

Broward mail-sorting operations to shift to Miami

In an effort to stanch its gusher of red ink, the U.S. Postal Service announced Thursday it will close two ...

Perry Ellis earnings exceed expectations

Despite a decline in first quarter revenues and profits, Perry Ellis International exceeded analysts expect...

Facebook ipo

Facebook’s Saverin parlays $30,000 life savings into $3 billion