Will Joe Six-Pack become Joe Dime Bag? Florida poll says marijuana legalization backed 55-41

A clear majority of Floridians, 55 percent, favor outright legalization of marijuana for personal recreatio...

TRANSPORTATION

836, 112 to close at night this week as toll gantries are erected

Two major east-west expressways in Miami-Dade County will experience partial closings starting Monday night...

South Miami-Dade

Walmart in rare forest draws focus to Zoo Miami amusement park

A shopping center and apartments planned for sensitive pine rockland have renewed worry over a proposal to ...

Crime

Man shot in Miramar

A man was shot Sunday night outside a home in Miramar.

Religion

Converted Muslims embrace new faith, celebrate end of Ramadan

Politics

Marc Caputo: Dade Democratic dysfunction emerges in governor’s race

A governor’s race doesn’t seem to go by in Florida without Democrats ending up in a circular ...

HEALTH

Why do moms try to kill their kids? Miramar case puts postpartum issues in spotlight

Postpartum depression and psychosis get a new look after new Miramar mother is accused of attempting to dro...

THE KEYS

New Jersey Turnpike Authority sues Plantation Key pizza parlor over name

A pizza and sandwich shop on Plantation Key is the target of a lawsuit filed by the New Jersey Turnpike Aut...

Mayor, family now live in historic Gracie Mansion

A historic New York City mansion is once again filled with the sounds of family activities.

US stocks open mixed on Wall Street

The stock market is opening mixed at the start of a busy week as a batch of merger announcements lift share...

Report says surveillance is hampering journalists

Revelations over the past few years about how U.S. security officials have the ability to track people thro...

2 questioned in search for Philly carjackers

Investigators are talking to two people in the search for two carjackers who rammed a stolen sport utility ...

Connecticut man accused of shooting pet turtle

Authorities say a Connecticut man shot to death his girlfriend's pet turtle.

Zillow buying Trulia in $3.5 billion stock deal

Real estate website operator Zillow is buying competitor Trulia in a $3.5 billion all-stock deal.

Georgia opens criminal case against ex-president

Georgian authorities say they are opening a criminal case against former president Mikhail Saakashvili.

Dollar Tree buying Family Dollar for $8.5 billion

Dollar Tree is buying rival discounter Family Dollar, giving it a wider reach in the intensifying fight for...

US official fume as Venezuelan general slips grasp

US officials are saying Venezuela may have used threats to obtain the freedom of a former general detained ...

Ukrainian PM urges vote to pay for war

Ukraine's prime minister says parliament needs to come up with more money to pay the mounting costs from th...

Female suicide bomber kills several in Nigeria

Witnesses say a woman blew herself up at a petrol station in northern Nigeria, killing at least three people.

Muslims mark end of Ramadan with Eid celebrations

Millions of Muslims across the world are celebrating the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks ...

Teens helped each other escape sinking Korean ship

Students who survived the South Korean ferry disaster testified Monday they were repeatedly ordered by loud...

Air Algerie plane's black boxes arrive in France

In war-struck Gaza, civilians struggle to get by

Caught in the fighting between Israel and Hamas, Gaza's civilians are increasingly struggling to get by. Th...

Philippine leader: Not even a bomb can stop reform

An emotional Philippine President Benigno Aquino III called his opponents desperate Monday and expressed co...

Fiction

A pair of sisters take on post-war America in Amy Bloom’s ‘Lucky Us’

What are you reading now?

Dear Abby

Dear Abby: Son-in-law’s abusive father makes family gathering painful

Dear Abby: I adore my son-in-law, “Tom.” He’s a wonderful husband to our daughter. He&...

Carolyn Hax

Carolyn Hax: Friends’ deaths spark fears in 45-year-old

Dear Carolyn: I’m in my mid-40s and I guess finally having my midlife crisis. After watching my fr...

YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG

Juicy tomatoes soften bruschetta’s bite

First things first: Bruschetta should be pronounced “broo-sketta,” not “broo-shetta.&#...

Fiction

A single mom, her kids and a tech millionaire in trouble hit the road in Jojo Moyes’ comic ‘One Plus One’

In the spotlight

Kate Mulgrew talks playing Red on ‘Orange is the New Black’

Kate Mulgrew has had a long and diverse career in soaps (Ryan’s Hope), episodic TV (Mrs. Columbo, St...

Nonfiction

Naturalist’s book gives hope for wildlife preservation

Marlins 4, Astros 2

Resurgent Miami Marlins cap 6-1 road trip with three-game sweep of Houston Astros

Dolphins

Miami Dolphins running back Lamar Miller hopes to thrive in Bill Lazor’s new offense

First Lamar Miller got bigger. And then he got Shady.

Miami Marlins notebook

Continued surge could put Miami Marlins in buy mode for a starting pitcher

Giancarlo Stanton hasn’t played in many meaningful games with the Marlins, who have finished last in e...

Marlins 7, Astros 3

Early offense carries surging Miami Marlins past Houston Astros

The Marlins put up five runs during the first two innings and rolled to their sixth win in seven games, add...

Dolphins | Cameron Wake

Miami Dolphins’ Cameron Wake, now 32, stills feels he’s in his prime

Lobster fishing | Annual two-day miniseason (Wed.-Thu.)

Claw and order expected for Florida’s annual two-day lobster miniseason

Florida’s largest undeclared state holiday — the annual two-day lobster miniseason — a...

In My Opinion

Armando Salguero: Mike Wallace looking forward to being bigger part of Miami Dolphins offense

In My Opinion

Greg Cote: Signs suggest Miami Dolphins coach Joe Philbin is on the hot seat

There are new windscreens on the fences surrounding the Dolphins’ practice facility at Nova Southeas...

In concert

Michael Franti & Spearhead bring Soulshine Tour to Boca Raton

Celebrity roundup

Piper tiesthe knot

Celebrity birthdays on July 28

Radar

Hot stuff celebrities love

Donny Osmond is on a hot streak. The child star turned teen heartthrob turned Vegas entertainer just came o...

As seen on TV

‘Ray Donovan’ star Liev Schreiber appreciates role but is homesick for family

Nothing is more important than family.

Celebrity birthdays on July 27

In the spotlight

Kate Mulgrew talks playing Red on ‘Orange is the New Black’

Kate Mulgrew has had a long and diverse career in soaps (Ryan’s Hope), episodic TV (Mrs. Columbo, St...

Celebrity birthdays on July 26

Actor James Best (“The Dukes of Hazzard”) is 88. Singer Darlene Love is 73. Singer Mick Jagge...

Haiti

American Airlines next stop: Cap-Haïtien, Haiti

American Airlines will become the first U.S. major carrier to offer daily, nonstop service to Cap-Haït...

Venezuela

Top Venezuela official accused in drug case averts U.S. extradition, heads back home

Venezuela on Sunday said that the Netherlands had agreed not to send former Gen. Hugo Carvajal to the Unite...

CUBA

Cuban woman fights for Bahamas inheritance

Her husband left her a canal-side house and more but she claims she has received only a small part of the e...

Latin America

Venezuela’s Telesur television goes bilingual with English programming

Over the last nine years, Venezuela-based Telesur has become a leading voice in Latin America. Now, the cha...

Haiti Reconstruction

Congress passes law promoting transparency in Haiti’s reconstruction

Concerned about the slow disbursement of U.S. dollars in Haiti and problems with projects, U.S. lawmakers p...

Panel clears Kuwaiti ‘forever prisoner’ for repatriation from Guantánamo

WAR COURT

Judge drops 1 of 5 defendants from Guantánamo’s 9/11 case

A military judge has ruled that one of five prisoners at the Guantánamo Bay Navy base charged in the S...

Haiti

Borrowing from Hillary Clinton, Haiti Prime Minister raises profile

As an ongoing political stalemate in Haiti fuels an electoral crisis, many are focusing attention on Haitia...

Politics

Marc Caputo: Dade Democratic dysfunction emerges in governor’s race

A governor’s race doesn’t seem to go by in Florida without Democrats ending up in a circular ...

Politics

Why won't Florida GOP leaders talk about trips to King Ranch in Texas?

Trips to historic King Ranch in Texas were financed all or in part with contributions from Florida’s...

Climate change

Florida poll: More than 7 in 10 voters concerned about climate change, back EPA action plan

A majority of Florida voters polled say the favor limits on carbon pollution from power plants.

Guantánamo detainee severed from 9/11 trial

The decision delivers another in a series of delays to the government’s effort to prosecute Ramzi Bi...

Politics

From secret Rick Scott deposition to Charlie Crist’s tie to Ponzi schemer, Florida governor’s race has more ‘mudslinging’

The Democrats are using a website to highlight a sealed deposition Rick Scott gave before running for gover...

Redistricting

Judge skeptical about changes to Florida congressional districts before election

A Leon County judge said he was unsure he could redraw the state’s congressional map before the elec...

Politics

Poll: Libertarian Adrian Wyllie helps Gov. Rick Scott catch Charlie Crist

Crist and Scott are essentially tied in the latest Quinnipiac University poll, in good part because Liberta...

Politics

Charlie Crist about to get millions in campaign subsidy

The former governor will get millions in campaign cash under the state’s public campaign financing p...

Italian tenor Bergonzi dies at age 90

Italian tenor Carlo Bergonzi, considered one of the most authoritative interpreters of Verdi's operas, has ...

Former Seattle Mayor Paul Schell dies

'Up the Down Staircase' writer Kaufman dies at 103

Bel Kaufman, the witty and spirited fiction writer, educator and storyteller whose million-selling "Up the ...

Veronica Timpson, 64

Charter bus entrepreneur, educator Veronica Timpson dies at 64

Bill Thompson co-starred on 'Wallace and Ladmo'

The man who played Wallace Snead on the "Wallace and Ladmo Show," a children's program that aired on Phoeni...

THOR HALVORSSEN, 71

Venezuelan executive, human-rights advocate Thor Halvorssen dies in South Florida

Thor Halvorssen, a Venezuelan telecom executive and human-rights leader, died on Sunday in North Miami. He ...

Edward Duffie, Sr., 77

From bank security guard to vice president, Edward Duffie Sr. dies at 77

Some names become a brand, and in the Edison area of Miami, Edward Duffie Sr. commanded attention, if not o...

Deaf educator and pioneer Robert Panara dies at 94

Robert Panara, who lost his hearing as a child and became a leading educator of the deaf and a pioneer of s...

Liquidators

Good deals: At merchandise liquidators, buyers find more for less

Everyone loves good deals — and merchandise liquidators make their living by bringing them to consumer...

Medical transport

Profile: Fort Lauderdale-based Trinity Air Ambulance International

Trinity Air Ambulance International — recently awarded a three-year contract by Jackson Health Syste...

Q&A

Q&A with Dan Levy, Facebook’s global director of small business

Dan Levy, global director of small business for the online social networking service, shares his views on h...

Startup spotlight: PWRstation provides ‘solar in a box’

Headquarters: Miami, with offices in Bienne, Switzerland.

THE KEYS

New Jersey Turnpike Authority sues Plantation Key pizza parlor over name

A pizza and sandwich shop on Plantation Key is the target of a lawsuit filed by the New Jersey Turnpike Aut...

REAL ESTATE/AHEAD OF THE DEAL

Peter Zalewski: South Florida condo prices still 15 percent off peak of last real estate cycle

Despite a run-up in condo and townhouse resale activity in the past three years, the average price for a So...

FROM THE PRESIDENT’S CHAIR

Manny García-Tuñón: The new science of motivation for the 21st century

REAL ESTATE/AHEAD OF THE DEAL

Peter Zalewski: South Florida condo prices still 15 percent off peak of last real estate cycle

Despite a run-up in condo and townhouse resale activity in the past three years, the average price for a So...