Politics

Rubio releases plan to boost prosperity

American dream is fading for many, GOP’s Marco Rubio says, offering his own solutions.

Video deposition: Defiant Justin Bieber answers question in Miami civil lawsuit

A video deposition taken of pop idol Justin Bieber in Miami last week, and released on Monday by an entert...

Politics

Coral Gables billionaire Mike Fernandez strongly backing Scott

ENVIRONMENT

Hit by a vehicle last year, a 2-year-old female panther was nursed back to health and released Monday.

Serenaded with the guitar strains of “Seminole Wind” by singer-songwriter John Anderson and a...

In My Opinion

Fred Grimm: Old BCI women’s prison ripe for rebranding

For sale: a residential campus on 66 very secure acres of primo real estate along U.S. 27 in western Browar...

Call for charges in street artist Israel "Reefa" Hernandez-Llach‘s death

Legislature 2014

Senate panel approves guns for school employees

An array of new gun legislation, including a proposal that would allow designated teachers to carry conceal...

LEGISLATURE 2014

Bill to remove arcades from gambling ban could create loopholes

Legislators are scrambling to find a way to protect family amusement centers from a ban on storefront gambl...

New Anne Rice vampire book coming in October

Lestat de Lioncourt is back from the dead.

Vieira hosts inspirational book awards event

Meredith Vieira and Lee Woodruff have attended a ceremony honoring the Books for a Better Life organization.

10 Things to Know for Tuesday

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

Monday's College Baseball Scores

Lynchburg 11-26, Emory & Henry 6-3

Michigan police search for missing hockey player

A Michigan detective has been assigned to the case of a missing 20-year-old minor league hockey player who ...

Final demolition starts at Detroit housing project

The final phase of demolition began Monday for a well-known vacant Detroit housing project that once was ho...

AP PHOTOS: Iditarod, 'The Last Great Race'

The world's most famous sled dog race is approaching the finish, with a winner expected as soon as early Tu...

Flooding swells Montana rivers, washes out roads

Swollen rivers and impassable roads left hundreds of people cut off in rural areas of Montana on Monday, wh...

Man learns diving to look for wife lost in tsunami

On a chilly morning last weekend, a 57-year-old Japanese man adjusted his diving mask before heading out to...

Caribbean adopts plan to seek slavery reparations

Leaders of Caribbean nations have adopted a plan on seeking reparations for what they say are the lingering...

New Zealanders to vote on changing national flag

New Zealanders will soon get to vote on whether to change their national flag, which many view as a hangove...

In small-town Ukraine, prospect of break with Russia viewed with dismay

On the hill just beyond the border gate, where the road turns from Ukrainian asphalt into Russian dirt, th...

Extreme-right activities in Austria on the rise

An official says the number of extreme-right acts reported to authorities in Austria in 2013 rose by more t...

NATO sending surveillance planes to Ukraine border

NATO says it is dispatching surveillance aircraft to fly over Poland and Romania to monitor the crisis unfo...

Britain: Russia faces growing pressure over Crimea

Russia is facing growing isolation and increasing pressure to stop a referendum in Ukraine's strategic Crim...

As Mexico nabs drug ‘kingpins,’ Pena Nieto’s vow to cut crime lags

President Enrique Pena Nieto’s government is chalking up quite a tally of captured or slain drug lo...

Crave a cookie? Study measures temptation

If there’s no caramel cheesecake, you’re not likely to eat any. But plop one down on a table ...

Nutrition

Mikey likes this - and it’s healthy

Program aims to get kids to eat healthy foods by choice

Fit tip: Should I eat more often?

Q. A friend said I should eat more meals a day, but I'm trying to lose weight. What's the logic behind eati...

JOCK DOC

Non-surgical treatments available for hip pain

Q. I am only in my late ‘50s but have developed horrible left hip pain. It started as an ache about ...

Plastic Surgery 101

Why the Oscars are giving plastic surgery a bad rap

As I watched the Oscars last week, I was appalled by what I saw. Every year after the Oscars I always get t...

Seven-day menu planner

Plan your meals a week at a time, or pick and choose your favorites. Each meal comes with a shopping list.

Mother, son undergo same procedure with same surgeon — on the same day

When he came to in the intensive care unit at Mt. Sinai Hospital, Carlos Garcia asked the nurse to wheel hi...

Wine

Fred Tasker’s wine column: Cabernet sauvignon is the king of wines, the wine of kings

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers’ Jimmy Hayes is planted in right spot

The Panthers are always looking to find bigger and stronger forwards, so it should have been no surprise wh...

Bruins 5, Panthers 2

Florida Panthers sunk by Boston Bruins for eighth game in a row

Roberto Luongo did slow down the Bruins, but not even he could stop them from continuing to beat up on the ...

MIAMI DOLPHINS

Miami Dolphins reach deal with safety Louis Delmas; cut cornerback Dimitri Patterson

The Dolphins, who are expected to sign Branden Albert on Tuesday, agreed to terms with safety Louis Delmas ...

Golf | WGC-Cadillac Championship

Patrick Reed stays steady and strong in victory at WGC-Cadillac Championship

Patrick Reed conquered an elite field on a brutally difficult Doral course, posting a 72 for his third PGA ...

Flag football

Monsignor Pace looks to build on historic flag football season

Boxing Spotlight

Canelo Alvarez makes successful return to ring after loss

Alfredo Angulo indeed proved to be the ideal opponent in Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s first bout ...

Miami Marlins

Henry Rodriguez, Carter Capps among candidates for open Miami Marlins bullpen spots

Carlos Marmol survived a shaky outing in his debut for the Marlins, one in which he walked a pair of batter...

Bulls 95, Heat 88

LeBron James drops the ball in Miami Heat’s loss to Chicago Bulls

Celebrity spotlight

Steve Zahn in the TV game now

Scene in the Tropics

Ryan reunites with Hough at Bianca

The music scene

Miranda Lambert ‘ready to rock’ with new album

La vida local

Local bakers get reality show, Divas del Azucar

Local bakers to the stars Divine Delicacies are getting their just desserts: a reality show. Las Divas de A...

Celebrity roundup

Bye George! Clooney’s ex Stacy Keibler marries

Stacy Keibler has officially gotten over George Clooney — she's a married woman now.

Radar

Hot stuff celebrities love

Celebrity birthdays on March 10

Pistorius vomits during graphic testimony

Colombia | bullfighting

In Colombia, a 500-year-old bullfighting tradition must evolve or die

The colonial tradition of bullfighting has fallen on such hard times in Colombia in recent years that some ...

Caribbean

Caribbean Community leaders want formal apology from Europe for slavery

A two-day meeting of Caribbean Community leaders opened Monday in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, three mon...

Doral

FIU students protest Venezuelan government at Doral golf tournament

The students were shooed off the golf course, but invited to come back later to speak at a tournament party.

Mexico government 100 pct sure drug capo killed

Mexico's government confirmed late Sunday that the leader of the Knights Templar Cartel was killed in an ea...

EARTHQUAKE

Aftershock from January earthquake rattles parts of Cuba, Florida Keys Sunday

An earthquake felt Sunday morning in Cuba and parts of the Florida Keys was actually an aftershock from a 5...

Venezuela

Los Guayabitos: The Venezuelan town where La Revolución reigns supreme

A year after the death of President Hugo Chávez, his legacy is being questioned. But in Los Guayabitos...

CUBA

Cuba allows phone access to some email

But access is really expensive and limited to Cuba-only email system.

VENEZUELA

Rubio wants U.S. attention on Venezuela crisis

Sen. Marco Rubio faults the White House for being preoccupied with what is going on in Ukraine and not payi...

Campaign-finance investigation

Ex-Rep. David Rivera’s friend pleads not guilty to federal charges

Ana Alliegro is charged with several campaign-finance violations in a case involving a proxy candidate in t...

Legislature 2014

Senate panel approves guns for school employees

An array of new gun legislation, including a proposal that would allow designated teachers to carry conceal...

Politics

Coral Gables billionaire Mike Fernandez strongly backing Scott

PolitiFact Florida

Rick Scott “oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nation’s history," Florida Democratic Party says

Florida Democrats claim Gov. Rick Scott ‘oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nation’s h...

Politics

Marc Caputo: Rick Scott’s ‘awful’ poll numbers make Florida Republicans queasy

The state of Gov. Rick Scott’s poll numbers is ... sorry.

PolitiFact Florida

Gov. Rick Scott says Medicare rate cuts will affect seniors’ ability to keep their doctor, hospital and prevention services

Gov. Rick Scott omits that the recently announced rate cuts were for Medicare Advantage plans, a subset of ...

POLITICS

Ahead in polls, medical marijuana poised for ad-war win

With strong public support, a medical-marijuana initiative doesn’t face major opposition yet and cou...

FEDERAL INVESTIGATION

Busted in Nicaragua: ex-Rep. David Rivera's pal, Ana Alliegro, in FBI custody over campaign scheme

A longtime political is being held in a federal detention center on campaign-violation charges related to a...

'Fatal Vision' author Joe McGinniss dies at age 71

"Fatal Vision" author Joe McGinniss has died at age 71.

Marie Elia Chery, 59

Marie Elia Chery, research nurse and Haitian humanitarian, dies at 59

Mildred Merrick, 92

Merrick widow and UM reference librarian Mildred Merrick dies at 92

Hernandez, heroine of Cuban revolution, dies at 92

Melba Hernandez, one of two women who helped Fidel Castro launch his revolutionary battle with a failed 195...

William Clay Ford, car-company leader and Detroit Lions owner, dies at 88

DETROIT - William Clay Ford, owner of the NFL Detroit Lions, a philanthropist and the last surviving grands...

'Band of Brothers' vet William Guarnere dies at 90

William "Wild Bill" Guarnere, one of the World War II veterans whose exploits were dramatized in the TV min...

Lions owner William Clay Ford dies at 88

Revolutionary opera director Gerard Mortier dies

Q&A

Q&A: Diane Sanchez reflects on eMerge Americas movement, upcoming conference

BUSINESS PLAN CHALLENGE

Sign up for free Business Plan Bootcamp

Will your business plan attract an investor’s attention? Learn from our panel of investors, mentors ...

Miami Beach

Business group to represent Alton store owners in Miami Beach

The newly formed Alton Road Business Association hopes to represent store owners and landlords through a di...

Dadeland Mall’s terrace dining is kicking off

Dadeland Mall said its terrace dining is kicking off, with Aoki Teppanyaki, Balans, Earls Kitchen + Bar, an...

18 banks get top ratings from BauerFinancial; four get lowest ratings

At year-end 2013, 18 Miami-Dade and Broward banks received five stars - the highest possible - in the most ...

Israeli cruise passengers denied entry to Tunisia

Norwegian Cruise Line said a “last minute decision made by the Tunisian government” on Sunday...

Construction underway on new AC Hotel by Marriott

Construction has started on the new AC Hotel by Marriott in Miami Beach, a design-centered brand exported f...

FAST FOOD

McDonald’s sales dragged down by fourth-straight drop

McDonald’s Corp., the world’s largest restaurant chain, said sales at stores open at least 1...