Stymied on hotel taxes, Ross braves a property-tax battle

A new stadium upgrade plan by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross scrambled the political scorecard Tuesday, ...

Unions

Miami-Dade unions want healthcare prices

Labor representatives meeting with Miami-Dade administrators to explore ways to reduce healthcare costs ask...

Miami-Dade County

Proposed changes could reduce manatee protections in Miami-Dade

Marine groups and environmental activists are at odds over revisions to Miami-Dade’s manatee protect...

DEA arrests at least three in a Miami-Dade drug case with international ties

At least three people have been arrested in southwest Miami-Dade County as part of a federal investigation ...

I-595 construction in Broward nearly completed; reversible express lanes to open end of March

After five years of construction, the overhaul of Interstate 595 in Broward is nearing its end -- with the ...

COURTS

Sen. Rubio reports for jury duty Wednesday in Miami

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is reporting for jury duty in Miami.

POLITICS

Gov. Scott pens new book, but won’t talk about it

Gov. Rick Scott, long rumored to be writing a book, recently told reporters it won’t be available un...

Dolphins | Sun Life Stadium

Miami Dolphins owner wants to swap $4 million tax bill for stadium renovations

Dolphins owner Stephen Ross proposed to pay for upgrades to Sun Life Stadium with private funds in exchange...

Health care enrollments reach 4.2 million, but young adults remain elusive

More than 4.2 million people have signed up for coverage on the nation’s health insurance marketpla...

Crews assess flood damage in Montana, Wyoming

Water levels began to drop on flooded rivers in Montana and Wyoming on Tuesday, and authorities scrambled t...

‘We lost part of our soul’ in oil train disaster, mayor of Quebec town says

The mayor of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, where 47 people died in a massive inferno following a train derailment ...

Ex-soldier's death penalty trial begins in Hawaii

Opening statements began Tuesday in the death penalty trial of a former Hawaii-based soldier accused of kil...

Man held in mailing explosives to Arizona sheriff

An Oklahoma man has been arrested for allegedly mailing a suspicious package that contained explosives to a...

Republican Party ups investment in Colorado

The Republican National Committee is pouring new resources into Colorado.

CIA may have broken law, undermined Constitution, Sen. Feinstein charges

The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee charged Tuesday that the CIA may have broken the law an...

Questions and answers about GM recall

General Motors' executives and government regulators will soon have to explain to Congress why it took year...

In Bermuda, officials vow to conserve Sargasso Sea

The U.S., Britain, Monaco and the Azores have joined Bermuda in signing a non-binding declaration to collab...

Spate of reports sounds new alarm on Syria’s humanitarian crisis

The humanitarian situation is dire for millions of Syrian civilians _ especially children _ and is likely ...

Pope's Franciscans kick-start fundraising effort

Pope Francis' namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, founded his order of mendicant friars in the 13th century af...

Conservatives march to demand recount in Salvador

Police blocked hundreds of supporters of the conservative candidate in El Salvador's presidential election ...

Guyana suspends air traffic controllers for breach

The Ministry of Transport in Guyana says it has suspended an air traffic controller who walked off the job ...

With Ukraine powerless to help, Tatars face certain Russian victory in Crimea

From war to Paralympics, US vets compete on ice

Surging across the ice as chants of "Ro-ssi-ya! Ro-ssi-ya!" from raucous Russian fans filled the venue, Jos...

Is Japan’s new nuclear facility secure enough?

With its turquoise-striped walls, the industrial complex squatting on bluffs above the Pacific Ocean here l...

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...

ACC Tournament | UM Men vs. Virginia Tech, 3:30 p.m.

To reach NCAA or NIT, Miami Hurricanes must win ACC tourney

Last year at this time, the University of Miami men’s basketball team was a national feel-good story...

Flag football

Monsignor Pace looks to build on historic flag football season

Miami Marlins

Miami Marlins catcher Rob Brantly remains a work in progress

Barring an injury or unforeseen circumstances, Rob Brantly is not going to be behind the plate on Opening D...

Heat

Streaking Brooklyn Nets will test Miami Heat, especially on the boards

Every game counts to LeBron James.

MIAMI DOLPHINS

Branden Albert to sign five-year, $47 million deal with Miami Dolphins

The Dolphins finally land left tackle Branden Albert, whose deal guarantees the former Chiefs standout $25 ...

Heat 99, Wizards 90

Miami Heat tops Washington Wizards as Dwyane Wade carries team late

After stumbling on a three-game losing streak, Dwyane Wade helped the Heat regain its footing and clinch a ...

Heat notebook

Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade plays back to back

La vida local

The Bachelor Juan Pablo has his share of haters

Someone get The Bachelor a crisis manager! We aren’t sure if it’s the language barrier or if ...

Celebrity roundup

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez: It’s back on

Blink and you may have missed it. Because Justin Bieber already removed the sexy Instagram video of him and...

Justin Bieber surprises with performance during SXSW

NEW YORK (AP) – Justin Bieber has kicked off the music portion of South by Southwest before the real...

Obama hams it up for health care on Funny or Die

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is hamming it up online to promote his health care plan.

Keith Richards picture book out this fall

NEW YORK (AP) – Keith Richards is writing a children’s book. He really is.

Celebrity birthdays on March 11

Celebrity spotlight

Steve Zahn in the TV game now

Scene in the Tropics

Ryan reunites with Hough at Bianca

Haiti

Some Haiti cholera victims file new lawsuit against U.N .

Days after the US government asked a court to grant the United Nations immunity in a cholera lawsuit, a gro...

CUBA

UN: Cuba would not ID those responsible for North Korea arms shipment

The weapons that Cuba described as “obsolete” were in good shape, the U.N. said.

Chile

Bachelet sworn in as Chilean president, pledges ‘fairer’ society

In an historic ceremony, Isabel Allende, whose father was deposed in a military coup in 1973, draped the pr...

IN THE CAMPS

U.S. now calls Guantánamo hunger strike ‘long term non-religious fasting’

U.N. report: Cuba violated the arms embargo on North Korea

Cuba violated the U.N. arms embargo on North Korea, refused to identify the Cuban entities involved in the ...

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.

POLITICS

Gov. Scott pens new book, but won’t talk about it

Gov. Rick Scott, long rumored to be writing a book, recently told reporters it won’t be available un...

COURTS

Sen. Rubio reports for jury duty Wednesday in Miami

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is reporting for jury duty in Miami.

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 Gov. Rick Scott

PolitiFact Florida

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

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 ...

Dr. Catherine A. Poole, 80

Dr. Catherine Poole, the first female to lead UM’s radiology department, dies at 80

Mark Bonawitz, 74

Pioneering paramedic developed priority system for mass-casualty scenes

'Fatal Vision' author Joe McGinniss dies at age 71

Joe McGinniss wasn't one to let a story tell itself.

British transit union leader Bob Crow dies at 52

'Fatal Vision' author Joe McGinniss dies at age 71

Joe McGinniss wasn't one to let a story tell itself.

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...

Unions

Miami-Dade unions want healthcare prices

Labor representatives meeting with Miami-Dade administrators to explore ways to reduce healthcare costs ask...

After Israeli passengers rebuffed, Norwegian Cruise Line cancels Tunisia calls

Norwegian Cruise Line announced it was canceling all future calls to Tunisia on Tuesday, two days after the...

Vicomte A. to open first Miami-Dade store in South Beach

WORK/LIFE BALANCING ACT

For entrepreneurs, life events can disrupt business, too

Cruise industry

Costa to add a second seasonal ship in Miami

Costa Cruises will double its presence in Miami at the end of the year, sailing two ships in the Caribbean.

CRUISE INDUSTRY

With mishaps in the past, cruise industry CEOs optimistic

Leaders of the world’s largest cruise ship companies spoke Tuesday at the annual Cruise Shipping Mia...

Business

School hurricane-awareness program expands

To help educators, students and the public with disaster preparedness and recovery, StormZone, a school-bas...

Florida Community Bank completes conversion of Great Florida Bank

Weston-based Florida Community Bank said that it has completed its conversion of Great Florida Bank of Miami.