Friends and Neighbors

Charity pays for glasses for underprivileged kids

The Heiken Children’s Vision Program provides free comprehensive eye examination and glasses when pr...

A PROM NIGHT TO REMEMBER

Dwyane Wade surprises Miami teen at prom

Persistence paid off for an Archbishop Coleman Carroll senior. She asked (and asked) and ultimately receive...

STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Pension vote puts some House Republicans in awkward position

Many Republican lawmakers who wanted to shut down the state’s pension system to new hires are member...

PolitiFact Florida

After voting for a ban, Charlie Crist now backs gay marriage

After voting for a ban, Charlie Crist now backs gay marriage

POLITICS

Marco Rubio blames President Obama for latest scandals

Rubio mesmerized hundreds in Tampa with a familiar speech that resonated more strongly than ever amid the l...

REALITY TV

Miami police parts ways with popular “First 48” cable show

The popular television show has helped solve Miami homicides, but critics say the cameras can be a distract...

Insurance

Citizens offers cheaper rate option with no fanfare

Homeowners could save up to 70 percent on their insurance premium with a new policy offering from Citizens,...

Hofstra student killed by police during break-in

Officials say a New York college student was accidentally killed by a police officer as she was held in a h...

1 winning ticket sold in Fla. on Powerball

A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more th...

Probe into Conn. train crash giving way to cleanup

Investigators will look closely at a broken section of rail to see if it is connected to the commuter train...

Federal report documents inmate sex abuse in US

Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of...

Alaska volcano shoots lava up hundreds of feet

Alaska's remote Pavlof Volcano was shooting lava hundreds of feet into the air, but its ash plume was thinn...

Alaska volcano shoots lava up hundreds of feet

Alaska's remote Pavlof Volcano has been shooting lava hundreds of feet into the air, but its ash plume is t...

1 of 2 fires north of LA contained

One of two wildfires burning in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles was fully ...

Iran's Guard warns against post-election turmoil

Several Iranian newspapers are citing a senior Revolutionary Guard commander as warning his forces will be ...

Report: Iran hangs 2 men convicted of spying

Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the A...

Chinese premier heads to India to boost ties

Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier headed to India on Sunday for his first forei...

Mexico judge orders prison for suspects in killing

A judge on Saturday issued an order for the imprisonment of two waiters accused in the beating death of Mal...

Dissident ex-general released in Venezuela

Venezuelan authorities have released a dissident ex-general who was jailed on charges of inciting unrest af...

20 flights without bags after Egypt airport strike

Egyptian officials say baggage handlers in Cairo's airport have gone on strike to protest a colleague's dea...

Member of Pakistani cricket star's party killed

Police say gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a senior member of a leading Pakistani political party.

History

Historian seeks out forgotten people, places in ‘Here is Where’

Fiction

Living on the edge of Florida

Fiction

Shady characters and politics

Nonfiction

The constant traveler revisits Africa

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Florida: Key West Pride June 5-9

A proud tradition

Gulf Coast

On the hunt for the teeth of giant prehistoric sharks

Paul Reinckens kicked slowly over the sandy bottom 30 feet deep in the Gulf of Mexico looking for triangula...

Miami Dolphins

Miami Dolphins reel in funds for community at fishing tournament

Dolphins players floated out from Miami Beach to try and land the biggest catch – and a nice jackpot...

Miami Heat | Chris Bosh

Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh is front and center this postseason

The pain and frustration of last year’s playoffs are now a distant memory for Chris Bosh. ‘He is ...

Diamondbacks 1, Marlins 0

Miami Marlins dealt eighth shutout loss of season as Diamondbacks win

FAU 12, FIU 1

FAU routs FIU Panthers in regular-season finale

The Panthers, who finished with a losing record for the first time in five years, say they can turn it arou...

Georgia Tech 10, UM 1

Miami Hurricanes routed by Georgia Tech in regular-season finale

UM’s offense fizzled Saturday in a loss to Georgia Tech to end the regular season. Next up is the ACC ...

Calder

Close it Out wins Champali Stakes at Calder

IN MY OPINION

Michelle Kaufman: Landon Donovan’s leadership missing as U.S. prepares for World Cup qualifiers

Will Landon Donovan ever rejoin the U.S. national team? Will he play in the Brazil World Cup next summer? T...

At the movies

Greta Gerwig talks secrecy, relationships in ‘Frances Ha’

Radar

Hot stuff celebrities love

Celebrity birthdays on May 19

Celebrity birthdays on May 18

Coming to town

Wendy Williams gets blunt at Books & Books

The movie scene

Winona Ryder back in ‘The Iceman’

Report: George Michael in car crash

George Michael was involved in a single car crash in England Thursday. The singer was reportedly airlifted ...

U.S. Foreign Policy

U.S. foreign aid chief talks about region’s future

In a recent visit to Colombia, USAID’s Rajiv Shah talked to The Miami Herald about working in a re...

Guatemala | ANALYSIS

Remembering Efraín Ríos Montt and reeling from a new terror

Guatemalan strongman Ríos Montt’s conviction for genocide was cause for celebration and concern...

Turks and Caicos

Turks and Caicos authorities drop gun charges against American tourists

Authorities in the Turks and Caicos have dropped charges against a retired Florida neurosurgeon and Texas b...

TRADE

Gov. Rick Scott leads trade mission to Chile

Chile, Florida’s No. 6 export destination for products, was the first Latin American country to sign...

Cuban balsero census being taken by Brothers to the Rescue leader at Cuba Nostalgia

If you are a Cuban balsero and were spotted in the Florida Straits by a Brothers to the Rescue plane betwee...

PORTMIAMI

Army Corps of Engineers awards contract to deepen Miami port

A dredging contract ws awarded to make the port’s channels deep enough for the ships that will trave...

CUBA

Cuban food production drops despite reforms

Part of the decline could be the result of devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in agriculture-rich Easter...

STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Pension vote puts some House Republicans in awkward position

Many Republican lawmakers who wanted to shut down the state’s pension system to new hires are member...

Notoriety follows Rivera pal in Nicaragua

Ana Alliegro, the Miami woman at the center of the federal corruption investigation involving former congre...

POLITICS

Marco Rubio blames President Obama for latest scandals

Rubio mesmerized hundreds in Tampa with a familiar speech that resonated more strongly than ever amid the l...

GAMING

AARP cancels Florida sweepstakes, blames new state gambling law

A new state law cracking down on gambling prompted the nation’s retirees association to eliminate i...

Hialeah ‘Shadow banking’

Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and wife surrender to authorities on tax evasion charges

Julio Robaina and his wife are accused of receiving undisclosed cash payments as interest on more than $1 m...

COLLEGE TUITION

Gov. Rick Scott asks university presidents to lobby for caps on tuition increases

Gov. Rick Scott is reaching out to an unlikely group — university presidents — to build a ca...

TRADE

Gov. Rick Scott leads trade mission to Chile

Chile, Florida’s No. 6 export destination for products, was the first Latin American country to sign...

Venturi, US Open champion and CBS analyst, dies

Ken Venturi, who overcame dehydration to win the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Spo...

85-year-old wife of Mormon church president dies

The wife of the Mormon church's president shied away from the spotlight, but her lifelong work behind the s...

Argentine dictator Videla dies in prison at age 87

Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta ...

Human Rights Watch activist Brown dies in NY at 60

Activist Cynthia Brown, one of the guiding forces at the international advocacy group Human Rights Watch, h...

Former General Mills CEO Kinney dies at age 96

E. Robert Kinney, a former chief executive of General Mills who earlier in his career was instrumental in p...

Erika Spaide, 20

Kendall woman struggled with rare disease

Throughout her short life, Erika Spaide was cherished by her mother, sister, friends, teachers, medical pro...

DEATHS

WIOD host, Miami News writer Billie O’Day dies

Insurance

Citizens offers cheaper rate option with no fanfare

Homeowners could save up to 70 percent on their insurance premium with a new policy offering from Citizens,...

Miami Beach

Jet-set Miami developers entangled in legal drama over private jet

For sale: a $12.6 million Bombardier Challenger jet presumably grounded at the Opa-locka Airport.

Retail

Microsoft opens full-line store at Dadeland

Microsoft opens its first full-line store in South Florida, at Dadeland Mall, on Saturday.

New CFO at Royal Caribbean

The top finance job at Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises is in new hands.

WORKPLACE

Many workplaces insure domestic partners, some now also pay the tax on benefits

Many Florida businesses and public institutions provide domestic partner benefits for unmarried employees. ...

Employment

College graduates hoping for pomp — and jobs

The job market isn’t absorbing the entire class of 2013, but hiring’s a lot better than it wa...

The color of money

Michelle Singletary: Calculating the real cost of that speeding ticket

For many drivers, the fear of rising auto insurance rates keeps them from driving too fast or leaving their...