Weather alert: Rainy season is here, more storms in forecast

Driver vs. driver: Stun gun, baseball bat used in Florida road-rage battle

Charles Mabry Jr. was driving a Nissan when he neglected to use his turn signal. That did not sit well wit...

Medical machine containing flesh-eating bacteria stolen from Orlando lab

Whoever stole some discarded equipment from outside a pathology lab may have gotten more than he or she bar...

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...

Officer shoots dog in NW Miami-Dade, according to police

A dog was shot Tuesday by police in Northwest Miami-Dade County.

Wilton Manors

Female impersonator-turned-minister flips over WIG

A nonprofit gay spirituality ministry will hold its first public meeting Wednesday night in Wilton Manors.

Orlando | Leaking package case

Federal agency probes postal worker’s illness

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the federal agency charged with monitoring worker safety...

NYC complex in doghouse over strict no-pet rule

A sprawling housing complex in the Bronx has been fined $85,000 for not allowing residents to keep emotiona...

FBI confirms leak probe on al-Qaida plot

FBI Director Robert Mueller says the bureau has launched an investigation into who leaked information about...

Police escort school buses after rifle threat

After a man aimed a rifle at a school bus and dropped a notebook that listed bus numbers, police in an Atla...

Crews try to stop AZ blaze from crossing fire line

Firefighters were working to prevent a wildfire near the historic mining town of Crown King from spreading ...

Jury deliberates Houston police teen beating case

Jurors are deliberating for a second day in the case of a former Houston police officer accused of taking p...

Caution urged during Miss. highway killer search

As they search for suspects in two highway killings, authorities in northwest Mississippi are urging driver...

Website set up by killer's mom upsets co-workers

State officials have launched an investigation into a website set up by the mother of a man who killed eigh...

Brazil probing dictatorship human rights abuses

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has sworn in the seven members of a truth commission created to look int...

Merkel fires minister after election defeat

German Chancellor Angela Merkel fired her environment minister on Wednesday after he led her conservative p...

Romania tries again to find an education minister

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta named a new education minister on Wednesday after his two previous app...

UN experts say Syria snubs demands on torture

The Syrian government snubbed a U.N. committee when it failed to appear Wednesday or report on any efforts ...

Police uproot protest camp in Moscow

Russian police dispersed a protest camp in central Moscow that had become a rallying point for President Vl...

Founder of Italian party probed in funds scandal

Milan's chief prosecutor says the charismatic founder of an Italian party that had vowed to fight political...

Cannes' female-free directors line-up criticized

This year's Cannes Film Festival features directors in their 30s and their 80s, directors from Europe and N...

A Fork on the Road

Classy kosher on Miami Beach’s West Avenue

You don’t have to keep kosher to enjoy the large portions of health-oriented food at West Avenue Caf...

Techniques

Wok this way

The Edgy Veggie

All hail kale chips — and viva the good-food revolution

Welcome, comrade. The good food revolution has begun. Will Allen, urban farmer and activist was here last w...

Food facts

Love pasta? 10 things you should know

An editor who sits nearby likes to show me his lunch every day. He presents it for my approval like Iȁ...

Wine: In defense of rosé

Cook’s Corner

Cottage cake like Grandma used to make

Q. First I want you to know how much I enjoy your column and look forward to it each week. You have often ...

Kitchen gear

Culinary kit lets you make molecular magic

Uber-chefs Ferran Adriá, Grant Achatz and Wylie Dufresne aren’t the only kitchen wizards on the...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Former Miami Hurricanes coach Jimmy Johnson selected for College Football Hall of Fame

Former UM coach Jimmy Johnson, who guided the Canes to a 52-9 record and the 1987 national championship, wa...

FIU basketball

Isiah Thomas’ file does not give a cause for firing from FIU

Game 2 | Pacers 78, Heat 75

Miami Heat loses Game 2 to Indiana Pacers, series tied 1-1

LeBron, Wade can’t lift Heat in the final minute as Pacers even series 1-1

Golf spotlight

Men, women at Barry flying high

The NCAA Division II golf tournaments starting this week in Louisville, Ky., are getting a two-for-one deal...

Marlins 6, Pirates 2

Josh Johnson sharp in Miami Marlins’ win over Pittsburgh Pirates

Josh Johnson gave up two runs in seven innings for his first win of the season as the Marlins beat the Pira...

Palmetto’s successful season ends in defeat

Even after playing into the wee hours and losing in the Class 8A state championship game, Palmetto’s ...

IN MY OPINION

Miami Heat in trouble after Game 2 loss to Indiana Pacers

The giveaway T-shirts handed to Heat fans walking into the home arena Tuesday night declared, “We Are ...

Celebrity birthdays on May 16

Dancing with the Stars: William Watch!

Semifinals scores: 28 for tango; 30 for samba

La vida local

Pitbull to appear in Men in Black sequel

Celebrity roundup

Spears, Lovato to judge ‘X Factor’

Celebrity roundup

Tom Cruise addresses rumors in Playboy

O.J. Simpson doing well, tabloid report of ‘stroke-like symptoms’ in Nevada prison untrue, spokesman said

Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade praised by Vogue for fashion sense — oh, and ball handling

Those who know Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade say he’s a slave to fashion. If he weren’t an NBA st...

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

Slavery

UN concert planned to aid slave trade memorial

A gala concert in the United Nations General Assembly Hall on Tuesday will raise funds for a planned monume...

Haiti

Wreath, new government mark Martelly’s first year at helm in Haiti

Haiti marked the first year of President Michel Martelly’s presidential term by welcoming a new Prim...

Venezuela

Venezuela demands return of controversial judge

Venezuela demanded the United States make good on its international obligations and arrest a former judge t...

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...

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...

HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE

Citizens Property Insurance plan could send rates soaring for new customers

In My Opinion

Shut up and quit texting

Looking back, it was such a quaint little crusade, a futile gesture against the indomitable lure of technol...

FAMU

FAMU marching band suspended through 2013

VOTERS

Non-citizen voter database flawed, say elections officials

As elections officials convene, they are simultaneously seeking to verify the legal status of about 2,700 v...

Politics

Voter apathy — not Florida’s new voting laws — may hurt turnout in 2012

The congregation repeated every word of the Rev. Jesse Jackson as if he were administering an oath.

CARLOS FUENTES | 1928-2012

Carlos Fuentes, eminent Mexican writer, dies at 83

Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America’s novel-writing boom, died at ag...

Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes dies at 83

If Carlos Fuentes could have invented the perfect character to star in one of his novels, he might have com...

Maude Aimee Humbard, widow of televangelist Rex Humbard, dies at 89

Maude Aimee Humbard - wife of the late Rev. Rex Humbard, the world's first televangelist - was the force th...

Harold 'Red' Poling, former Ford CEO, dies at 86

Harold A. Poling, the former head of Ford who oversaw its restructuring and launch of key vehicles in the 1...

Mexican novelist, essayist Carlos Fuentes dies

Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America's novel-writing boom by delving into the...

Reaction to death of Mexican author Carlos Fuentes

Some reaction to the death of Mexican author Carlos Fuentes:

Harold 'Red Poling, former Ford CEO, dies at 86

DETROIT - Harold A. Poling, the former head of Ford Motor Co. who oversaw its restructuring and launch of k...

May brings museum deals to Miami

UM Nursing School gets grant

The University of Miami has received a $7.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for health...

Work/Life Balancing Act

Lying on résumé a really bad idea

Yahoo’s CEO learned the hard way: Lying on your résumé can get you fired. Experts share r&...

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’...

Miami workshop helps would-be business owners

Miami-Dade County’s Sustainability, Planning, and Economic Enhancement Department will hold a free w...

Carnival breaks ground on new cruise center in Dominican Republic

Carnival Corp. held groundbreaking ceremonies for a new $65 million cruise center in the Dominican Republic...

ECONOMY

Business roster growing again

Why did unemployment drop so sharply in South Florida during the recession? In part, the cause was a sharp ...