MUSEUMS

Two Miami-Dade museums win Kellogg Foundation grants

Two local museums were the only institutions in Florida to win grants for family engagement programs from t...

A flawed investigation: The rape case of FSU quarterback Jameis Winston

Early on the morning of Dec. 7, 2012, a freshman at Florida State University reported that she had been ra...

Online shopping

Amazon to start charging sales tax in Florida

Beginning on May 1, the Internet giant will collect sales taxes from Floridians who make purchases on Amazo...

Higher Education

Miami Dade College students support Padrón, protest at lawmakers’ offices

State Rep. Trujillo fires back, saying students should be outraged at their own college, which he says is s...

Federal court

Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez contradicts himself at tax-evasion trial of his predecessor

Ethics Commission

Ethics panel faults ex-Homestead mayor for free flight

Ex-mayor Steven Bateman, already facing criminal charges, also may be hit with ethics fines for not reporti...

NORTH MIAMI

North Miami continues to seek more power over MOCA

The city of North Miami has appointed a director for the Museum of Contemporary Art, but still needs approv...

LEGISLATURE 2014

A curious champion for Senate President Don Gaetz’s public records bill

The bill would improve the public’s access to records, but among its beneficiaries are attorneys who...

Atlanta lands MLS expansion team for 2017

Arthur Blank donned traditional soccer garb to mark his newest venture — an MLS team for Atlanta.

Let the (real) games begin: It's NBA playoff time

Finally, the NBA playoffs are set.

Little government response to bombing a year later

A year after homemade bombs ripped through the Boston Marathon, state and federal officials have enacted vi...

Oklahoma gay-marriage case before US appeals court

AP Photos: Colorado hosts its own fracking boom

Workers bustle at an oil and gas drilling site near Mead, Colo., a town of about 3,800 people north of Denver.

Portland plans reservoir flush after teen cited

Call it the Big Flush 2, and this time the sequel promises to be much bigger than the original.

Curious about Palestine, Israeli visitors return

This bustling center of Palestinian life is just a 20-minute drive from Jerusalem, but for Israelis it migh...

Ordnance rendered safe; Calif. evacuations lifted

UN: Iran cuts stock closest to nuke-arms grade

The U.N. nuclear agency says Iran has neutralized half of its stockpile of higher-enriched uranium that cou...

Servier, lab founder in drug scandal, dies at 92

Jacques Servier, the founder of France's second-largest pharmaceutical group who became ensnared in a scand...

Classmates celebrating 60th birthday among missing

Kim Jeong-keun woke up on his cabin bed to find out his friends had smeared lipstick on his face while he h...

Putin says no Russian forces in eastern Ukraine

Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday dismissed claims that Russian special forces are fomenting un...

Robot sub finishes 1st full seabed search for jet

A robotic submarine completed its first successful scan of the seabed Thursday in the hunt for the missing ...

Rights groups ask Nepal to scrap amnesty bill

International rights groups said Thursday that parts of a bill proposed by the Nepal government should be r...

Pistorius forensic expert continues testimony

The prosecutor at the murder trial of double-amputee Olympian Oscar Pistorius is continuing his cross-exami...

Curious about Palestine, Israeli visitors return

This bustling center of Palestinian life is just a 20-minute drive from Jerusalem, but for Israelis it migh...

Holiday cooking

Miami chefs put a twist on Easter classics

The Edgy Veggie

Edgy Veggie: Eggless ‘Egg Salad’

This must be the egg industry’s favorite time of the year. There’s Easter eggs, egg-rich Easter c...

Cook’s Corner

Cook’s Corner: Behold the new colors of Easter eggs

A Fork on the Road

A Fork on the Road: Choices Cafe gives vegans plenty of flavor

Fit tip: Get enough water

Q: How much water should I be drinking throughout the day?

Watch for sleep drug risks

About 8 million people take prescription drugs to help them sleep, but these medications have flaws

Chew on This

If stress has you on edge, these foods will settle you

What are the consequences of chronic stress?

Skin Deep

How to correct five common beauty mistakes

Nobody’s perfect, and we’re all guilty of making beauty blunders on occasion. So long as they...

Badminton

Palmetto repeats GMAC crown

Palmetto coach David Zarco doesn’t hold back when he trains his badminton players.

Nationals 6, Marlins 3

Jose Fernandez, Miami Marlins unravel late in loss to Washington Nationals

Track and Field

Booker T. Washington High School boys sprint to victories in the Region 4-2A meet

It’s time to anoint Booker T. Washington the sprint capital of Florida.

MIAMI DOLPHINS

Anti-bullying bill supported by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross likely to fail

The Florida Legislature has once again proven unkind to Stephen Ross – or at least uncooperative.

76ers 100, Heat 87

Miami Heat falls to Philadelphia 76ers, begins first-round preparations for Charlotte Bobcats

And now begins the second season.

WILDLIFE | White Oak Conservation center

Exotic, endangered animals thrive at Wild Oak preserve

The North Florida facility that rehabilitated a young, injured Florida panther has a long tradition of help...

Roundup

Coconut Creek girls’ basketball team has signing celebration

A prolific Coconut Creek girls’ basketball season paid off with five seniors signing letters-of-intent...

In My Opinion

Greg Cote: Element of doubt makes this Miami Heat quest intriguing

This time it feels different, doesn’t it? The Heat in the Big3 Era always has found a way to keep thin...

La vida local

Marlon Wayans couldn’t let it rest: he’s back for ‘A Haunted House 2’

Celebrity birthdays on April 17

Celebrity roundup

Rob Kardashian in treatment

At the movies

British comedian Nick Frost channels a salsa dancer in ‘Cuban Fury’

Scene in the Tropics

‘Games of Thrones’ stars Gwendoline Christie and Pedro Pascal seen eating at Bâoli

Game of Thrones stars Gwendoline Christie and Pedro Pascal were seen having dinner Friday at Bâoli, fe...

Bluesman B.B. King apologizes for St. Louis concert gone bad

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Blues guitarist B.B. King wants his St. Louis fans to give him another chance after...

All ‘View' co-hosts will salute Barbara Walters

LOS ANGELES (AP) – ABC’s “The View” will gather all 11 past and present co-host...

Celebrity birthdays on April 16

Singer Bobby Vinton is 79. Actress Ellen Barkin is 60. Bassist Jason Scheff of Chicago is 52. Singer Jimmy...

CUBA

Condom shortage hits Cuba

Condoms are now going for $1.30 — when Cubans can find them.

Haiti

U.S. housing effort in Haiti criticized — again

The U.S. government’s largest aid agency says despite criticism of its efforts to build thousands of...

WAR COURT

Guantánamo trial delays frustrate 9/11 victims’ family members

The family members of 9/11 victims meet with reporters and express skepticism and frustration at the delays...

CARIBBEAN

Eastern Caribbean whalers follow a 139-year-old tradition, now under siege

With a tradition dating back more than 100 years, whalers in Bequia in the eastern Caribbean still hunt wha...

WAR COURT

Guantánamo judge orders inquiry into FBI’s involvement

Two copies of commentary by accused 9/11 planner Khalid Sheik Mohammed were given to the FBI in December as...

WAR COURT

Accusation of FBI spying stalls 9/11 hearing

Defense attorneys in the 9/11 case say the FBI is searching for misdeeds by the legal teams, and it might h...

CUBA

Cat-and-mouse secrecy game plays out daily in Cuba

WAR COURT

9/11 competency hearing puts focus on Guantánamo’s secret prison

Based on U.S. documents, accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed marks his 49th birthday Monday, and ...

2014 Legislature

Miami lawmakers make one more push to extend healthcare to immigrant children

Florida lawmakers haven’t given up hope on extending the state’s subsidized health insurance ...

POLITICS

Gov. Rick Scott to Charlie Crist: Win your primary and then maybe we’ll debate

Gov. Rick Scott said he’s not ready to take up Charlie Crist’s challenge to debate, saying it...

2014 Legislature

Florida lawmakers consider healthcare law change aimed at Jackson

Crist delivers blistering attack of Scott

Delivering an opening salvo in his campaign to return to office, former Gov. Charlie Crist heaped blisterin...

PolitiFact

Did more than 3 million young adults get health coverage from parents' plans?

There’s no way to get an exact figure, but President Obama’s point that the federal health ca...

LEGISLATURE 2014

Democrats resort to ‘political stunts’ to call attention to raising Florida’s minimum wage, Republicans say

In My Opinion

Fred Grimm: Zombie Apocalypse bill comes to life

It’s the only plausible explanation for what happened last week in Tallahassee. Florida lawmakers ar...

Politics

Former Congressman David Rivera’s friend Ana Alliegro denied bond, remains in jail

Servier, lab founder in drug scandal, dies at 92

Jacques Servier, the founder of France's second-largest pharmaceutical group who became ensnared in a scand...

Malaysian lawmaker and lawyer Karpal Singh dies

Veteran Malaysian opposition lawmaker Karpal Singh, an eminent lawyer who had been detained without trial u...

OBITUARY

Long-time attorney Larry Kuvin dies at 80

'Paul Robeson' playwright Phillip Hayes Dean dies

Phillip Hayes Dean, a playwright, director and theater actor who wrote the one-man play "Paul Robeson" star...

Romanian poet, dissident Nina Cassian dies

Romanian poet and translator Nina Cassian, who obtained political asylum in the United States after the Com...

Ex-Arizona 3-sport star, NFL QB Fred Enke dies

Fred W. Enke, a former three-sport star at Arizona who later was a quarterback on three NFL teams, has died.

British journalist Patrick Seale dies at 84

Patrick Seale, a veteran journalist and author on Middle Eastern affairs as well as one of the world's lead...

Janet Feagans Launcelott, 78

South Florida civil rights and fair housing leader Janet Launcelott dies

Online shopping

Amazon to start charging sales tax in Florida

Beginning on May 1, the Internet giant will collect sales taxes from Floridians who make purchases on Amazo...

RETAIL

Charlotte Olympia opens store at Bal Harbour Shops; Nicholas Kirkwood opens pop-up shop

North Miami Beach

City arborist serves by tending the trees in North Miami Beach

NMB’s city arborist sees trees as an amenity that can improve home values, increase city tax income,...

Healthcare

UM law students dig into healthcare policy to help a patient get life-saving treatment

Sometimes getting treatment takes more than a healthcare navigator. It takes a lawyer -- or four.

INVESTMENT

Sustainatopia opens with focus on social entrepreneurship growth

With impact investing expected to grow into a $1 trillion segment of the financial market by 2020, the soci...

Technology

Intermedix buys New Zealand company

Intermedix Corp. of Fort Lauderdale announced Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition of Optima Cor...

Miami Beach

Miami Beach road construction continues to pinch businesses

Multiple road projects in Miami Beach and its causeways snarl traffic, create obstacles for customers and p...

2014 Legislature

Miami lawmakers make one more push to extend healthcare to immigrant children

Florida lawmakers haven’t given up hope on extending the state’s subsidized health insurance ...