Miami-Dade Police

Long-awaited police station offers promise for Miami-Dade’s Northside District

A man paced inside an interrogation room, peering into a one-way reflective window.

Sweetwater

Sweetwater worker fired for creating company on city time

Scott Rothstein case

A federal appeals court upholds $67 million jury award and sanctions in Rothstein-related case

Court upholds $67 million award again TD Bank

Miami Beach

‘Ride for hire’ being considered in Miami Beach

Miami Beach commissioners on Wednesday will take up ride-for-hire services and the Miami Beach Convention C...

Crowdsourcing

Young Jewish professionals launch crowdsourcing fundraiser to buy new buses for bubbies

A group of young professionals is using crowdsourcing to help buy buses for the Jewish Community Services&#...

Public corruption

Convicted lobbyist testifies about paying $3,000 bribe to suspended Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi

The star witness who testified he delivered thousands to then-Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi was portrayed...

Healthcare

New, spa-like maternity unit opens at Jackson Memorial Hospital

A $6 million renovation project at Jackson Memorial Hospital opens Wednesday to upgrade the hospital’s...

Affordable Care Act

Florida’s working poor fall into Affordable Care Act ‘coverage gap’

Advocates for healthcare consumers tout benefits that uninsured Floridians would receive if the state expan...

Minor league pitcher charged with sexual assault

A pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman at a Detroit...

Fact sheet: Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit EcoDiesel

2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit EcoDiesel 4X4

Passenger dies on US Airways flight to Phoenix

Authorities in Phoenix say a passenger has died on a US Airways flight to Phoenix from Honolulu after a suf...

2 women survive ordeal along Indiana rail bridge

A video camera captured the terrifying plight of two women who became trapped on an 80-foot-high railroad b...

Heavy rains flood roads, strand cars in Colorado

Northern Colorado got the brunt of heavy rains that flooded streets and stranded drivers up and down the Fr...

Strong earnings news, US growth lift stocks

U.S. stocks are opening higher after several companies reported better earnings than investors were expecting.

APNewsBreak: Ventura passage to be cut from book

The passage from the best-selling memoir "American Sniper" that sparked former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura...

Police: Naked intruder fell asleep in couple's bed

A New Mexico man faces charges after authorities say a couple found him naked and sleeping in their bed.

UN condemns extremist takeover of parts of Iraq

The U.N. Security Council is condemning the offensive waged by the extremist Islamic State group and allied...

Dubai, European airlines divert flights over Iraq

European and Dubai-based airlines have begun rerouting flights over Iraqi airspace as a security precaution...

Fiat 2Q profits drop by 55 percent

Italian carmaker Fiat SpA, which controls Chrysler, on Wednesday said second-quarter profits dropped by mor...

South Korean ruling party wins by-elections

South Korea's ruling party won most of the seats at stake Wednesday in legislative by-elections, cementing ...

2 tabloid journalists charged with phone hacking

British police have charged two former senior journalists at the now-defunct News of the World tabloid with...

US bars some Venezuela officials from US travel

Amid escalating tensions with socialist Venezuela, the U.S. State Department on Wednesday announced new tra...

Nowhere to flee: Israeli shells kill 16 at U.N. school packed with Gaza refugees

Israeli shells hit a United Nations school packed with hundreds of Palestinian families on Wednesday, kill...

Yemen nearly doubles fuel prices to narrow deficit

Yemen's government has nearly doubled fuel prices in an attempt to reform government subsidies and narrow a...

Cruises

Norwegian offers add-on all-inclusive package for 2015 sailings

Do you dislike being charged separately for every drink, shore excursion, specialty restaurant, photo, inte...

Test kitchen

Skewer shrimp for the best grill results

Skewer shrimp for the best grill results

Who knew?

Impress your friends with these food facts

Fab or Flub

Does the ‘Perfect Bacon Bowl’ live up to the hype?

If there is one thing that our great nation loves, it is bacon.

River Oyster Bar moving to new Miami spot

The River Seafood & Oyster Bar is heading to a new home on the Miami River.

Florida

Crayola to open family attraction in Orlando

Crayon manufacturer Crayola is building a family attraction in Orlando, similar to the one it operates in i...

Seven-day menu planner: Start the week with honey-roasted pork

TRAINING

Wake up your slacking muscles

UM Football | Al Golden

UM coach Al Golden goes through the ‘car wash’ at ESPN headquarters

Miami coach Al Golden spent Tuesday at ESPN headquarters and appeared on a variety of shows on TV, radio an...

DOLPHINS

Miami Dolphins excited by new offense, but execution a work in progress

The Dolphins expect to overcome some early camp miscues and thrive under new coordinator Bill Lazor’...

Outdoors | Lobster miniseason

FWC urges safety for divers during lobster miniseason

Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, thousands of scuba divers, snorkelers and bully netters will be trying t...

Marlins 3, Nationals 0

Giancarlo Stanton, Henderson Alvarez help Miami Marlins get back to .500

The Marlins have said throughout their recent red-hot run that they’re going to need more than the u...

Miami Heat

Source: Miami Heat to host LeBron James, Cavaliers on Christmas

Barring an unexpected change of heart by the NBA, Christmas in Miami will feature LeBron James’ much...

Marlins notebook

Thrilling rally reminiscent of Miami Marlins team in 2003

DOLPHINS NOTEBOOK

Miami Dolphins’ woes at center continue with injury to backup Sam Brenner

High school track and field

St. Thomas Aquinas’ Alex Armenteros named track anf field coach of the year

Hialeah American was the boys’ team to beat at the Class 4A state track finals until St. Thomas Aqui...

As seen on TV

Attack of Sharknado 2: Oh yeah, there’s another one

Celebrity birthdays on July 30

Director Peter Bogdanovich is 75. Singer Paul Anka is 73. Saxophonist David Sanborn is 69. Actor Arnold Sch...

Lollapalooza marks a decade in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) – Once the vagabond of the music festival and touring circuit, Lollapalooza marks its 1...

La vida local

Miami Heat player Mario Chalmers goes from basketball to golf; Ariana Grande talks family problems

You’d think Mario Chalmers would be ready for his PGA card by now. On Monday, the Miami Heat point g...

Celebrity roundup

Bachelorette Andi Dorfman: I was attracted to Josh Murray from the beginning

Bachelorette (no more) Andi Dorfman stopped by Good Morning America on Tuesday to show off her ABC swag (ak...

Gaga on Bennett duet CD: Jazz comes easier vs. pop

NEW YORK (AP) – Lady Gaga is a bona fide pop star, but the singer says recording jazz music was easi...

Celebrity birthdays on July 29

In concert

Michael Franti & Spearhead bring Soulshine Tour to Boca Raton

Venezuela

U.S. imposes travel restrictions on Venezuelan officials

The U.S. State Department says it is imposing travel and visa restrictions on unnamed Venezuelan officials ...

CUBA

Cuba escapes UN sanctions in North Korean weapons transport scheme

But it puts a North Korea ship-operating company on its sanctions list.

CONGRESS

House panel condemns Obama for Guantánamo prisoner swap

A bitterly divided House panel on Tuesday voted to condemn President Barack Obama for the May swap of five...

IN THE CAMPS

Guantánamo filmed guards searching Qurans for contraband, but you can’t see it

A Miami Herald request to obtain and view recordings of guards searching Guantánamo captives’ hol...

Venezuela

Aruba faced potentially ‘severe’ economic pressure over Venezuelan general

Venezuela threatened to extend a flight boycott and sink Aruba’s tourism industry as it fought for t...

CUBA

U.S. report says religious freedom in Cuba is bad but getting better

A U.S. State Department report says religious leaders admit they censor themselves when they preach.

White House: No plan to house Texas border kids at Guantánamo

The Obama administration has no plans to use its pop-up tent city for Caribbean migrants at Guantánamo...

Haiti

American Airlines next stop: Cap-Haïtien, Haiti

American Airlines will become the first U.S. major carrier to offer daily, nonstop service to Cap-Haït...

CAMPAIGN 2014

Gov. Rick Scott agrees to three debates

Gov. Rick Scott declined to participate in a planned Oct. 7 debate sponsored by the Tampa Bay Times, WTSP-C...

Politics

Marc Caputo: Dade Democratic dysfunction emerges in governor’s race

A governor’s race doesn’t seem to go by in Florida without Democrats ending up in a circular ...

Politics

Why won't Florida GOP leaders talk about trips to King Ranch in Texas?

Trips to historic King Ranch in Texas were financed all or in part with contributions from Florida’s...

Climate change

Florida poll: More than 7 in 10 voters concerned about climate change, back EPA action plan

A majority of Florida voters polled say the favor limits on carbon pollution from power plants.

Redistricting

Judge skeptical about changes to Florida congressional districts before election

A Leon County judge said he was unsure he could redraw the state’s congressional map before the elec...

Guantánamo detainee severed from 9/11 trial

The decision delivers another in a series of delays to the government’s effort to prosecute Ramzi Bi...

Politics

From secret Rick Scott deposition to Charlie Crist’s tie to Ponzi schemer, Florida governor’s race has more ‘mudslinging’

The Democrats are using a website to highlight a sealed deposition Rick Scott gave before running for gover...

Politics

Poll: Libertarian Adrian Wyllie helps Gov. Rick Scott catch Charlie Crist

Crist and Scott are essentially tied in the latest Quinnipiac University poll, in good part because Liberta...

Last crew member of Enola Gay dies in Georgia

The last surviving member of the crew that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima once said he thought the bom...

Jay Maeder, 67

Jay Maeder, former Miami Herald People columnist, writer of ‘Little Orphan Annie,’ dies at 67

Last crew member of Enola Gay dies in Georgia

The last surviving member of the crew that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, hastening the end of World ...

Kentucky basketball legend Wah Wah Jones dies

Wallace "Wah Wah" Jones, a multi-sport star who helped Kentucky win the first two of its eight national tit...

Kentucky basketball legend Wah Wah Jones dies

Wallace "Wah Wah" Jones, a multi-sport star who helped Kentucky win the first two of its eight national tit...

Italian tenor Bergonzi dies at age 90

Italian tenor Carlo Bergonzi, considered one of the most authoritative interpreters of Verdi's operas, has ...

Former Seattle Mayor Paul Schell dies

'Up the Down Staircase' writer Kaufman dies at 103

Bel Kaufman, the witty and spirited fiction writer, educator and storyteller whose million-selling "Up the ...

WORK/LIFE BALANCING ACT

Fostering diversity in the workplace: how to navigate the challenges

Ultimate Software reports higher profits, sales

After the market closed on Tuesday, Ultimate Software, which provides human resource software solutions, re...

Affordable Care Act

Florida’s working poor fall into Affordable Care Act ‘coverage gap’

Advocates for healthcare consumers tout benefits that uninsured Floridians would receive if the state expan...

WORK/LIFE BALANCING ACT

Fostering diversity in the workplace: how to navigate the challenges

Spirit Airlines sees profits rise in second quarter

Miramar-based Spirit Airlines Inc. on Tuesday reported a 54 percent rise in second-quarter profit as the lo...

River Oyster Bar moving to new Miami spot

The River Seafood & Oyster Bar is heading to a new home on the Miami River.

Kreps DeMaria PR & Marketing and New York firm form global alliance

Coral Gables-based Kreps DeMaria PR & Marketing and New York-based HWPR, said Tuesday that they have formed...

HOUSING

Miami home price rose 13.2 percent in May, S&P/Case-Shiller reports

Miami area home prices rose 13.2 percent in May from a year earlier. While still strong, the annual pace of...