Friends and Neighbors

Nonprofit works to improve health of mothers, babies through education of birth spacing

Hope Through Healing Hands, a Nashville-based global health organization geared to promoting the quality of...

One person dead at Miami house fire

At least one person is dead after a fire broke out in a Miami home Wednesday evening.

SkyRise

Judge dismisses SkyRise lawsuit; activist appeals

Charles Corda is appealing a ruling Wednesday that a voter referendum on Bayside Marketplace and SkyRise Mi...

Healthcare

Jackson adopts budget excluding potential costs

Leaders of Miami-Dade’s public hospital system adopted a $1.6 billion budget for 2015 this week. Cou...

MIAMI

Police arrested Miami man on charges that he sexually abused his 7-year-old stepdaughter

The child’s mother also was arrested after police said she was told about her husband’s condu...

Miami Marlins

Members of Miami Lighthouse for the Blind experience the smells and sounds of Marlins Park

Visually impaired adults got a hands-on tour of the baseball stadium before they experienced a game between...

Criminal court

Appeals court: Miami-Dade man can’t force guilty plea for murder

Suspect’s quick plea would have avoided possible death penalty but appeals court says Miami-Dade jud...

Gay marriage

Lesbian asks Broward judge to toss Florida’s gay-marriage ban, then dissolve her Vermont civil union

A Broward judge must decide whether to recognize — and then dissolve — a lesbian’s Ver...

Archbishop says he didn't mismanage abuse scandal

FBI brings key witness in Oklahoma bombing trial

A federal employee who managed operations at the building bombed in Oklahoma City in 1995 is set to testify...

Jury deliberations to begin in kidnapped-baby case

Jurors are set to begin deliberating in the federal trial of a Colorado woman accused of kidnapping her new...

Homeowner who triumphed over Trump is moving on

She once called Donald Trump "a maggot, a cockroach and a crumb." This week, he remembered her as "an impos...

Veteran TV impresario Robert Halmi Sr. dies at 90

Argentina slides into default as debt talks fail

The collapse of talks with U.S. creditors sent Argentina into its second debt default in 13 years and raise...

Today in History

Today is Thursday, July 31, the 212th day of 2014. There are 153 days left in the year.

Man on FBI's Most Wanted list in custody

A man on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in connection with a 2008 rape and homicide has been capt...

Israel calls up another 16,000 reserves

Israel's military says it is calling up another 16,000 reserves.

Landslide buries Indian village; at least 24 dead

Rescue workers and desperate villagers dug through deep mud, rocks and the debris of shattered homes Thursd...

KFC owner says China scandal hurting sales

The owner of the KFC and Pizza Hut restaurant chains said Thursday a food safety scandal in China has hurt ...

Samsung profit falls as smartphone sales slow

AP PHOTOS: At least 17 die in Gaza school attack

Shelling of a school crowded with refugees in Gaza early Wednesday killed at least 17 people and wounded 90...

Australian leaders differ on Russian role in war

Australia's prime minister and foreign minister on Thursday sent mixed messages on whether Russia was frust...

Cho to lead 2018 Olympics organizing committee

Cho Yang-ho, the South Korean business tycoon who led Pyeongchang's successful bid to host the 2018 Winter ...

32 nations back Judaism's Yom Kippur as UN holiday

Thirty-two countries have written to a U.N. General Assembly committee asking the United Nations to recogni...

Florida notes

It’s the season to see Key Deer

Dear to the hearts of many are the miniature deer that exist only in the Florida Keys. Fully grown, these K...

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

Miami Heat

Miami Heat president Pat Riley determined to build winner in post-LeBron James era

Heat president Pat Riley said LeBron James leaving was a ‘tough blow,’ but that he is determi...

dolphins

Miami Dolphins’ defense is set up for success

Through a week of training camp, a Dolphins pessimist would ask: When is this offense going to get fixed?

LOBSTER MINISEASON

Ex-Penn football player dies on dive during lobster miniseason

A Broward man lost his life diving on the first day of the lobster miniseason. He might have run out of air.

NATIONALS 4, MARLINS 3

Miami Marlins rally falls short against Nationals as win streak ends at 6

The Marlins’ season-long six-game winning streak came to an end Wednesday, but Miami has its eyes se...

dolphins notebook

Miami Dolphins replace struggling Shelley Smith at first-team center

Marlins notebook

Miami Marlins taking frugal approach in luring impact players on trade deadline

The Marlins’ quest to upgrade their starting rotation figures to lead all the way up until Thursday&...

In My Opinion

Greg Cote: Just call the Miami Marlins the Merlins because they’re magic

It’s funny how in sports there are varying ways to see Fortune .500. The Dolphins go 8-8 and it ...

Miami Heat

Pat Riley: Miami Heat’s Mario Chalmers has potential at shooting guard

Throwback Thursday

Who we’re checking out this week

As seen on TV

Maggie Gyllenhaal takes an ‘Honorable’ role in SundanceTV movie

An eight-hour miniseries premiering Thursday at 10 p.m. on SundanceTV, The Honorable Woman is a virtuoso ef...

As seen on TV

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

Killer of Kelsey Grammer’s sister denied parole

DENVER (AP) – A man who raped and killed Kelsey Grammer’s sister nearly 40 years ago has been...

Celebrity roundup

Report: Justin Bieber and Orlando Bloom scuffle; Drew Barrymore releases statement on half sister’s death

Contract dispute delays ‘Big Bang' production

NEW YORK (AP) – Production on a new season of “The Big Bang Theory” is being delayed b...

Allison Williams headed skyward as NBC’s Peter Pan

NEW YORK (AP) – NBC has picked its Peter Pan: high-flying “Girls” star Allison Williams.

Celebrity birthdays on July 30

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

CUBA

U.S. sanctions North Korean companies on Cuba weapons case

Cuba again avoids sanctions on arms smuggling case.

CUBA

Independent Cuban journalists in Miami for training

The independent journalists are learning how to use smart phones and social media to do their work.

Venezuela

Lawmakers: U.S. restrictions on Venezuelan officials too little

The U.S. State Department rolled out travel and visa restrictions on Venezuelan officials accused of human ...

Latin America

Venezuela’s Telesur television goes bilingual with English programming

Over the past nine years, Venezuela-based Telesur has become a leading voice in Latin America. Now, the cha...

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...

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...

Veteran TV impresario Robert Halmi Sr. dies at 90

Cinema verite documentarian Robert Drew dies at 90

Filmmaker Robert Drew, a pioneer of the modern documentary who in "Primary" and other movies mastered the i...

'Flower Drum Song' lead James Shigeta dies at 85

James Shigeta, who played the lead in the 1961 movie musical "Flower Drum Song" and had a small role in the...

Brenton Owen Wan, 60

South Plantation teacher, avid photographer Brenton Wan dies at 60

Theodore 'Dutch' Van Kirk, navigator aboard the B-29 Enola Gay, dies at 93

Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk, a navigator who on Aug. 6, 1945, guided the Enola Gay over Hiroshima to drop the...

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 ...

Birks Group to close its 80-person Tamarac administrative office next year, retain small office in South Florida

Birks Group, the parent of Mayors jewelry stores, said Tuesday that it will close its Tamarac administrativ...

TotalBank reports second quarter earnings

TotalBank on Wednesday reported second quarter net income of $3 million, down 35 percent from $4.6 million ...

Helmut Lang, Theory and Natuzzi Italia headed for Miami’s Design District

Two more tony fashion brands are coming to Miami’s Design District — the first Helmut Lang st...

Back-to-school sales

The back-to-school sales tax holiday runs Friday through Sunday

Shoppers can buy clothing and accessories, school supplies and electronics free of tax during a three-day b...

Norwegian Cruise Line to offer all-inclusive package

Norwegian Cruise Line on Wednesday announced it would sell all-inclusive packages for 2015 sailings startin...

City National Bank of Florida reports higher second quarter earnings

City National Bank of Florida on Wednesday reported $11.7 million in second quarter earnings, up from $9.8 ...

Mercantil Commercebank reports lower second-quarter earnings

Mercantil Commercebank on Wednesday reported a lower second quarter profit of $6.7 million, compared to $9....

Healthcare

Jackson adopts budget excluding potential costs

Leaders of Miami-Dade’s public hospital system adopted a $1.6 billion budget for 2015 this week. Cou...