Miami-Dade Schools

Proposal to change Miami Beach High name to honor late principal proves polarizing

Deadly crash shuts down stretch of the MacArthur Causeway

A horrific early morning crash Thursday on the MacArthur Causeway that involved a sports car slamming into ...

Columnist

Bishop Richardson to be honored at Church of God Tabernacle

It isn’t every day that a 91-year-old is physically strong enough to stand in the pulpit and preach ...

Ultra Music Festival

Police union: Cut private guards, hire cops for Ultra

A security plan written by the head of the Miami Fraternal Order of Police calls for Ultra Music Festival t...

Soccer in Miami

Traffic is main concern for Miami Beach residents worried about soccer stadium

A Major League Soccer stadium at PortMiami would create a traffic nightmare, Miami Beach residents said Wed...

CRIME

Statewide crime is down, while murders, rape, robberies are up in Miami-Dade, report shows

The Uniform Crime Report released Wednesday by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shows crime is at ...

LEGISLATURE 2014

Legislation to make killing fetuses a crime in Florida awaits Gov. Rick Scott’s signature

TALLAHASSEE — Harming a fetus while committing a crime — no matter how small the embryo ...

Federal courts

Robaina’s wife testifies the couple didn’t cheat the IRS

Mixed earnings news leaves stocks little changed

Mixed earnings news from big U.S. companies left investors searching for direction in early trading, leavin...

Army report on death of young State Department officer in Afghanistan confirms group was lost

The Chicago Tribune on Thursday published a lengthy story on the U.S. Army's investigation into the death l...

$66M expansion for Mandalay Bay convention center

The Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas announced a $66 million expansion project that will boost its conventi...

Mixed earnings leave US stocks without direction

Mixed earnings from a large number of U.S. companies left the stock market without direction early Thursday...

How states fared on unemployment benefit claims

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits surged 24,000 to a seasonally adjusted 329,000 last...

Parents of infant found dead held on drug charges

Officials say the parents of an infant who was found dead at their Mississippi home drove with their 2-year...

Ky. Senate candidate wants Keystone pipeline OK'd

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes called on President Barack Obama to approve the Ke...

Chiquita asks court to toss terror payments case

Produce giant Chiquita Brands International is asking a federal appeals court to toss out lawsuits filed ag...

Uruguay to limit pot buyers to 10 grams a week

Uruguay is still writing the rules for its legal marijuana market, two weeks overdue now, and President Jos...

F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone rejects bribery charges

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone rejected accusations of bribery as he went on trial Thursday in a case t...

Armenians unsatisfied by Erdogan's gesture

Armenians are making their annual commemoration of the massacre of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by Ot...

China set to punish web giant Sina for pornography

China plans to revoke two crucial publication licenses for Sina.com, which might partially ban the web gian...

Apple, Facebook give markets a lift

Solid earnings from Apple and Facebook helped shore up global markets on Thursday despite an earlier hefty ...

Moscow court extends Navalny's house arrest

A Moscow court has decided to keep Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny under house arrest rather than ...

Abdullah holds leads in new Afghan vote results

The latest partial results in Afghanistan's presidential election show front-runner Abdullah still leading ...

Material on Australian shore not from Malaysia jet

The material that washed ashore in southwest Australia appears to not be from the missing Malaysian plane, ...

Jodie Foster weds artist Alexandra Hedison

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Jodie Foster is a married woman.

Mama Sass

Mama Sass: Teaching my daughter to drive

Legislature 2014

Florida House votes to regulate e-cigarette sales

State lawmakers took significant steps to prohibit the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors.

Pets

Pets column: Dog feels pain; she just shows it in a different way

Q: Our 6-month-old Lab puppy, Bella, was spayed last week. Afterwards, she acted like nothing was wrong. I ...

miami beach

Britto ‘parking’ meters benefit homeless but cause confusion

dinner in minutes

Dinner in minutes: Easy gyro sandwiches with tzatziki

Gyros are pita bread sandwiches filled with meat, lettuce, tomatoes and the yogurt sauce tzatziki. They wer...

Fiction

Francine Prose reconstructs a Nazi collaborator and Paris in this dazzling historical novel.

Fiction

A boy spies on his mom in Mona Simpson’s fresh new novel

Track and field

Northwestern girls, boys sweep titles in region championships

With all due respect to the rest of the Class 3A state track girls field, the only race in doubt likely wil...

UM football

Miami Hurricanes’ Al Golden says QB battle far from a done deal

Not surprisingly, University of Miami football coach Al Golden said Wednesday that the Hurricanes “alw...

DIVING

In a pinch, you can hunt stone crabs yourself

Track and field

Mosley leads Dillard in 400 relay; Patterson shines in 800

NFL

Former UM hoops star Erik Swoope learning tight end with help of ‘Madden 25’

Like millions of people, Erik Swoope has been spending a lot of time playing the Madden 25 NFL video game.

Heat 101, Bobcats 97

Miami Heat survives late Bobcats surge, beats Charlotte for 2-0 series lead

Braves 3, Marlins 1

Miami Marlins strike out 16 times, fall to Braves 3-1

The Marlins continued to struggle on the road, losing its third series away from home this season.

Dolphins

Miami Dolphins to open vs. Patriots, play Bills and Jets in prime time

The Dolphins and rival Jets will square off under the lights on Dec. 1, one of just two prime-time games fo...

Camilla’s brother dies in US after head injury

LONDON (AP) – The brother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, has died after sustaining a serious head ...

Man accused of stalking singer John Rich warned

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A Nashville judge has issued a stern warning to a man accused of stalking co...

Celebrity roundup

Ex ‘Ice Road Truckers’ star faces felony charges

Well, this reality star didn’t get vetted too well: Tim Zickuhr, who used to costar as a one of the ...

Bieber seeks delay in Fla. DUI trial

MIAMI (AP) – Justin Bieber is seeking a delay in his trial currently scheduled to begin next month o...

La vida local

Mag: Lindsey Vonn and Tiger Woods’ ex wife are friends

Radar

Hot stuff celebrities love

Celebrity birthdays on April 22

Scene in the Tropics

Lil Wayne parties with Euro at Cameo

Brazil | World Cup

Security forces prepare for World Cup in a restive Brazil

The latest violent clash occurred Tuesday night in a favela near Copacabana beach.

Venezuela

Venezuela accuses U.S. man of arms trafficking, attempted murder

Venezuela is accusing a U.S. citizen of attempted murder and working for anti-government protesters in the ...

CUBA

Lawyer: Alan Gross wants out of Cuba dead or alive

Cuba wants to negotiate the issue with top U.S. government officials, attorney Scott Gilbert says.

WAR COURT

USS Cole trial planning coming into focus

Military judge says the trial itself could last a year, and it’s unlikely he’ll preside over both...

Culture

The Cuban exile museum fighting for a home in downtown Miami

Once called the Bay of Pigs Museum, the planned tribute to the Cuban exile community hopes to rise near whe...

Venezuela

Venezuela says it has detained Florida man on weapons charges

Amid ongoing protests, Venezuela officials say they’ve arrested a 32-year-old Florida man for having...

WAR COURT

Will CIA comply with Guantánamo judge’s order? Agency won’t say

The military judge’s order to the CIA to disclose information to defense attorneys in the USS Cole c...

WAR COURT

Special prosecutor confirms FBI investigation, says it’s not about KSM document

The FBI’s questioning of a 9/11 legal defense team member doesn’t concern publication of commenta...

MEDICARE FRAUD

Miami, by far, tops list of banned Medicare providers

Of Medicare’s list of banned providers, nearly 1,500 list Miami addresses. Los Angeles is in second ...

Legislature 2014

Florida House votes to regulate e-cigarette sales

State lawmakers took significant steps to prohibit the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors.

PolitiFact Florida

PolitiFact: Is Hollywood’s police union right to blast chief for homicide rate?

2014 Legislature

Charter school bill wins support in Florida House

The state House gave its approval to a bill that would change the way schools systems enter into contracts ...

2014 Legislature

Voucher bill brought back to life, while immigrant tuition dying in Senate

A Senate panel revived the proposed expansion of the school voucher program. But it did not give a second c...

POLITICS

Charlie Crist blasts Rick Scott in speech as a ‘disaster’ for Florida

Charlie Crist was all business as he challenged the crowd to help him defeat Gov. Rick Scott, who has said ...

Fla. Rep. Dane Eagle arrested on DUI charges

Democrats eye 15 cities, including Miami, for 2016 convention

President Barack Obama's hometown and Hillary Rodham Clinton's home base as a senator are among the 15 citi...

Austrian architect Hans Hollein dies at 80

Obituaries

Myles Malman, who led prosecution of Manuel Noriega, dies at 67

Camilla’s brother dies in US after head injury

NEW YORK The brother-in-law of the Prince of Wales died Wednesday after falling outside a hotel bar and suf...

Camilla's brother dies in US after head injury

The brother-in-law of the Prince of Wales died Wednesday after falling outside a hotel bar and suffering a ...

Former AP reporter Robert Heard dies at age 84

Robert Heard, who reported on Texas state government, politics and sports for The Associated Press, includi...

Oscar-nominated director of sled dog film dies

An Oscar-nominated filmmaker who directed and produced a documentary detailing a 1925 sled dog run in Alask...

Oldest living ex-MLB player dies in Cuba at 102

Former AP photographer Harry Koundakjian dies

Harry Koundakjian, a former photographer and photo editor for The Associated Press in the Middle East and N...

Legislature 2014

Florida House votes to regulate e-cigarette sales

State lawmakers took significant steps to prohibit the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors.

Pharmaceuticals

Coral Gables drug company to make new medicine available at no cost

Coral Gables-based Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners soon will make its investigational drug Firdapse availa...

Florida’s Do Not Call list has grown since fee was eliminated

Since eliminating a fee to subscribe, Florida’s Do Not Call list has grown significantly, the state&...

Net Element closes on $11.2 million in financing

Net Element, a Miami-based technology company specializing in mobile payments and other transactional servi...

Soneet Kapila and Barry Mukamal combine to form new consulting firm

Soneet Kapila and Barry Mukamal, South Florida-based forensic accountants and insolvency advisors, said Wed...

TiramesU to close on Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road, reopen on Washington Avenue

With skyrocketing rents, TiramesU, the landmark restaurant on Lincoln Road, is temporarily shuttering as it...

Miami-based Rubell Hotels adds Baltimore property

Rubell Hotels has added a property in Maryland, growing its portfolio to include three hotels.

WORK/LIFE BALANCING ACT

In our hectic, time-crunched society, religion has become less of a priority

In our hectic, time-crunched society, making time to attend religious services has become less of a priority.