Cuban migration

Sociologist: Income levels of Mariel migrants lower than earlier Cuban exiles

Sociologist finds that more recent Cuban arrivals are not the ‘golden exiles’ of times past ...

Historic Hampton House Motel, part of Miami’s black history, breaks ground on restoration project

The nearly $6 million project will restore the Brownsville motel to the look of its heyday, when its restau...

Boston suspect under scrutiny in unsolved killings

A year and a half before the Boston Marathon bombing, the man Tamerlan Tsarnaev called his best friend died...

Florida Grand Opera delays ‘Tristan and Isolde,’ replaces with ‘Thaïs’

Florida Grand Opera has postponed Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde for a season and will be performing Ma...

Little known about suspect in Wash. ricin case

A 37-year-old janitor who has been charged with threatening to kill a federal judge in a case that involves...

Ohio kidnap case hero gets year of free McDonald's

The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for years in a Cleveland ...

Hurricane outlook: Another busy Atlantic season

Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe an unusually wild one, federal forecasters say.

KC's Santana fans 8, but gives up 4 HRs to Angels

Ervin Santana's mastery of the strike zone against his former teammates was incomplete.

Encarnacion, Arencibia lead Blue Jays past Orioles

The Toronto Blue Jays are glad to see sluggers Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion hitting well at the same...

Frazier leads Mississippi State past Texas A&M 6-4

Adam Frazier went 4 for 5 with an RBI and Mississippi State beat Texas A&M 6-4 Thursday night in the Southe...

Fielder's single gives Tigers 7-6 win over Twins

Prince Fielder bounced a tiebreaking single off Jared Burton's glove in the eighth inning, leading the Detr...

Angels hit 4 HRs, beat Royals 5-4

Joe Blanton got some backing from the Angels' bats and bullpen, and finally got his first win of the season.

Stubbs, Reynolds lead Indians to 12-3 win over Sox

Drew Stubbs and Mark Reynolds drove in three runs each and Cleveland had 16 hits in the Indians' 12-3 win o...

Red Wings top Blackhawks 2-0, take 3-1 series lead

Jimmy Howard kept Jonathan Toews in his misery, making three saves against the struggling star to help the ...

Pacific Alliance Summit

Costa Rica and Guatemala move closer to joining Pacific Alliance bloc

At the Pacific Alliance meeting in Colombia, the presidents of Costa Rica and Guatemala said they hoped to ...

US rate on 30-year mortgages rises to 3.59 pct.

Average rates on fixed mortgage rose for the third straight week, hitting their highest levels since mid-Ma...

Sears reports bigger-than-expected 1Q loss

It was another ugly quarter for Sears Holdings Corp.

US new home sales up 2.3 percent in April

U.S. sales of new homes rose in April and nearly matched the fastest pace in five years, driving the median...

US rate on 30-year mortgages rises to 3.59 pct.

Average rates on fixed mortgages rose for the third straight week, hitting their highest levels since mid-M...

Applications for US unemployment aid fall to 340K

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 23,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 3...

Stock slump continues on Wall Street

A global stock market slump is continuing on Wall Street as traders worry about how committed the Federal R...

DCF investigator may have falsified report

Authorities say a child abuse investigator may have falsified the substance abuse screening of a South Flor...

Tea party vs. old guard in GOP Senate rift

A long-simmering feud between establishment Republicans and tea partyers broke into full view Thursday, wit...

Fla. using federal grant money to settle lawsuit

Florida is dipping into federal grant money that was supposed to help improve the state's schools in order ...

12 sentenced in South Florida grow house operation

A dozen people have been sentenced in a South Florida grow house operation that ended after the murder of a...

Defense releases photos, texts of Trayvon Martin

Data released Thursday by the defense from slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin's cellphone includes texts...

5 things to know in Florida for May 24

Your daily look at news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.

Zimmerman attorney wants jury pool sequestered

George Zimmerman's attorney says he is going to ask a judge to sequester not only the jury but the jury poo...

5.7-magnitude earthquake shakes Northern Calif

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake was widely felt as it rattled Northern California Thursday night, breaking dishe...

I-5 bridge collapses into Wash. river, injuring 3

An Interstate 5 bridge over a river collapsed Thursday evening, dumping two vehicles into the water and spa...

2 dead in drugstore shootings in Tennessee

An East Tennessee pharmacy owner and a customer have been killed during a robbery that left a pharmacy tech...

Prince Edward presents Edinburgh's awards in Tenn.

Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, Prince Edward, has visited Tennessee to promote one of the British royal fa...

10 Things to Know for Friday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:

Timeline of events in Jodi Arias murder case

The Jodi Arias murder trial has drawn international attention for its graphic tales of sex and lies. The fo...

The next steps in Jodi Arias case

The jury in Jodi Arias' murder trial has failed to reach a verdict against the woman they convicted of murd...

Police: Suicidal jumper's fall kills SKorean girl

South Korean police say a suicidal man jumping to his death killed a 5-year-old girl by falling on her as s...

Japan's ANA to resume Boeing 787 flights on Sunday

Japan's All Nippon Airways, the launch customer for Boeing's 787 "Dreamliner," will resume commercial fligh...

Oil falls below $94 on weak outlook for demand

The price of oil was knocked lower Friday by a combination of ample supplies and lukewarm demand.

5 climbers feared dead on world's 3rd highest peak

A Nepalese official says five climbers are missing and feared dead on the world's third highest mountain.

Suspected Kashmiri rebels kill 3 Indian soldiers

An official says suspected rebels have ambushed and fatally shot three Indian army soldiers in the Indian p...

2 former sex slaves cancel Japan mayor meeting

Two Korean former sex slaves have canceled a meeting with an outspoken Japanese mayor who last week said Ja...

Canada disapproves new meat labeling rules

Canada said Thursday that it is considering retaliatory measures against the United States in a dispute ove...

6 Wyeth paintings fetch $2M at NYC auction

Six paintings by the famous Wyeth family of artists have sold for just over $2 million at a New York City a...

Actress Bynes arrested in NYC on marijuana charge

WikiLeaks leaks `We Steal Secrets' doc transcript

WikiLeaks characterizes the new documentary, "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," as biased and accu...

Emails show concern for Jackson deterioration

Shelton, Underwood coming to aid of Oklahomans

Blake Shelton has a date and location for his benefit and fellow Oklahoman Carrie Underwood is writing a la...

WWII historian taking on American Revolution

An award-winning and best-selling World War II historian is turning to an older conflict for his next proje...

CBS up, 'Idol' down as traditional TV season ends

CBS strengthened its dominance over the television industry this year at the same time that the unprecedent...