Free swine flu shots available Saturday

The Miami-Dade Health Department will offer free H1N1 swine flu vaccinations Saturday to people who fall in...

Metrozoo jaguar dies during medical procedure

One of Miami Metrozoo's two jaguars died Wednesday during a medical procedure designed to stop his stomach ...

Miami Beach's Maria Mayer won't challenge election loss

The loser in Tuesday's Miami Beach Group 2 City Commission race said Thursday she would not contest the res...

SCOTT ROTHSTEIN SCANDAL

'Juice scam' victim: I was lured into Scott Rothstein deal

A Coconut Grove businessman says he invested $2.16 million with Scott Rothstein after a friend solicited hi...

HOMICIDE

One year later, felony law may bring justice

A year after an alleged robber from North Miami was killed by his victim in Lake Worth, his Broward accompl...

LITTLE HAVANA

Cuban son group in historic Little Havana performance

Cuba's historic son group Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro is scheduled to play the Little Havana cl...

MIAMI-DADE SCHOOLS

Concert to benefit arts in Miami-Dade schools

Young performers will put their talent to work Friday to raise money to support arts and music programs in ...

EDUCATION

Florida to seek $1 billion in U.S. education grants

Eligible for up to $700 million in competitive federal grants for education, Florida anticipates asking the...

FLORIDA POLITICS

Gov. Charlie Crist orders probe of juvenile justice chief

Florida launched an investigation into the extensive taxpayer-funded travel of the state's juvenile justice...

POLITICS

Sen. George LeMieux blasted for blocking diplomat

Florida Sen. George LeMieux's efforts to question a State Department employee about Cuba policy and other i...

FLORIDA KEYS

Florida Keys wild bird center struggles to make ends meet

Tavernier's wild bird center, which is run on a shoestring budget by its octogenarian founder, is surviving...

JUPITER

4 held in string of CVS thefts

A spree of hair-care product thefts has landed four Miami-Dade suspects behind bars.

Lawsuit seeks to overhaul Florida education policies

Not enough money. Not enough progress. Florida is violating the state Constitution by not pouring enoug...

DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE

Travel expenses by Florida's juvenile justice chief raise questions

Florida's juvenile justice chief has spent thousands on weekend trips between Tallahassee and St. Petersburg.

FORT LAUDERDALE

Bank ordered to turn over documents for Rothstein case in Broward County

A bank connected to the case of attorney Scott Rothstein was ordered to release files by Monday.

LEGISLATURE 2010

Real work, cash hunt collide

For lawmakers in Tallahassee this week, many big questions remained unresolved, but fundraising for campaig...

TALLAHASSEE

House panel to continue pursuing Ray Sansom probe

There will be no delay in a Florida House committee's probe into allegations that former Speaker Ray Sansom...

POLITIFACT

Gov. Charlie Crist backpedals on stimulus

Gov. Charlie Crist, a U.S. Senate candidate, has been trying to distance himself from President Barack Obam...

ADOPTION AGENCIES

NRA: Ban adoption agencies from asking about gun ownership

The NRA wants to stop adoption agencies from asking prospective parents about whether they own guns, saying...

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Push begins for tougher Public Service Commission rules

Proposals emerge to force the state utility board to operate by the same ethics rules as judges.

FLORIDA HOUSE

Fate of Ray Sansom probe on agenda

A special House committee will decide whether to continue its investigation into former Speaker Ray Sansom.

Suspended Miami commissioner may run again

A suspended Miami commissioner says she will run in a special election to regain her seat.

Planes ready to leave Brunswick, Maine Navy base

The rumble of Navy patrol aircraft flying overhead will soon be a thing of the past as the remaining P-3 Or...

Officers behind junk fax scam face Kan. sentencing

The president of a Florida consulting firm convicted in a massive fax blast scam blinked back tears Friday ...

Georgia water litigator to get $855 an hour

The new attorney handling Georgia's appeal in the long-running legal battle with Alabama and Florida over w...

Times Publishing agrees to sell Governing magazine

The Times Publishing Co. has agreed to sell Governing magazine to a California media company, four months a...

Ky. court upholds $6M verdict in strip search case

A Kentucky appeals court upheld a $6.1 million award to a former fast food worker who was forced to strip i...

6 arrested in South Florida identity theft case

Six people, including a bank teller, have been arrested in a federal investigation into identity theft ring...