Miami police arrest man, 21, in bus stop shooting

A man wearing clothing identical to the gunman was spotted on a surveillance tape skipping down the street,...

COURTS

Lawsuit over old Jeb Bush business venture resurfaces

When the federal trial starts Oct. 21, the allegations of bribery, corruption in Nigeria, and even Jeb Bush...

Twin brothers wanted in connection with Lauderhill Mall melee last month

Lauderhill police are searching for twin brothers they believe are responsible for starting a disturbance ...

DCF

Judge lashes DCF after infant suffers life-threatening abuse

DCF is under fire again — this time from a Miami-Dade judge — after failing to protect a chil...

SOUTH FLORIDA WEATHER

Rain threat eases a bit for South Florida

With much of what remains of Chantal expected to remain offshore, South Florida’s weekend may not be...

Miramar vice mayor reaching out to residents via tea talks

Commission puts nonprofit group in control of Miami Marine Stadium redevelopment plan

Leaders of Friends of the Miami Marine Stadium said the vote allows them to start raising millions of dolla...

POLITICS

Sen. Marco Rubio’s red lines: defund Obamacare to pass temporary budget, no debt-limit hike without balanced budget

Speaking to conservatives, Sen. Marco Rubio roasted President Barack Obama over his healthcare law and the ...

San Diego mayor vows change amid harassment claims

Bob Filner is embroiled in turmoil less than a year after being elected San Diego's first Democratic mayor ...

Dad: Slain Calif. boy wanted to live with him

Terry Dewayne Smith Sr. had been expecting his 11-year-old son to fly home this summer to live with him in ...

Quotations of the day

"There is no mention of speed until about nine seconds before impact when they're at 100 feet." - NTSB head...

Detective: Woman with visions led to boy's body

A detective says a woman who said she had visions led them to a body in the search for a missing Southern C...

Pakistani teenager shot by Taliban comes to UN

A new report released to mark the 16th birthday of a Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban for promoting e...

Spitzer submits signatures for NYC ballot

Eliot Spitzer has met the deadline to file thousands of petition signatures for his bid to revive his polit...

Ethiopian suspected of torture to go to trial

An Ethiopian immigrant who prosecutors suspect tortured and killed dozens of political prisoners in his hom...

Death of Arizona serial killer ruled a suicide

The death of a convicted Arizona serial killer whose body was discovered last month in an isolation cell wa...

World stocks build on Fed gains, await China GDP

World stock markets eked out moderate gains Friday, building on a rally sparked by the Fed's vow to continu...

Accused of rape, China general's son plays victim

Lawyers of a well-known Chinese general's son accused of taking part in a gang rape are waging a rare, West...

Militants seek weeks-long halt to Thai violence

A Malaysian official says Muslim separatist negotiators will attempt to halt all violence in insurgency-pla...

World's largest building opens in west China

Move aside Dubai. China now has what is billed as the world's largest building - a vast, wavy rectangular b...

Indonesia army takes control of prison after riot

Security forces regained control of a crowded prison Friday in western Indonesia where inmates set fires an...

Afghanistan: NATO helicopter makes 'hard landing'

The NATO-led coalition says one of its helicopters made a "hard landing" in northern Afghanistan but that t...

Cambodian PM asks king to pardon opposition leader

Cambodia's prime minister applied Friday for a pardon for his top political rival, a move that would allow ...

Israeli group hits detention of Palestinian boy

An Israeli human rights group says the military should find another way to deal with young Palestinian ston...

Florida: Key West celebrates Hemingway Days

Papa’s Days

Caribbean resorts

Danger: the all-you-can-eat policy of all-inclusives

In the end (and the sad realization always comes in the end), my five-day stay at an all-inclusive resort ...

Cook’s’ corner

Marinade keeps Seasons 52 turkey kebabs moist

The restaurant marinates the turkey breast, which provides a boost of Asian-style flavors that helps keep t...

A Fork on the Road

Pinkberry adds Greek yogurt to fro-yo line

Nibbles & Bits

3030 Ocean chef cooking up a new course

Wine

Vinho verde: Portuguese for ‘cheap and cheerful’

Summer meals

Classic chicken salad gets classy update

Chicken salad might be the easiest of the classic American salads to reinvent. Here, I’ve used a ba...

Seasonal cooking

Summer fruit makes colorful salsa for salmon

In today’s recipe, I used strawberries in a salsa along with mango, basil and, for crunch, cucumber....

Marlins

Miami Marlins catcher Rob Brantly working on consistency

Marlins catcher Rob Brantly, who has struggled so far this season, is working to improve his preparation be...

In My Opinion

David J. Neal: Urban Meyer not to blame for Gators’ transgressions

Publicly through the years, current Ohio State and — as he has been most often referred to over the pa...

Miami Heat | summer league

Long shot Miami Heat rookie James Ennis tries to focus on just making shots

Forward James Ennis, the Heat’s pick from last month’s NBA Draft, must learn quickly if he wa...

Gold Cup

Stars converge at Sun Life Stadium for Gold Cup tournament

MIAMI MARLINS

Miami Marlins reach deal with top pick Colin Moran

The Marlins have tried 22 players at third base since trading Miguel Cabrera after the 2007 season.

In my opinion

Greg Cote: With suspensions looming, MLB faces a midsummer nightmare

UM Baseball

UM baseball standout David Thompson recovering well after shoulder surgery

South Florida Fishing Report

Captain Mark Schmidt of Sundancer Charters out of Murrays Marina in Key West reported permits, barracudas a...

Local appearance

Perez Hilton on daddy duty

Celebrity birthdays on July 12

Actor-comedian Bill Cosby is 76. Singer Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac is 70. Actress Denise Nicholas (&#...

Celebrity roundup

Lamar Odom melts down

Celebrity birthdays on July 11

Celebrity roundup

Denzel Washington’s wife: Why we work

While the majority of Hollywood marriages implode left and right, Denzel and Pauletta Washington somehow ke...

The comedy scene

Kathy Griffin keeps ’em laughing

Hasselbeck exits ‘The View’ with no hard feelings

NEW YORK (AP) – Elisabeth Hasselbeck is leaving “The View” showing no hard feelings to...

Celebrity birthdays on July 11

CUBA

Cuba’s food ration stores mark 50th anniversary

The ration card gives every Cuban a basic basket of food for less than $2 a month.

Miami Children’s Hospital to get funding from 28-hour Univision telethon

South Florida children with cancer will benefit from money raised by a 28-hour Univision program aired last...

IN THE CAMPS

Judge: Searching Guantánamo detainees’ genitals impedes attorney meetings

A federal judge in Washington issued a sharply worded order that found guards’ searches of Guantá...

IN THE CAMPS

Guantánamo: 2 detainees quit hunger strike; calm in communal prison

cuba

Cuba’s ex-prisons chief — accused of human-rights abuses — is back in the U.S.

Former prisons chief Crescencio Marino Rivero left Miami for Cuba after half a dozen dissidents accused him...

HUNGER STRIKE

Feinstein, Durbin ask Obama to halt Guantánamo forced-feedings

Two leading Democratic senators on Wednesday asked President Barack Obama to order the Pentagon to stop rou...

Flights canceled due to Tropical Storm Chantal

Miami travelers heading to Haiti and the Dominican Republic will likely have to wait another day due to Tro...

Gallery owner seeks Cuba-Key West art swap

Key West gallery owner Nance Frank has launched a Web-based fundraising effort to pay for an artistic excha...

REDISTRICTING

Fla. Supreme Court won't stop redistricting challenge

The Florida Supreme Court, in a sharp rebuke to the Republican-controlled Legislature, refused to throw out...

Elections

Miami-Dade should take steps to thwart absentee-ballot fraudsters, advisory group says

Following alarming fraud attempts in last year’s elections, the group wants Miami-Dade County to fig...

POLITICS

Charlie Crist's political memoir to explain why he left GOP

The former Republican governor turned independent U.S. Senate candidate turned potential Democratic guberna...

Miami

Records: Red-light camera foe, Miami politician Francis Suarez received two tickets

Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez said the two tickets highlight the shortcomings of the city’s red-...

POLITICS

Joe Garcia draws challenger Carlos Curbelo on day he posts big cash-haul

Embattled U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia boasted about a large fundraising haul on the same day that Miami-Dade Scho...

POLITICS

Gov. Rick Scott learns special taxing districts have clout

Gov. Rick Scott’s is reviewing the state’s 1,700 special taxing districts, but he won’...

PolitiFact

Myths abound in immigration reform debate

PolitiFact scrutinized plenty of myths about the Senate immigration bill. Here are a few of them.

POLITICS

Legislative leaders rewarded high-performing staff with salary hikes

Legislators spread the love this year with salary increases for state workers, teachers and law enforcement...

Former Ford CEO Philip Caldwell dies at age 93

Philip Caldwell, the first person to lead Ford Motor Co. who wasn't a member of the founding family, died W...

Toshi Seeger, wife of Pete Seeger, dies at 91

Toshi Seeger, folk singer Pete Seeger's wife of 70 years and a close partner in his social and environmenta...

Inventor of iconic party game Twister dies

Twister called itself "the game that ties you up in knots." Its detractors called it "sex in a box."

Toshi Seeger, wife of Pete Seeger, dies at 91

Toshi (TOH'-shee) Seeger, the wife of folk singer Pete Seeger for 70 years, has died. She was 91.

TV's 'Waltons' storekeeper Joe Conley dies at 85

Joe Conley, an actor best known as the small town storekeeper on the TV series "The Waltons," has died at a...

Ex-NBC reporter who covered RFK death dies in Md.

A former NBC News reporter who covered the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy for the network in 1968 has d...

Jim Foglesong, label exec, hall of famer, dies

Jim Foglesong, a record label executive and music producer who helped launch Garth Brooks' career and was i...

Edmund S. Morgan, colonial scholar, dies at 97

WORKPLACE TOOLS

South Florida nonprofits help ease high cost of women’s work attire

High-quality clothing for work can be prohibitively expensive for low-income single mothers. Organizations ...

London’s Cable & Wireless moving to South Florida

Cable & Wireless Communications, the London-based telecom company that dates back to the British Empire, is...

Auslander named to top spot at Children’s Trust

A local lawyer and long-time child advocate has been named president and CEO of The Children’s Trust.

Healthcare

Educating Florida about healthcare reform starts with conversation

Enroll America is launching a Florida education campaign on healthcare options.

RETAIL CRIME

Feds unveil South Florida task force to fight ‘organized retail crime’

The U.S. attorney’s office unveiled a new task force to fight the spread of “organized retail...

SuperFast still does not meet fire safety standards

The Genting-owned ship needs more sprinklers before it can carry passengers to Resorts World Bimini.

The Fairholme Fund to file suits, geared to protect rights of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac preferred shareholders

The Fairholme Fund – a mutual fund with more than 170,000 shareholders that is managed by Miami-base...

HOUSING

Florida still foreclosure capital

More homes were lost to foreclosure in Florida than anywhere else in the year ended in May. The state also ...