3 officers shot in Northwest Miami-Dade; 2 suspects killed in shootout

Three Miami-Dade officers were shot Tuesday morning after a confrontation with suspects, one of whom was sh...

Two FIU students arrested in scheme to sell exam answers

Two FIU students - along with a third person - have been arrested in connection with a scheme to sell answe...

Miami-Dade Schools

Miami-Dade community leaders fight high illiteracy with mountain of books

Community literacy programs are under way in Miami-Dade, where 52 percent of adults are believed to struggl...

Florida Keys

Eleven pilot whales from Everglades stranding found dead in Florida Keys

Whales from an original pod of 51 found stranded last week continue to die as they make their way south in...

Crime

Miami lawyer known for work with low-income citizens facing prison for looting over $500,000

Obituary: Stuart Markus, Miami lawyer for 55 years

Stuart A. Markus had some big cases. He once sued Bob Dylan, squaring off solo against the folk singer and ...

Cuban Migrants

Search continues for 2 missing Cuban rafters; 1 survivor found off Key Biscayne

PolitiFact Florida

Gov. Rick Scott’s 700,000 jobs plan appears out of reach

PolitiFact Florida: Gov. Rick Scott’s plan to add 700,000 new jobs in Florida faces very long odds.

NJ man trapped in clothing collection bin dies

Authorities say a New Jersey man apparently searching for warm clothes or a place to sleep got trapped in a...

Stocks down slightly after hitting record Monday

Stocks took a breather Tuesday after U.S. markets notched another record high.

Tight end suspended after Oregon snowball fight

Oregon tight end Pharaoh Brown has been suspended for the Ducks' upcoming bowl game because of his role in ...

NY Times columnist Carr joins Boston U. faculty

Boston University has landed New York Times media columnist David Carr to fill a new endowed chair dedicate...

Colorado 6-year-old suspended for kissing a girl

A 6-year-old boy has been suspended from a Colorado school for kissing a girl on the cheek.

GM names Mary Barra CEO, 1st woman to head car co.

AP PHOTOS: Thousands gather to remember Mandela

They gathered by the tens of thousands in a Soweto soccer stadium, braving a cold rain to pay respects to N...

Grandmother of US luger killed in car crash in NY

The grandmother of U.S. Olympic Luge team member Erin Hamlin has been killed in a car crash in upstate New ...

Pakistani doctor wins $1M to fight child deaths

A Pakistani doctor won a $1 million grant Tuesday to fight early child mortality in a small fishing village...

UK case against Victor Dahdaleh collapses

The U.K. case against Canadian-British billionaire Victor Dahdaleh has collapsed, clearing the tycoon of al...

UK to hold first same-sex weddings on March 29

Save the date: The British government announced Tuesday that the country's first same-sex weddings can be h...

Mike Tyson scraps UK promotional appearances

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has scrapped promotional appearances in London because previo...

Libya militia to open oil terminals in December

The Libyan militia that shut down most of the country's oil terminals for months causing the loss of millio...

Poland's last communist leader hospitalized

A doctor says that Poland's last communist leader, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, has been hospitalized due to h...

Bangladesh set to execute opposition leader

Authorities in Bangladesh said Tuesday they were ready to execute a leader of the country's largest Islamic...

EU fines pharmaceutical giants $22 million

The European Commission has fined pharmaceuticals giants Johnson & Johnson and Novartis a combined $22 mill...

Chew on this

At breakfast, think outside the (cereal) box

Diabetes

Early intervention is key for diabetic foot issues

In January, Jose Mella, 55, of Miami noticed a blister on the bottom of his right foot.

Holiday Sweets

Chef teaches class on decorating gingerbread houses

The $50 fee includes a gingerbread house and decorating materials. The next class is Saturday.

Health and fitness calendar for Dec. 10

Dr. Fabrizio Mancini, best-selling author of “The Power of Self Healing;” 7 p.m. Thursday; Ba...

Skin Deep

How to care for your nose this flu season

When you come down with the flu or a bad cold, the coughing, congestion, aches and pains are usually the ma...

Educators at Our Pride Academy in Kendall set high standards for their special needs students

The educators behind Our Pride Academy in Kendall have set high standards for their students, who are athle...

Cruise ships

MSC Divina brings its European flair to the Caribbean

A cruise on the newest addition to the South Florida fleet has an unmistakably Italian feel.

Storm snarls travel; power outages persist

Snow and bitter cold snarled traffic and prompted another 1,650 U.S. flight cancellations on Monday, and te...

Miami Marlins

Miami Marlins going on the offensive with free agent signings

The Marlins signed ‘battle-tested’ free agents to provide an offensive spark and ‘cham...

Outdoors

Runners battle oppressive heat and humidity at 10th annual Palm Beaches Marathon and Run Fest

Bryan Sharkey had a gratifying win Sunday at the 10th annual Palm Beaches Marathon and Run Fest.

In my opinion

Andre C. Fernandez: Miami Central, Plantation American Heritage, South Dade seeking state titles

Miami Booker T. Washington and Hialeah Champagnat Catholic completed undefeated seasons and gave South Flor...

Dolphins

Odds favor Miami Dolphins making playoffs

Although the Dolphins would lose a head-to- head tiebreaker to the Ravens, Baltimore faces a tougher schedu...

UM notebook

Miami Hurricanes glad to play close to home

Monday, Golden and athletic director Blake James finally got to talk about facing the Cardinals and former ...

Florida Panthers

Former Panther Stephen Weiss returns as a snowbird

Playing nearly a decade in South Florida acclimated Stephen Weiss to warm winters. Now he returns with cold...

Heat

Shane Battier’s brawn to be tested as Miami Heat prepares for Pacers

The Heat’s use of a stretch power forward puts Shane Battier at a disadvantage on defense against th...

Roundup

Dillard girls’ basketball team to meet American Heritage

Fresh off receiving their shiny, new state championship rings on Saturday night, it’s back to business...

The calendar

Calling all Miami HEAT fans! Head to Tarpon Bend Food & Tackle for the official 2013 Miami Heat Road Rally ...

Scene in the Tropics

Hilton sisters, Adrian Grenier round out star-studded Basel weekend

As seen on TV

‘Sing off’ host Nick Lachey in perfect harmony

La vida local

Demi Lovato a headliner at Y100 Jingle Ball

Radar

Hot stuff celebrities love

Christopher Radko knows Christmas. Known for its attention to detail and handcrafted workmanship, the North...

Celebrity birthdays on Dec 9

Gossip extra

Strange turns in Justin Bieber case

The lawsuit brought by a Miami Beach paparazzo against pop star Justin Bieber and one of his bodyguards is ...

Celebrity birthdays on Dec 8

Actor-producer-director Maximilian Schell is 83. Singer Jerry Butler is 74. Singer-keyboardist Gregg Allman...

Venezuela

Venezulea municipal race stymies opposition hopes

Venezuela’s opposition was hoping to make gains in Sunday’s municipal race. Instead, the gove...

CUBA

Cuban dissidents call for protests and gatherings to mark International Human Rights Day on Tuesday

Despite several warnings by the Cuban government that it will not allow any disruptions, the Ladies in Whit...

Oppenheimer

Secretary of State Kerry reaches out to Venezuela after elections

Secretary of State John Kerry tackles Venezuelan elections, NSA spying allegations, Cuba’s detention...

Colombia

Thousands gather in Bogota to defend deposed mayor

The mayor of Colombia’s capital was ordered to step down due to last year’s garbage crisis. G...

CUBA

Cuban diplomats in Washington resume consular work

U.S. bank extends the deadline for closing Cuban diplomatic missions’ accounts until March 1

CUBA

A sudden surge in Cuban migrants

At least 44,000 Cubans arrived in the United States in the year ending Sept. 30. It is the highest total si...

Venezuela

Venezuela’s ruling party on top in key municipal race

With partial results in, Venezuela’s ruling PSUV party enjoyed a wide lead in the mayors’ rac...

IN THE CAMPS

Military retracts Guantánamo PTSD claim

Gov. Rick Scott’s ‘lost’ jobs

The untold chapter in Gov. Rick Scott’s jobs story: the thousands of lost jobs in every sector and reg...

Marc Caputo: Hollingsworth’s lie about PR degree bad spin for Gov. Rick Scott

JOBS IN FLORIDA: THE RICK SCOTT RECORD

Gov. Rick Scott boasts about creating new jobs, but the numbers tell a far different story

Gov. Rick Scott campaigned in 2010 on a promise to create 700,000 jobs, but the jobs he can most directly d...

When state dollars don’t pay dividends

After receiving more than $700,000 in economic incentives from the state, a Bradenton ambulance production ...

HOMESTEAD

Homestead may pull plug on land deal with tarnished Dade Medical College boss

Homestead chose Dade Medical College as the new centerpiece of its downtown — but now the city has h...

HEALTHCARE

Nurse education expansion creates failing programs

Florida lawmakers hoping to stave off a nurse shortfall has opened the door for second-rate schools.

South Miami

Mea culpa: South Miami commissioner votes to censure himself

Commissioner Bob Welsh apologized for creating a poster that offended some black residents.

JOBS IN FLORIDA: THE RICK SCOTT RECORD

New frontier for Space Coast jobs

In Gov. Rick Scott’s quest to find more private-sector jobs, the CEO-turned-governor sometimes relie...

Betty Quadracci, co-founder of Quad/Graphics, dies

Quad/Graphics Inc. co-founder Betty Quadracci, who also was president of Milwaukee Magazine and a champion ...

'Sound of Music' actress Eleanor Parker dies at 91

Longtime high school teacher Evelyn Counts dies in Coconut Grove

Character actress Kate Williamson dead at 82

'La Cage aux Folles' director dies

Edouard Molinaro, nominated for an Oscar for directing "La Cage aux Folles," a French farce about a gay cou...

Belgian golf psychologist to Ernie Els dies at 62

Ernie Els had another sad day upon learning that his former psychologist, Jos Vanstiphout, had died of a he...

Boxer Jacob Matlala, 51, a Mandela favorite, dies

Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala, a four-time world champion in the flyweight and junior flyweight divisions and o...

South African leader Nelson Mandela dies at 95

JOHANNESBURG _ Nelson Mandela, who emerged from more than a quarter of a century in prison to steer a troub...

AIRLINES

Merger official, new American Airlines exits bankruptcy

As American Airlines emerges from bankruptcy, the newly merged air carrier begins a nearly two-year process...

Food entrepreneurs: The next breakout food product is just waiting to be discovered

As they follow their passion, food entrepreneurs find that simply offering tasty, unique products isn’...

Bernie Navarro sees education as best investment

DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT

Prime downtown Miami retail site on the block for $5 million

The Foot Locker store on Flagler Street is listed for sale for $5 million, as downtown development gains mo...

Warren Henry Auto Group expands its presence in the automotive industry

Warren Henry Auto Group is expanding its presence in the automotive industry.

Preserving what you’ve worked to build

South Florida has always had a vibrant community of family-owned enterprises. Entrepreneurs are drawn here ...

Southwest Airlines pulling up stakes from Key West

Monroe County's airports director is stumped as to why Dallas-based Southwest Airlines will stop daily serv...

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