Promiscuity helps honeybees mix up the gene pool

RALEIGH, N.C. - Queen bees who cavort with multiple mates are not behaving badly.

An unexpected lesson in Antarctic ice melt

It's called calving, and it occurs when enormous chunks of ice burst free from glaciers or floating ice she...

ExxonMobil faces federal lawsuit over Arkansas oil spill

The Justice Department and the state of Arkansas filed suit against the oil giant ExxonMobil over a March 2...

Environment

Two South Florida butterflies declared likely extinct

FPL to raze Port Everglades smokestacks on July 16

The four 350-foot-tall candy cane-striped smokestacks that have towered over Port Everglades and spewed pol...

Environment

Deadline on key Everglades project looms

Environmentalists and lawmakers are pushing waters managers to support a group of projects to send more wat...

Rep. Doc Hastings’ bill would protect salmon from California sea lions

Rep. Doc Hastings argued in a heated House subcommittee hearing Thursday that stepping up lethal means agai...

Pembroke Pines charter schools may be privatized under new plan

With the teachers’ union resisting pay cuts, Pembroke Pines leaders are threatening to privatize the...

Miami-Dade Schools

Education officials head to Tampa to urge “mitigation” of school grading formula

School grades are expected to drop statewide this summer, barring a “mitigation” of new, toug...

Bored no more: Here are ways to have fun this summer

School’s been out less than a week, and already it’s started:

Coral Gables

Coral Gables school celebrates 90th birthday

Coral Gables Preparatory Academy is on its third name, but it’s still the same school George Merrick...

Education

Teacher was ‘second dad’ to students

Retired elementary school teacher Jonathan Gans inspired his students to think creatively, critically and b...

Schools

Miami-Dade schools seeks district-wide accreditation

Miami-Dade County Public Schools could become the largest accredited school district in the country.

Broward Schools

Broward teachers say they were shut out of selection process for new principals

The school district is accused by parents and teachers of shuffling underperforming principals among school...

FATHER’S DAY

Slowly slipping away, but still my dad

IRS may have targeted conservatives more broadly

While the developing scandal over the IRS’s targeting of conservatives has largely focused on its scru...

PART TWO: VIETNAM

Lack of answers tests faith and mettle of families and searchers alike

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part Two of a three-part series on the search for Spooky 21, an AC-47 gunship...

REMEMBERING VIETNAM

To absent comrades: Memorial Day memories

A missing gunner plane and an enduring mystery

A six-hour Vietnam combat mission in 1965 tested the limits of forensic science, and the faith and patience...

PART THREE: VIETNAM

After decades of searching, could a handful of debris provide the answer?

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part Three of a three-part series on the search for Spooky 21, an AC-47 gunsh...

First person

Bus rides and toboggan slides with mom

How did my mother raise eight of us on $105 a week? Liver sausage sandwiches and unselfish love.

Thai Buddhist monks criticized for lavish behavior

Thailand's Buddhism body said it is monitoring monks nationwide for any inappropriate behavior after a vide...

Hitchhiking cat 'Mata Hairi' headed home to Oregon

A well-traveled cat named "Mata Hairi" will soon be reunited with her owner after spending nearly 10 months...

Bear with head stuck in jar is rescued in Pa.

Four central Pennsylvania residents said they used only a rope and a flashlight during a wild chase to resc...

NJ Transit probes bizarre bus trip into New York

Some New Jersey bus commuters apparently have gotten an unexpected tour of the New York metro area they'd r...

Charlie Trotter accused of selling bogus $46K wine

Award-winning chef Charlie Trotter is being sued by two New York wine collectors who say he sold them a bot...

No joke: Jester wanted at Austrian hotel

Wanted: A jester. Wallflowers need not apply.

Lawsuit: Man allowed to curse on NY ticket payment

A 22-year-old Connecticut man who wrote obscenities and "Tyranny" on his speeding ticket payment claims in ...