Pro-gay, ex-gay events face off in West Palm Beach
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Two conflicting conferences begin Friday in West Palm Beach. One is led by a group that believes homosexuality can be treated and reversed through therapy. ...
Fort Lauderdale woman wins massive tobacco payout
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A South Florida woman has won what is believed to be the largest single
award to date in ongoing litigation pitting smokers versus tobacco companies. WLRN ...
Study: female, minority hotel workers injured more
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South Florida has thousands of people who work in the hotel industry. A new national study has found that among hotel workers, women, Hispanics and Asians ar...
Spence-Jones: I'm running again for Miami commission
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Suspended Miami City Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones assured supporters Thursday night that she will be a candidate in the January special election called...
Follow That (Big) Bird: Memories of "Sesame Street", 40 years on
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Last week was the fortieth anniversary of the most influential children’s television show of all time: "Sesame Street". All of the buzz got WLRN Miami Herald...
New flights are South Florida's "Rainbow Connection"
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On Wednesday Virgin America launched its twice-daily nonstop service to Fort Lauderdale with two flights: one from Los Angeles and another from San Francisco...
Teen entrepreneur featured in new film
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A new documentary film puts a South Florida teen in the national spotlight for his light shielding invention -- a transition football visor. WLRN Miami Heral...
Miami company, Apple fight over locally-built Macs
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Apple Computer has some very loyal fans around the world, willing to pay top-dollar for a Macintosh. But a Miami-based company is selling computers that als...
Government, law enforcement face off over money
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As Miami swears in a new police chief, tensions between local governments and law enforcement agencies promise to continue all over South Florida. WLRN Miam...
New smoking laws could affect specialty cigarettes
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In June President Obama signed the Family Smoking and Prevention Act. Supporters say it will help stop children from having a first cigarette, making it less...
People with COPD urged to get seasonal flu shot
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With the regular flu season starting its peak this month, one high-risk group urged to get their seasonal shots are people with chronic obstructive pulmonary...
Broward teachers protest amid corruption concerns
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Hundreds of Broward County teachers staged a raucous protest Tuesday night outside district headquarters in downtown Fort Lauderdale. They've been angry for ...
Manatees return to South Florida
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Florida wildlife officials are urging South Florida boaters to be on the lookout for manatees that are migrating to warmer waters for the winter. WLRN Miami...
Miami-Dade travel junkets yield few results
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As Miami-Dade county grapples with cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget, several top officials have stepped up their travel. Miami-Dade l...
U.S. Supreme Court passes on "Vamos a Cuba" case
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The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will not revisit the Miami-Dade County school board's controversial decision to remove the children's book "Vamos a Cuba"...
Miami City Commission without enough members
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The City of Miami found itself without a functioning commission: at least for the next few days. Three of the five commission seats were vacant: one due to ...
U.S. plans for end of Guantánamo prison camps
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What can stay? What can go? And what can be destroyed? Undaunted, Guantánamo is preparing for the day when the detainees are gone. Reporters Phil Latzman and...
World-renowned "Nazi hunter" to visit South Florida
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Recently word came from Australia that officials have approved the extradition of a suspected Hungarian Nazi to Budapest where he will stand trial for a murd...
Scientists coax cultured pearls from the queen conch
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Florida Atlantic University is about to enter the jewelry business after patenting a process to coax sexy, pink cultured pearls from that archetypal Florida ...
Silver anniversary of Miami Book Fair
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In 1984, a group of Miami booksellers got together and held "Books by the Bay." Twenty-five years later, that event has blown-up into the Miami Book Fair Int...