Miami-Dade Schools

School Board approves new Miami-Dade Schools police chief

INSURANCE

Citizens OK’s deal for Scott donor

The board at Citizens Property Insurance approved a special $52 million deal for a startup insurance firm ...

BROWARD

Driver who caused fatal crash loses license

The driver who caused a January crash that killed four family members, must pay $4,000, give up his driver&...

Troops can tweet from Guantánamo again

Historic Hampton House Motel, part of Miami’s black history, to break ground Thursday on restoration project

The nearly $6 million project will restore the Brownsville motel to the look of its heyday, when its restau...

POLITICS

Senate president, House speaker tout legislative accomplishments during tour

Senate President Don Gaetz and House Speaker Will Weatherford hit the road to highlight what they see as su...

DEATHS

Capt. Mike Burke, Windjammer founder, dies at 89

Capt. Michael Burke sailed through life with his unending spirit and romantic outlook, touching the lives o...

Buchholz goes to 7-0, Red Sox beat White Sox 6-2

Lyons leads Cardinals past Padres 5-3

Tyler Lyons pitched seven solid innings in his major league debut on the same day St. Louis lost Jaime Garc...

Pacers see chance slip in Game 1 of East finals

Paul George did all he could.

Pacers see chance slip in Game 1 of East finals

Paul George did all he could.

Shields strong again in Royals' 3-1 loss to Astros

James Shields had another strong start for Kansas City on Wednesday night. Unfortunately for Shields and th...

Cabrera, Tigers down Indians 11-7 on rainy night

Justin Verlander overcame a rocky start and rain delay to get his fifth win and Miguel Cabrera hit another ...

LeBron saves Heat at buzzer of Game 1

IMF head Lagarde in court in fraud probe

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court Thursday o...

Ralph Lauren's 4Q profit rises 35 pct

Ralph Lauren Corp. is reporting a 35 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit, but economic challenges her...

US equities sell-off goes on; futures slump

The momentum of a late sell-off on Wall Street carried over into a second day, sending U.S. futures and glo...

Marathon Oil says talks end on possible stake sale

Marathon Oil says talks on a potential sale of part of its stake in the Athabasca Oil Project in Canada hav...

Pacific Alliance Summit

In bloc-happy Latin America, the Pacific Alliance hopes to stand out

The four nations of the Pacific Alliance — Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru — are holding a s...

Fed weighed slowing its pace of bond purchases

Several Federal Reserve policymakers this month favored slowing the Fed's efforts to maintain record-low lo...

US home sales tick up to highest in 3 1/2 years

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes ticked up last month to the highest level in three and a half years...

N. Fla. man arrested in death of plum-eating bird

A north Florida man faces charges after fatally shooting a red-bellied woodpecker that was eating the plums...

Florida Lotto jackpot rises to $14 million

The jackpot in the Florida Lotto game has grown to $14 million after no one matched the six winning numbers...

4 Fantasy 5 players share $115,731.52 top prize

Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $115,731.52 each, the Florida Lottery said Thursday.

Fla. sailor charged in 2010 death of 2-year-old

A sailor has been charged with murder in the 2010 death of his girlfriend's son at an off-base military hou...

Fla. Man killed in NJ crash

A Florida man died and his wife was critically injured after their vehicle was struck by a dump truck in Ne...

Fla. mom breaks into home with machete

A woman is being held without bond after authorities say she broke into her ex-boyfriend's central Florida ...

Deputies find 40 animals abandoned in Pasco home

A strong odor coming from a nearby home prompted a neighbor to call authorities. It turned out someone had ...

Thunderstorms, hail slow Oklahoma tornado cleanup

A band of thunderstorms is battering the Oklahoma City area and slowing cleanup operations in the southern ...

Va. landmark Natural Bridge up for sale

A Virginia landmark and tourism attraction once owned by Thomas Jefferson is up for sale.

Vote on gay Scouts comes at emotional moment

The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday on whether to allow openly gay Scouts in...

Feds investigate after plane parts hit Ga. home

Federal authorities are investigating after a Boeing 747 on approach to Atlanta's airport lost parts from i...

Hofstra suspect won praise from parole panel

10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

Quotations of the day

"Plaza (Towers Elementary School) did the best they could. That's all they have. I'm big on the schools nee...

Iran denies its drone entered Bahrain's airspace

An Iranian semi-official news agency reports the country is denying that an unmanned drone violated the air...

Restaurant torched in 4th night of Sweden riots

Groups of youths have burnt down a restaurant, torched more than 30 cars and injured three police in a four...

Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts

Russia's top military officer has voiced skepticism about deeper nuclear arms cuts, saying they should requ...

Father of man shot in Boston probe shares regrets

The father of a Chechen immigrant shot dead by U.S. law enforcement agents while being questioned about his...

Bulgaria: Ex-PM fails to form new government

Japanese man, 80, oldest to top Everest _ for now

US family leaves Singapore frustrated with inquest

The parents of an American software engineer found dead in his Singapore apartment last year left the city-...

Darius Rucker rides 'Wagon Wheel' to top of charts

Darius Rucker is a fan of Old Crow Medicine Show, but says he didn't really get what was so infectious abou...

West Bank and romance prominent in 'Omar'

One of the more buzzed-about films at the Cannes Film Festival, "Omar," is set in the West Bank, and the Pa...

Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival

Georges Moustaki, who penned for Piaf, dies

Georges Moustaki, an Egyptian-born composer, singer and poet who wrote songs for Edith Piaf and other Frenc...

Russian court denies Pussy Riot's Alekhina parole

Brown hounded for calling Manila `gates of hell'

Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gon...

Debbie Reynolds: We all knew Liberace was gay

In the new film "Behind the Candelabra," veteran entertainer Debbie Reynolds has just three major scenes to...