The trucking company involved in a Washington state bridge collapse says it received a state-issued permit to carry its oversized load across the bridge.

Florida’s lower passage rates are largely the result of revised exams and a tougher scoring system.

The mayors of Hialeah and Miami Lakes have agreed on a date to settle their differences with real punches, kicks and holds: Aug. 16.

This may be hard to believe in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, but an annual list of the best beaches in the country has a New York beach ranked No. 1.

Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina pleaded not guilty to charges that he cheated on his tax returns and lied to federal agents about loans to a convicted Ponzi schemer.

After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA's controversies are far from over.

An anonymous call led police Thursday afternoon to a Northwest Miami-Dade home where the bodies of two men were found.

Ervin Santana's mastery of the strike zone against his former teammates was incomplete.

The Toronto Blue Jays are glad to see sluggers Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion hitting well at the same time.

Three years after losing his unbeaten record and WBC super-middleweight title to Danish fighter Mikkel Kessler, Carl Froch has the chance to make amends on home soil.

Indianapolis 500 fans will have to leave their big coolers of beer at home and pay to park in a once-free lot as part of tighter security measures at Sunday's race.

FIFA's new anti-racism task force will ask soccer's governing body next week to approve a mandatory five-match minimum ban for any player found guilty of racist abuse, a person with knowledge of the situation said Friday.

Japan's top leaders are defending the economic strategies championed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, though the central bank chief acknowledged a need for better communication with financial markets, a day after Tokyo shares suffered their worst loss since the 2011 tsunami disaster.

Stock futures are sinking and it appears major U.S. indexes are heading for a down week roiled by corporate earnings, good and bad, and confusion about what the Fed will do next.

The forecast for summer travel, 2013: Partly sunny.

When President Barack Obama pushed his health care overhaul plan through Congress, he counted labor unions among his strongest supporters.

This may be hard to believe in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, but an annual list of the best beaches in the country has a New York beach ranked No. 1.

The forecast for summer travel, 2013: Partly sunny.

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Official silence is surrounding the trial of a Canadian businessman involved in a corruption probe in Cuba as the proceedings enter their second day.

Tavis Smiley has stood out in 20 years in broadcasting, and he has no intention of changing his style or substance.

The annual Cannes festival on the French Riviera is the grandest platform in the world for the highest ambitions of film, a place where the art form is worshipped with wild passion and adoring reverence. Movies are projected pristinely in regal theaters, where they're greeted by the world's cinephiles with feverish excitement.

One clue to understanding how David Rockwell's mind works is by finding out what he collects. It turns out to be kaleidoscopes.

Portraying USS Enterprise helmsman Hikaru Sulu in the latest "Star Trek" movie comes with big shoes to fill, but the man who played the part in the TV series and six films has given his blessing to the actor currently playing the role.

Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.