Miami-Dade Schools

Student, 18, charged in Barbara Goleman Senior High stabbing

Frank Oreste Acosta told police that he felt bullied by the other student and didn’t think the small...

Capitol Buzz: Quiet day expected in Tallahassee

It’s a light-day at the Capitol: Both the House and the Senate are not in session, and there are no ...

Lotteries

Saturday’s $310 million Powerball jackpot sets a Florida record

Powerball’s recent price increase to $2 per ticket has sparked the richest lottery we’ve ever...

Fort Lauderdale

Third man accuses youth pastor Jeffery London of abusing him as a boy

Weather

More damp weather ahead, followed by a cool, sunny Sunday

Although the Sunshine State has been murky for most of this week, the overcast skies and rain should give w...

Opa-Locka mayor’s relatives arrested in corruption probe

Miami-Dade prosecutors on Thursday arrested the husband, son and sister of Opa-Locka Mayor Myra Taylor for ...

Fla. fair is unorthodox host to Cabinet meeting

Starting the day with an impromptu square dance and a crack of a bullwhip, Gov. Rick Scott celebrated the o...

Ali among hundreds attending Dundee funeral

Boxing trainer Angelo Dundee was remembered Friday as a master motivator and a man who left a legacy of kin...

Official: Ukrainian coach found dead in Pa. cell

A Ukrainian hockey coach was found dead of a suspected suicide while in custody in Philadelphia on child-mo...

Isner shocks Federer in Davis Cup; US leads 2-0

Gonzaga beats No. 16 Saint Mary's 73-59

For the first 30 minutes of Thursday night's game, Gonzaga and No. 16 Saint Mary's fought basket-for-basket...

Tyreke Evans leads Kings past Thunder

Gonzaga beats No. 16 Saint Mary's 73-59

Ogwumikes lead No. 4 Stanford women past USC 69-52

Budget deficit drops to $27 billion in January

The federal budget deficit fell sharply in January compared to a year earlier, as an improving economy lift...

$25B settlement reached over foreclosure abuses

A landmark $25 billion settlement with the nation's top mortgage lenders was hailed by government officials...

Bernanke: Weak housing has hurt consumer spending

Ben Bernanke says declines in home prices have forced many Americans to cut back sharply on spending and wa...

Summary Box: NYSE Euronext 4th-qtr profit shrinks

DEAL COSTS: NYSE Euronext on Friday said costs related to its collapsed merger with German stock market Deu...

NYSE Euronext looks beyond failed merger

The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, after losing a bruising battle with European regulators ...

Summary Box: Portugal wins German bailout support

SHOW OF SUPPORT: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told his Portuguese counterpart that Berlin is ...

Nissan recalling 39,000 Versa small cars

Nissan is recalling 39,000 Versa small cars because the transmissions can be shifted out of park without th...

Explosion at horse center kills worker

An explosion at an equine rehabilitation center in north Florida's horse country has killed a worker and a ...

Death row man now turns to US Supreme Court

A man who was denied a stay of execution by the Florida Supreme Court now is asking the U.S. Supreme Court ...

First lady talks nutrition in Florida

Michelle Obama is assuring kids and parents that hamburgers and chicken nuggets aren't completely off-limit...

RI School of Design creates US Morocco embassy art

Students at the Rhode Island School of Design are teaming up with a sculptor to create artwork for a new U....

First lady's trips boost health _ and her husband

In just the past few days, she's danced with cheering school kids, chatted with troops, swapped ideas with ...

Bernanke: Weak housing has hurt consumer spending

Ben Bernanke says declines in home prices have forced many Americans to cut back sharply on spending and wa...

SC lawmakers off hook for redistricting testimony

Two of South Carolina's top legislators will not have to testify about their debate over redrawing the stat...

Feds investigating Nagin travel, family business

People with direct knowledge of the investigation say federal authorities are looking into longstanding que...

Argentina: UK sent nuclear sub to Falklands

Argentina said Friday it has information that Britain sent a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic ...

AP sources: US says Syrian elite want out

The Obama administration says it is seeing signs that the Syrian elite, including people close to President...

NHTSA: BMW fined $3M for untimely 2010 recalls

Federal safety regulators say automaker BMW has agreed to pay $3 million for delays in reporting safety def...

NH 14-year-old shoots self in face in cafeteria

A 14-year-old shot himself in the face in a New Hampshire elementary school cafeteria filled with dozens of...

Fla. sheriff: 3 dead after RV park standoff

Authorities say three people are dead and two critically injured after a hostage standoff at a quiet Florid...

Witness: LA detective's DNA matched bite mark

A criminalist has told a Los Angeles jury that DNA taken from a former police detective matched saliva from...

Argentine rights workers to Spain: Lay off Garzon

The president of the Argentine human rights group Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo said Friday that Spain's pro...

Italy: Wrecked cruise ship moves in rough seas

Italian officials say rough seas have increased movements of the crippled Costa Concordia and are thwarting...

Swiss detain man over gun linked to German murders

Swiss police have detained a man in connection with a gun used by a German neo-Nazi group suspected of kill...

Jordan to contest EU extradiction ban on preacher

Jordan says it will contest a European ban prohibiting Britain from extraditing to the kingdom a radical Is...

Europe's cold close zoo outside Paris

A count who operates a zoological park on the grounds of his chateau outside Paris says some of his animals...

Egypt's military warns of plots on eve of strike

Egypt's military rulers warned Friday that the country faces conspiracies that seek to topple the state and...

Thousands in Slovakia protest corruption at top

Thousands of Slovaks are protesting in the capital to demand that top politicians accused of corruption ste...

'Big Valley' star Peter Breck dead at age 82

The actor who played a son of ranch owner Barbara Stanwyck on the 1960s Western "The Big Valley," has died....

Madonna: Not happy about M.I.A.'s gesture

The British hip-hop artist M.I.A. has apologized to Madonna for making an obscene gesture during the Super ...

Fashion's newness coming from old-school Hollywood

Jason Wu revisits Chinese roots at Fashion Week

How Jason Wu picks models, tweaks looks for runway

Casting and fitting models for a fashion show is more art than science, but, says designer Jason Wu, there'...

Mary J. Blige rocks at concert for charity

Mary J. Blige brought out plenty of emotion as she performed in front of a packed house to support one of h...

Stephanie Blythe redeems mediocre Met `Aida'

In 1872, a dissatisfied opera-goer who had attended a performance of Verdi's "Aida" in Parma, Italy, wrote ...