Weather alert: Highs to reach 90 Friday afternoon; cool-off expected Saturday night

Miami Heat players aren’t the only hot ones. If you head outside Friday and the holiday weekend, be pr...

A dozen members of Miami-Dade pot ring sentenced to long prison terms

A Miami federal judge dealt long prison sentences for a dozen members of the notorious Santiesteban pot-dis...

MIRAMAR

Intruders impersonating cops ransack Miramar home

Homeowner escapes after being punched in the face repeatedly.

HURRICANES

Forecasters: Thirteen to 20 storms expected in Atlantic this season

Hurricane season officially begins June 1, with forecasters predicting an extremely active” hurrican...

HOLLYWOOD

Hollywood meeting will focus on changes to Margaritaville lease

Hollywood residents and business owners will get their first glimpse of the proposed changes to Margaritavi...

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&...

Weather alert: More storms expected Wednesday

Heavy storms are expected to continue Wednesday, bringing more rain and possible flooding to South Florida.

Baseball

Concerns raised about spring training free-for-all

Officials in cities with MLB spring training fear state incentives may lead teams to move within Florida.

Friends and Neighbors

Gables church honors longtime head of early-childhood center

For nearly 40 decades, Barbara Watson has lovingly served the children as director of the Early Childhood C...

aBsentee VOTING

Absentee voters helped by Cabrera critizice politicians

Voters who got assistance in casting ballots from Deisy Pentón de Cabrera, who is charged with voter f...

MIAMI BEACH

The killing of Raymond Herisse: 116 shots that shook South Beach

Two years after a motorist was killed and four bystanders wounded in a breathtaking barrage, cops wonȁ...

CRIME

Child survives apparent “drive-by” that leaves one dead, one wounded

A child survived a drive-by shooting that left one man killed and a woman injured in Miami Gardens.

FEDERAL SPENDING

Federal budget cuts caused by sequester ripple across region

The nation’s airports bore the brunt of the sequester, but the federal budget cuts hurt the elderly...

Miami

Pay phones: A thing of the past, or still serving a public purpose?

You may not see them, but they’re still there: pay phones. Most, though, in Miami are old and boring...

Baseball

Concerns raised about spring training free-for-all

Officials in cities with MLB spring training fear state incentives may lead teams to move within Florida.

PolitiFact Florida

Rick Scott says budget sets record low for state workers per capita this century

Gov. Rick Scott claims this year’s state budget is the leanest in years. PolitiFact Florida the clai...

POLITICS

Sarasota lawmaker carves out legacy in Legislature

State Sen. Nancy Detert is a hard-charging, 68-year-old Sarasota grandmother who championed three key bills.

POLITICS

Behind would-be Democratic candidate Charlie Crist, a loose-knit crew of advisers

If former Gov. Charlie Crist runs against Gov. Rick Scott as a Democrat, he will lean on a select group for...

Miami

Pay phones: A thing of the past, or still serving a public purpose?

You may not see them, but they’re still there: pay phones. Most, though, in Miami are old and boring...

PROPERTY INSURANCE

Hue and cry grows over deal for Scott donor

The list of lawmakers criticizing Citizens Property Insurance Corp. for a $52 million deal with a new insur...

In My Opinion

Fabiola Santiago: Boy Scouts didn’t go far enough

It was a historic decision and we can call it progress — the right thing to do for the children ...

PROPERTY INSURANCE

Hue and cry grows over deal for Scott donor

The list of lawmakers criticizing Citizens Property Insurance Corp. for a $52 million deal with a new insur...

INSURANCE

Sweet deal for state taxpayers or Scott donor giveaway?

Critics see political donations and heavy lobbying by Heritage Property and Casualty as evidence that Citiz...

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...

ELECTION LAW

Gov. Rick Scott signs elections bill to fix long voter lines

Gov. Rick Scott completed Florida’s election law about-face, signing a bill to reverse changes to ea...

Tallahassee

Gov. Scott vetoes hundreds of millions from state budget

From a coast-to-coast bike trail to tuition increases, Gov. Rick Scott vetoed more than $350 million from t...

STATE BUDGET

Gov. Rick Scott to veto tuition hike

When he signs the state budget Monday, the governor is also expected to approve an extra $65 million for sa...

GAMING

AARP cancels Florida sweepstakes, blames new state gambling law

A new state law cracking down on gambling prompted the nation’s retirees association to eliminate i...

Towns' HR lifts UVa past FSU, 7-4 in 12 innings

Kenny Towns' three-run homer in the bottom of the 12th inning lifted Virginia past Florida State 7-4 on Sat...

Texas authorities searching for escaped prisoner

North Texas authorities are searching for a prisoner who escaped from a van transporting him and others fro...

S Florida town puts unwanted bridge up for sale

For sale in South Florida: A brand-new but unwanted bridge that has never been crossed.

4-year-old, grandfather drown in Panhandle river

Authorities say a 4-year-old girl and her grandfather have drowned in the Apalachicola River in Florida's P...

Ex-Hialeah mayor pleads not guilty to tax evasion

Hialeah's former mayor has pleaded not guilty to federal tax evasion charges.

Man who killed longest python gets its snakeskin

The South Florida man who caught and killed the longest Burmese python ever found in Florida gets to keep t...

2 Tampa Bay deputies shoot suspect several times

A man is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being shot in a confrontation with two sheriff's...