Federal court

Former Hialeah Mayor Robaina and wife released on bond in tax-evasion case

Ex-Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and his wife have to surrender their passports and limit travel while awaiti...

HEALTH/MEDICINE

University of Miami Hospital sends team to Panama to save NCIS agent’s life

University of Miami Hospital sent a team to Panama with the special Impella heart pump to help save an NCIS...

WORKPLACE

Many workplaces insure domestic partners, some now also pay the tax on benefits

Many Florida businesses and public institutions provide domestic partner benefits for unmarried employees. ...

Miami-Dade Schools

New teachers union boss rose from poverty to president

Fedrick Ingram grew up in the inner city, became Miami-Dade’s teacher of the year and rose to become...

Police seek thieves who stole purebred dog from Miami-Dade shelter

Miami-Dade Animal Services is seeking the public’s help in identifying two people who stole a purebr...

Turks and Caicos

Turks and Caicos authorities drop gun charges against American tourists

Authorities in the Turks and Caicos have dropped charges against a retired Florida neurosurgeon and Texas b...

MIAMI-DADE COURTS

Former UM student to serve three years prison for DUI death

Ivanna Villanueva, 21, was drunk when she killed Eyder Ayala, a grandmother driving home from work in 2011.

Police search for West Park hit-and-run driver

West Park hit and run crash sends man to hospital with serious injuries.

Father son rescued from swamped airboat in the Everglades

Rescuers pulled a father and teenaged son out of the Everglades Friday afternoon after their airboat took o...

Gala honors South Florida black business leaders

Legacy Magazine is holding its ninth annual Legacy Power Weekend honoring 50 black businessmen and women Fr...

Journalist Soledad O’Brien to speak at Broward youth event

The Town Hall meeting is to push youth to talk about what’s important to them, according to organizers.

Judge issues warrant for Chad ‘Ochocinco’ Johnson

Couple killed while crossing the street in Margate

Two people were struck and killed Monday as they tried to cross State Road 7 in Margate.

Toddler in serious condition after hit-run in Fort Lauderdale

A toddler was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident in front of his Fort Lauderdale home, according t...

ENERGY

Deep in swampy forest, oil flows

Though unseen by the public, the largest oil drilling operation in South Florida is a stark contrast to the...

ENERGY

Oil industry eyes South Florida again

Fueled by rising oil prices and new technology, the oil industry is planning to expand exploration and dril...

FLORIDA PRISONS

Kosher prison food lawsuit goes forward

WORKPLACE

Many workplaces insure domestic partners, some now also pay the tax on benefits

Many Florida businesses and public institutions provide domestic partner benefits for unmarried employees. ...

COLLEGE TUITION

Gov. Rick Scott asks university presidents to lobby for caps on tuition increases

Gov. Rick Scott is reaching out to an unlikely group — university presidents — to build a ca...

CRIME

19-year-old Bradenton woman charged with biting boyfriend's penis

A 19-year-old Southeast High school student was arrested after she allegedly bit her boyfriend's penis whe...

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...

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...

POLITICS

Analysts: Supermajority not needed on tax cut vote

Legislative analysts flip-flopped on whether lawmakers’ vote on Gov. Rick Scott’s manufacturi...

POLITICS

Gov. Rick Scott’s choice: to veto or not to veto?

Gov. Rick Scott, who campaigned on a pledge to shrink the size of government, has until next week to decid...

In My Opinion

Fred Grimm: Boondoggle? Hey, it’s for the kids

Tallahassee has long resonated with talk about our precious, precious school children. Except lately the al...

Tallahassee

Florida lawmakers pay peanuts for health insurance

The state House quietly kept members’ health insurance rates low. How low? Less than 9 bucks a month.

Sun Life Stadium

Miami Dolphins spent big bucks on campaign for canceled election

In six weeks, the political campaign for tax dollars to fund a Sun Life Stadium renovation became one of th...

Legislature 2013

Fight over money for tutoring went down to the wire

South Florida lawmakers led the charge to give millions of dollars to private tutoring firms, even after re...

No tickets wins Mega Money game

No tickets matched all four numbers plus the Mega Ball in the Mega Money game so the jackpot rolled over to...

4 Fantasy 5 players share $58,228 top prize

Four winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $58,228.92 each, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.

Paul McCartney kicks off "Out There" tour in US

Paul McCartney is kicking off the North American leg of his "Out There" tour in Orlando on Saturday night.

Fla. man trapped in car, dies from complications

Family members say the 90-year-old southwest Florida man who was trapped in his car for two days earlier th...

Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade surprises fan at prom

When a South Florida high school senior asked Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade to her prom, she knew it was a lo...

Deputies: 86-year-old Fla. mom shoots, kills son

Authorities say an 86-year-old central Florida mother has confessed to fatally shooting her son in self-def...

UM Hospital teams rescues NCIS agent in Panama

A team from the University of Miami Hospital is sharing their story after being summoned to Panama to rescu...