Miami Beach

Miami Beach advisory board backs Portman-CMC plan to overhaul convention center

Miami Beach’s Convention Center Advisory Board voted to recommend the Portman-CMC plan to redevelop ...

Urban Extreme Sports

Grand Central Park is haven for skaters in downtown Miami

Rapper Flo Rida, manager will be no-shows at Heat game tonight

Fitness

Vixen Workout gets heart pumping in South Florida

A new workout has professional women finding their inner vixen

Miami-Dade

Miami-Dade commission OKs animal welfare plan

Next step is to create legislation for a personal property tax that would fund animal welfare program.

SOUTH FLORIDA

Police call off search for missing Hallandale Beach woman

Although they didn’t find any signs of her body or property that may have belonged to her, Hallandal...

SOUTH FLORIDA

Police search Opa-locka area for body of Hallandale Beach missing woman

Witnesses who had been afraid of retaliation have come forward now that main suspect is behind bars for ano...

FLORIDA

Gay activists seek to reverse Florida’s 2008 same-sex marriage ban

Obama

German Consul General nostalgic on Obama Berlin visit

HOLLYWOOD

Hollywood considers shrinking parking spaces

Hollywood’s parking spaces could be getting shorter.

DAVIE

Davie council goes on summer break

Davie’s Town Council is taking a scheduled vacation break and will resume its regular meetings on Ju...

SOUTH FLORIDA

Police call off search for missing Hallandale Beach woman

Although they didn’t find any signs of her body or property that may have belonged to her, Hallandal...

SOUTH FLORIDA

Police search Opa-locka area for body of Hallandale Beach missing woman

Witnesses who had been afraid of retaliation have come forward now that main suspect is behind bars for ano...

Broward “boiler room” sold $2 million in fake precious metals; two arrested

Miami-Dade County

Miami-Dade property appraiser plans to sue county over office powers

The county has treated the property appraiser as an elected department head. But the appraiser thinks his o...

FLORIDA

Gay activists seek to reverse Florida’s 2008 same-sex marriage ban

Trayvon Martin case

Potential Zimmerman jurors questioned as a group

POLITICS

Poll: Sen. Marco Rubio’s support is steady, but still trails Hillary Clinton

Cape Coral toddler dies under suspicious circumstances

State welfare workers come under scrutiny in Cape Coral’s toddler’s death

ONLINE RETAILING

Amazon doesn’t need tax incentives, but localities offer millions in tax breaks

One Florida county is considering a package of up to $7.5 million in local and state tax breaks for online ...

FLORIDA

Pilot in crash blamed for flying in bad weather

Three people died when a helicopter on its way to retrieve a heart for transplant crashed in North Florida.

In My Opinion

Fred Grimm: Rush to privatize is all about bucks

Our governor was deeply offended by a burst of unkind aspersions after an insurance company that didnȁ...

ELECTIONS

Online ballot fraud marks the ‘e-boletera era of Miami politics’

A rash of computer-related absentee-ballot request irregularities has touched four Miami-area campaigns, le...

MEDICAID

One month later, Florida lawmakers no closer to Medicaid deal

Medicaid expansion, or some alternative, remains a long shot in Florida.

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Gov. Rick Scott signs bill to speed up executions in Florida

TROPICAL STORM

Florida officials use onset of storm season to blast Washington

Florida Republicans warned that federal budget cuts could harm the state’s ability to prepare for stor...

Health care

Gov. Scott signs abortion law

The law requires doctors performing an abortion to offer emergency care if a baby is somehow born alive.

Gaming

Judge denies injunction sought by senior arcades

A federal judge refused Tuesday to block enforcement of Florida’s new video gambling law, rejecting ...

Correction: Board of Education story

In a story June 18 about school district officials speaking to the state Board of Education, The Associated...

Tighter security coming for prescription database

State health officials are beefing up security of its statewide prescription drug database to protect patie...

Ex-BP employees face new indictments over spill

Justice Department prosecutors secured new indictments Wednesday against a former BP engineer and a former ...

Man guilty of setting ex-girlfriend on fire

A South Florida man faces a possible life sentence after being convicted of setting his ex-girlfriend on fire.

Ex-BP employees face new indictments over spill

Federal prosecutors have secured new indictments against a former BP engineer and a former BP executive cha...

Tropical Storm Barry forms off Mexican coast

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Barry has formed off the southeastern Mexican coast.

Fla. man indicted first-degree murder counts

A grand jury has indicted an Ocala man on first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of three men over a vi...