Humorist Dave Barry sums up 2018 in his latest year in review: More talk of Russians and the Mueller probe, more semiliterate tweets from President Trump about fake news, and the debut of Dr. Pimple Popper.
The minimum wage in Florida will rise Jan. 1, 2019, from $8.25 to $8.46, in accordance with a 2004 ballot amendment indexing the wage to inflation increases. For tipped workers, it will climb from $5.23 to $5.44.
A conservative student group at the University of Florida is suing the university in federal court after being denied funding to host conservative commentators on campus. The UF chapter of Young Americans for Freedom alleges discrimination.
The separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border, plans for a border wall and the death of two Guatemalan children who died while in Border Patrol custody were among the immigration-related news that dominated headlines in 2018.
Peru's attorney general has dismissed a team investigating the far-reaching Odebrecht corruption scandal, setting off street protests in cities across the country.
Rain drops were falling along with confetti as revelers rang in 2019 in New York's Times Square, capping a soggy New Year's Eve celebration that included singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha's stirring rendition of John Lennon's "Imagine.".
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he hopes to talk more with Trump into 2019, but also warns Washington not test North Koreans' patience with sanctions and pressure.
A master plan that charts out the next steps for developing a 500-mile trail along the Rio Grande from one end of New Mexico to the other has been adopted.
Hialeah Police responded to a burglary at Barbarita’s Liquor on Dec. 31, 2018. Two of the five suspects remain at large. Anyone with information is asked to call Hialeah Police at 305-687-2525.
