Campaign 2014 | Miami-Dade Commission District 12

Miami-Dade Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz draws challenger backed by pet advocates

CAMPAIGN 2014

Charlie Crist: Rick Scott and Pam Bondi don’t have to defend Florida’s gay marriage ban

LGBT-rights group SAVE endorsed gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, who says he wouldn’t legally de...

Hurricanes

Fewer hurricanes predicted in updated forecast

In a revised outlook, hurricane forecasters said record upper atmospheric winds will help stifle hurricanes...

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International

Union pushes for better pay for service workers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport

Despite some improvements, service workers not protected under Broward’s ‘living wage’...

PLANTATION

Elderly driver crashes car into Plantation hair salon; no one injured

An elderly woman lost control of her car Thursday morning and crashed into a Plantation hair salon, leaving...

SOUTH MIAMI

Forty years in the making: How a new swimming pool has closed the gap between rich and poor

Former Hialeah mayor critically hurt in I-95 crash

Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Martinez was in critical condition at a Miami hospital after a serious accident ...

PolitiFact Florida

Eric Holder signed off on Florida's 2011 early voting law, Rick Scott says

In ruling Gov. Rick Scott’s statement Half True, PolitiFact Florida found the governor left out some...

Arizona governor makes key endorsement in primary

Husband of US Ebola patient surprised by critics

The husband of the second American aid worker recently diagnosed with Ebola and returned to the U.S. said h...

Chicago man gets 5 years for $1M phone thefts

A Chicago man who admitted he stole more than $1 million worth of iPhones and iPads from Verizon Wireless h...

Florida boy killed by 2 family pit bulls

Authorities say a 6-year-old north Florida boy is dead after two family pit bulls attacked him outside his ...

Lawmakers have competing ideas about expanding Yosemite

Two veteran California lawmakers are at loggerheads over how to expand Yosemite National Park.

Dig this: Ancient bones found in Wyoming cave

Another suspect charged in border agent's slaying

A seventh suspect in the 2010 killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent has been charged in the slaying that is...

Man charged with starting massive California blaze

A California man was charged Thursday with starting the state's third-largest wildfire, a 2013 blaze that c...

Canada will send military supplies to Ukraine

Canada says it is sending non-lethal military equipment to Ukraine to help the country protect its eastern ...

Brazilian police dismantle militia group in Rio

Police in Brazil say they have arrested more than 20 people as alleged members of a paramilitary militia gr...

Argentina Catholics celebrate patron saint of work

An annual pilgrimage in Argentina to the shrine of the patron saint of work has drawn thousands of Roman Ca...

Colombia's president seeks peace deal in 2nd term

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is beginning a second term of office, promising to redouble his effo...

Abu Dhabi's Etihad suspends flights to north Iraq

One of the Middle East's largest airlines, Etihad Airways, said Thursday that security concerns had prompte...

Britain pledges new funding to contain Ebola

Britain has announced 3 million pounds (US$5 million) in new funding to help contain the spread of Ebola in...

Pope to fly over China, rare chance for greetings

Pope Francis' upcoming trip to South Korea will provide him with an unusual opportunity to speak directly t...

New leads in old slaying of sailors in Puerto Rico

Juan Galloza Acevedo was living a quiet retirement near the suburbs of Puerto Rico's capital when his radic...

Carolyn Hax

Carolyn Hax: We’re dreading the annual ‘family-time’ trip

Dear Carolyn: I once considered “family time” important enough that family travel became an i...

Bridesmaid for hire: Woman’s Craiglist ad goes viral

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Theme parks

Opening of delayed Busch Gardens ride still not scheduled

Budget travel

5 free things to do in Orlando (no theme parks!)

It costs close to $100 a person to enter the gates of the Magic Kingdom or Hogwarts School of Witchcraft an...

In My Opinion

Ana Veciana-Suarez: Is arresting mom who let son walk to park an overreaction?

Perhaps the most difficult lesson parents learn is that we cannot always protect our children from the inev...

YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG

Pea soup is your ticket to a no-sweat dinner party

You’re Doing it Wrong: cold soup edition

Fitness

Visually impaired athlete prepares for Ironman triathalon in Hawaii

It is grueling enough to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles and run 26.2 miles, but imagine doing all of that w...

Pirates 7, Marlins 3

Rough start dooms Miami Marlins in loss to Pittsburgh Pirates

Tom Koehler allowed four runs in the first inning, and the Marlins couldn’t do much against Pirates ...

UM

Miami Hurricanes confident offensive line will shine

While depth remains a concern, the offensive line’s front five should become one of the Hurricanes&#...

ESPN suspends Dan Le Batard for making an issue of LeBron James never thanking Miami Heat fans after leaving for Cleveland Cavaliers

LeBron James never thanked Heat fans when he announced he was leaving for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Diving

Youth diving group recruiting new members for important work in waters of Biscayne National Park

UF notebook

Florida Gators freshman David Sharpe already in the mix along offensive line

Florida’s offensive line faces major depth concerns, but one massive freshman is already turning he...

MIAMI DOLPHINS

First practice back ‘feels good’ for Miami Dolphins RB Knowshon Moreno

Knowshon Moreno takes the first step back from arthroscopic knee surgery and hopes to be ready for the Dolp...

FIU notebook

FIU Panthers announce deal with Ocean Bank

FIU announced a three-year deal with Ocean Bank, a major donor to the College of Business, for its field to...

Dolphins notebook

Miami Dolphins tight end Dion Sims improving as a receiver

The encouraging news about the Dolphins’ tight end situation: Dion Sims appears to be much improved,...

At the movies

Griffin Dunne gets a history lesson in ‘The Discovers’

Celebrity roundup

Kendra shops for divorce lawyer; John Travolta’s pilot writes tell-all

New job for Prince William: air ambulance pilot

LONDON (AP) – Prince William is taking a new job: Air ambulance pilot.

George Clooney, fiancee post legal notice to marry

LONDON (AP) – George Clooney and his fiancée have posted a legal notice declaring their intenti...

Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: House of Style returns to MTV with Iggy Azalea

Celebrity roundup

One of Jay Z’s 99 problems: A female rapper apologizing to Beyonce in ‘Sorry Mrs Carter’

Here’s one surefire way to get publicity for your song: Olivia McFaller, who goes by the stage name ...

La vida local

Nail salon owner marries Aviva Drescher’s father

The style scene

Cate Blanchett nails it! Actress makes Vanity Fair’s International Best-Dressed List for 2014

Colombia

Colombian peace negotiations a hot topic at Santos inauguration

Guantánamo-bound MRI machine redirected to Maryland

The curious tale of the missing prison camp MRI machine is only partially solved.

WAR COURT

Guantánamo argument: Does USS Cole defendant have brain damage?

Attorneys argue whether the accused planner of the bombing of the USS Cole should have a pre-trial MRI to c...

Colombia Inauguration

Colombia’s Santos takes office hoping to end 50 years of violence

President Juan Manuel Santos begins his final four-year term with one question looming: can he seal a peace...

CUBA

Fidel Castro’s daughter Alina Fernandez visits Cuba to be with ailing mother

The daughter of Fidel Castro is making her first visit since escaping the island in 1993.

WAR COURT

Defense lawyers want to know how a Guantánamo convict would be executed

Defense attorneys for the likely first ex-CIA captive to get a death-penalty trial at Guantánamo want ...

Venezuela

Aruba faced potentially ‘severe’ economic pressure over Venezuelan general

Venezuela threatened to extend a flight boycott and sink Aruba’s tourism industry as it fought for t...

WAR COURT

New Guantánamo judge takes charge of USS Cole case, won’t step down

The chief of the Air Force judiciary, Col. Vance Spath, answers defense questions about his potential bias.

Campaign 2014 | Miami-Dade Commission District 12

Miami-Dade Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz draws challenger backed by pet advocates

LEGISLATURE 2014

Florida Legislature convenes for special session on redistricting

Legislators will convene at noon, meet briefly and then adjourn to let the House and Senate redistricting c...

FLORIDA

First remains from Dozier graves identified as 14-year-old boy

On Thursday, University of South Florida researchers said they had identified George Owen Smith as the firs...

CAMPAIGN 2014

Charlie Crist: Rick Scott and Pam Bondi don’t have to defend Florida’s gay marriage ban

LGBT-rights group SAVE endorsed gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, who says he wouldn’t legally de...

Politics

Former Broward power broker released from prison, gets medical license back

An influential Broward eye doctor who served more than two years in prison for political corruption is retu...

Campaign 2014 | Congressional District 24

Frederica Wilson draws primary opponent who says he’s more liberal

Campaign 2014 | Governor

Charlie Crist says he’s not worried Democratic voters might spurn him

The former governor seeking reelection — now as a Democrat — told the Miami Herald’s e...

Campaign 2014 | Miami-Dade Commission District 10

First-time candidate challenges longtime Miami-Dade Commissioner Javier Souto

First-time candidate Marina Meadows is taking on a 21-year incumbent.

Dorothy Salisbury Davis, author, dead at 98

Dorothy Salisbury Davis, a prize-winning mystery writer whose books include the best-selling "A Gentle Murd...

S. Korean who forced US to admit massacre has died

Chung Eun-yong, an ex-policeman whose half-century quest for justice for his two slain children led the U.S...

Gerald Greene, 78

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Broker, philanthropist, President Carter delegate Gerald Greene dies at 78

Younger sister of Martha Stewart dies of aneurysm

Martha Stewart says her younger sister, Laura Kostyra Plimpton, has died in a Connecticut hospital of a bra...

'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' actress Burns dies at 65

Actress Marilyn Burns, perhaps best known as the heroine in the 1974 horror classic "The Texas Chainsaw Mas...

Surgeon general who fought tobacco dies at 87

James Brady, former Reagan spokesman and gun-control advocate, dies at 73

Jim Brady had been presidential press secretary for less than three months when a deranged would-be assassi...

General killed in Afghan attack was engineer

Miami Beach

Is Google exec building on Miami Beach?

Look for a high-level Google executive in the neighborhood soon.

Spirit Airlines reaches contract agreement with flight attendants

Spirit Airlines has reached a tentative contract agreement with its flight attendants.

Megabus launches trips from Hollywood

Budget bus company Megabus started new service Thursday between Hollywood and Tampa and Orlando.

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International

Union pushes for better pay for service workers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport

Despite some improvements, service workers not protected under Broward’s ‘living wage’...

TotalBank responds to computer security breach

A cyber security breach has struck close to home, at Miami-based TotalBank, which has told customers that i...

SMALL BUSINESS MAKEOVER

Small business makeover: Bullseye Powder Coating

A Herald Small Business Makeover helped steer Bullseye Powder Coating — Broward onto the right track.

IKEA to open new Sweetwater store on Aug. 27

IKEA announced Wednesday that it will open its Sweetwater store at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 27, marking it...

Telecommunications

Brightstar’s Marcelo Claure tapped to lead Sprint