Miami-Dade lawmaker’s bill to expand Florida school cell-phone restrictions advances
The proposal comes two years after lawmakers barred students from using cell phones and other wireless devices during ...
Blind dog surrendered when owner couldn’t care for her. Now she gets 2nd chance
A blind dog was surrendered when her owner couldn’t take care of her — and now, she gets a second chance. After struggling at ...
Florida reps. sending demand letters to state agencies amid government-spending probe
The committee approved a proposal by Shoaf to send letters requesting “the production of documents and records” to the ...
What’s your favorite neighborhood restaurant? The Miami Herald wants to hear from you
New restaurants are opening constantly in Miami-Dade County, with fancy restaurant groups from New York to California moving in and setting up shop in all of the chic neighborhoods. There’s always ...
Ex-Parkland mayor: Florida attorney general’s position on rifle sales ‘a gut punch’
It feels like a gut punch on a personal level,” said state Rep. Christine Hunschofsky, Parkland’s mayor at the time of the ...
Powerball player just misses $31 million jackpot — but still wins big in Texas
A Powerball ticket sold in Texas won $100,000 but just missed the $31 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket ...
‘Golden’-eyed creature with ‘slender’ toes found in Peru forest. It’s a new species
Sunlight filtered through the trees of a rainforest in northern Peru and illuminated an “iridescent” creature. Its “golden” eyes scanned the surroundings — but it wasn’t the only one looking. Passing ...
Deputy and suspect die in gun battle that ‘does not make sense,’ FL sheriff says
Despite being hit multiple times, Deputy Will May returned fire, killing the shooter, Walton County Sheriff Michael Adkinson Jr. said at a news conference. The gunfight happened around 2 p.m. on ...
A mafia boss spent his final years in Miami Beach. See what his life was like
Meyer Lansky, gray eminence of organized crime, died of lung cancer at 6 a.m. Saturday at Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach ...
I was 3rd grade teacher for the man South Carolina plans to execute. Don’t do it | Opinion
Sparing Mikal Mahdi would send “a powerful message to all of the other wounded children like him: We will never stop caring ...
This is why I sought the death penalty in South Carolina murder and burglary case | Opinion
Your Honor, the defendant’s character, his lack of adaptability, his future dangerousness cry out for the death penalty. The ...
6-year-old catches fish, falls in river and drowns with dad, Virginia cops say
It happened late Saturday, March 22, as Danny Sumner and his son were fishing off a boat landing along the Rappahannock River in eastern Virginia, the sheriff’s office said. “What should have been a ...