Heat honored as NBA champions at White House
The Miami Heat may have their "Big 3," but today the NBA champs were honored by the "Big One" at the White House. PHOTOS: Heat visit White House For the second time in franchise history, the team was...
View ArticleBoy scouts may soon welcome gay leaders, youth members
The Boys Scouts of America is considering a dramatic change in its controversial policy of excluding gays as leaders and youth members. Under the change being considered, the different religious and...
View ArticlePossible compromise on immigration reform
Millions of undocumented immigrants would get immediate but provisional status to live and work in America under a compromise plan proposed Monday by a bipartisan group of eight senators, including...
View ArticleMan accused of performing sex acts with teens arrested
Police have arrested the man they say engaged in sex acts with two teenage girls at a home for victims of physical and sexual abuse. The incident happened at Kids in Distress, located at 819 NE 26th...
View ArticleSouth Florida nightclub inspections questioned after Brazil fire
More than 1,000 people ran for their lives when the Kiss nightclub caught fire Sunday in southern Brazil. According to officials, the fire claimed the lives of more than 231 concert-goers after band...
View ArticleRobbery suspect dies in rollover crash
A man who was trying to get away from police after robbing an elderly woman Monday afternoon died after he crashed his car into a minivan, police said. According to investigators, the suspect robbed...
View ArticleRapper Rick Ross target of drive-by shooting
Rapper Rick Ross was the intended target of multiple gunshots fired along a Fort Lauderdale street Monday morning, police say. Around 5 a.m. Monday, Fort Lauderdale police received multiple calls from...
View ArticleExecutive chef dies in Miami Beach crash
A pedestrian who was killed in a hit-and-run crash along outside the Shelborne Hotel on Monday morning was identified as Terrazza at Shore Club's Executive Chef Stefano Riccioletti. Riccioletti died...
View ArticleSylvester Stallone through the years
Action star Sylvester Stallone has a new movie, "Bullet To The Head" coming out this weekend. Before you catch his latest flick, take a look back at Sly's career.
View ArticleOn this day: January 30
An assassin's misfires spare President Andrew Jackson, "The Lone Ranger" debuts on radio, Gandhi is assassinated, The Beatles hit the roof for one last gig, and the first computer virus is written,...
View ArticleTake me home: New pets awaiting adoption
Barbie & Otis are waiting at the Humane Society of Broward County, along with all the other pets in this slideshow.
View ArticleWhere Americans are moving to -- and from
If you left the United States for a job abroad in 2012, there's a good chance you ended up in Germany. United Van Lines moved 573 people to Germany last year, 29% more than to the United Kingdom, the...
View ArticleSurgery helps hawk fly again
Animal rehabilitators in Broward County helped a red-shouldered hawk take flight once again after it lost seven feathers in a hunting accident. The juvenile hawk was trying to hunt a pair of puppies...
View ArticleBroward Legislative Delegation wants more school resource officers
The Broward Legislative Delegation is looking for ways to pay for more full-time school resource officers in the county. The discussion was the subject of a meeting held Tuesday afternoon in Fort...
View ArticleA-Rod denies PED use report
Alex Rodriguez denied a newspaper report that accused him of buying human growth hormone and other performance-enhancing substances from a Miami-area clinic. The Miami New Times, an alternative...
View ArticleMiami Beach considers convention center makeover
Miami Beach residents Tuesday weighed in on plans to redevelop 52 acres where its current convention center is located. The Miami Beach Convention Center is the site of a world-famous art fair,...
View ArticlePolice: Mom arrested after child found wandering neighborhood
A mother was arrested Tuesday night after police found her toddler wandering alone in Miami Gardens. Officers said they went door-to-door in this neighborhood, searching for the boy's parents....
View ArticleX-rays show bullet lodged in woman's neck
X-rays show a bullet lodged in a woman's neck after she was shot in the face during a robbery. Evelin Matamoros was shot as she left Cafe Ruyi restaurant in Miami on Jan. 24, say police. "She had a...
View ArticleRick Ross shooting: Was it staged?
Police continue to look for the shooter who opened fire on rapper Rick Ross while some ask if the shooting was staged. The shooting happened near Las Olas Boulevard and 15th Avenue about 5 a.m....
View ArticleGood Samaritan: 'I said you have to stop'
A Good Samaritan recalled the moment he saw a woman hit a Miami Beach chef and then drive away. "She looked at me, we made eye contact, and I said, 'You have to stop. You have to stop,' and she kept...
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