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Huber Matos Benitez dies at 95; Cuban revolutionary broke with Castro
Huber Matos Benitez, whose disenchantment with the Cuban Revolution he had helped lead brought him the wrath of Fidel Castro and 20 years in prison, died Thursday in Miami after a heart attack. He was 95. His death was confirmed by his...
David Beckham reportedly nears plan for MLS expansion team in Miami
Former soccer superstar David Beckham reportedly is nearing plans to own a Major League Soccer franchise in Miami. Beckham and his investment group exercised an option to buy an MLS franchise and plan to have the team play in Miami,...
Miami artist sorry he took his anger out on $1-million Ai Weiwei vase
If you've got an artistic message to get across, you can always try picking up a $1-million vase and smashing it to the ground. Officials say that's what happened at a Miami museum over the weekend when a local artist destroyed part of...
Ex-NFL star Darren Sharper faces new allegation in Miami, report says
Ex-NFL star Darren Sharper pleaded not guilty Thursday to drugging and raping two women in Los Angeles as prosecutors said the allegations against him now include a case being investigated in Miami. Sharper, 38, was charged last week with seven...
5-month-old revived in Florida highway drama; baby critical but stable
A 5-month-old baby was saved from suffocation on a Miami highway thanks to the quick thinking of a group of highway Good Samaritans. Traffic halted when a woman jumped out of her car calling for help for a baby boy who had turned blue. ...
PASSINGS: Raul Ramirez, Al Ruscio
Raul Ramirez Award-winning investigative journalist Raul Ramirez, 67, an investigative newspaper journalist who went on to help build a prominent Northern California public radio news operation, died...
Derek Medina's books get mocked in Amazon comments
Commenters on Amazon can be brutal toward books, even those they haven't read. But when faced with an author accused of committing a horrible crime, they've turned to humor. Derek Medina was arraigned on a charge of first-degree murder on...
I grew up listening to hip hop because of my aunt and sister. They introduced me to the music of 2 Pac, Too Short, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, Snoop Dog, Ice Cube and N.W.A. But it wasn't until my senior year in high school that I was introduced to "underground" and e
Venezuela frees Miami journalist
BOGOTA, Colombia -- A Miami Herald reporter detained Thursday by authorities in western Venezuela on suspicion of working in the country without permission has been released and is expected to return to the United States on Sunday. ...
Miami Gardens and the insanity of 'zero tolerance'
In all the commotion about a Miami-area police force's allegedly mindless harassment of workers and patrons of a convenience store,...
Broken glass: The Florida Panthers' house of pane and pain
The five stages of franchise-directed emotion: Glee, anger, exasperation, indifference and, finally, pity. It appears as though the Florida Panthers have arrived at the last station. Things are going so poorly for the hockey franchise...
Joe Morgan still has a lot to offer baseball
Joe Morgan never retired from baseball. He just stopped playing in games. He is 70, going on 45. What we remember — the left-handed batter swatting hits as easily as we swat flies — remains the essence of who he is and what he...
Justin Bieber arrest: Keyshawn Johnson stoked, Biebs waves to fans
Justin Bieber may have been "crying his eyes out" after appearing in court Thursday in Miami, but his onetime neighbor Keyshawn Johnson was pretty much the opposite.
What spurred MLB investigation? Disgruntled Biogenesis employee
When Porter Fischer didn't get funds he expected, some of baseball's biggest stars were 'collateral damage' as he provided a paper trail that helped lead to MLB suspensions.
Boy, 6, drowns on Carnival ship; cruise line doesn't have lifeguards
There was no lifeguard on duty on the Carnival cruise ship on which a 6-year-old boy drowned on Sunday.
Florida husband pleads not guilty in Facebook murder case
MIAMI -- A man accused of killing his wife and then posting a confession and a picture of her bloodied body on Facebook pleaded not guilty on Thursday in Miami-Dade County circuit court.
Viredo Espinosa dies; Cuban Abstract Expressionist painter was 83
Viredo Espinosa, a member of a revolutionary group of artists in 1950s Cuba whose Abstract Expressionism expanded the scope of the country's modern art, died Sunday in Costa Mesa. He was 83. Espinosa, who fled Cuba in 1969 and eventually...
Join the very funny Dave Barry for a live video chat on Monday
Who wins a Pulitzer Prize for being funny? Dave Barry, that's who....
Tom Wolfe skims the surfaces of 'Back to Blood'
-------------------- Back to Blood A Novel Tom Wolfe Little, Brown: 704 pp., $30 -------------------- About a quarter of the way through Tom Wolfe's new novel, "Back to Blood," pornography...
What to read in limbo: a peek at the Guantanamo prison library
If you’re stuck in a cell — and in legal limbo — for an undefined period that might be forever, what do you do? You read, of course. The library at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp was established during the Bush...
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