Miami police have arrested two people in last month's fatal stabbing of a 62-year-old man in Little Havana. A tip led police to Rodil Onilson Duran-Puerto, 26, and a 16-year-old. They were arrested Tuesday on charges of first-degree murder and armed robbery.
A planned Feb. 1 concert by controversial Cuban salsa singer Paulito FG has been canceled. The concert by Paulito FG, who lives in Cuba, and other performers was to take place in Hialeah's Amelia Earhart Park. But Miami-Dade county officials said the production company, Fuego Entertainment of Miami Lakes, failed to get the necessary permits in time.
Once again, Miami leaders' plan for a more residential Miami River has been shot down by state regulators.
An annual Education Week magazine ranking gave Florida a B-minus for the quality of its public education system.
The family of a Miami-based security expert kidnapped in Mexico appealed to his captors to free him.
Once revered as charitable businessmen, brothers Carlos and Jorge de Céspedes will be going to prison for defrauding a South Florida hospital.
Under pressure from Miami-area lawmakers, the state's transportation secretary agreed to take another look at the $1 billion Port of Miami tunnel project.
Recent confrontations in South Florida between supporters of Israel and Palestinians led to a first meeting between activists from the two groups on how they can work together.
The mysterious used shoes that littered the Palmetto Expressway, causing traffic tie-ups and a national stir last week, will soon be paired with those in need after being picked up Tuesday by an international charity.
A pair of former employees of the volunteer group Hands on Miami are facing a criminal investigation, accused of stealing nearly $25,000 from the group.
An SUV drove through the front window of a Hialeah adult day-care center Tuesday morning, Hialeah Fire Rescue said. Officials said two elderly people were treated at the scene for minor injuries, and two others were taken to a nearby hospital, one with a cut to the face and the other with a shoulder injury. ''We don't know what caused the accident,'' said Fire Rescue spokesman Lt. Cesar Espinosa.
A search party combing the woods of South Miami-Dade looking for a missing 89-year-old man found him dead Tuesday afternoon. Georg Paul Marewski, who suffered from dementia, had been missing since Saturday.
New research by the University of Miami zeroes in on the culprit genes in Alzheimer's disease. But more work is needed to predict, diagnose and treat the neurological condition.
Former Miami Heat forward Antoine Walker was arrested and charged with suspicion of drunken driving early Monday in Miami Beach. Walker's black Mercedes was pulled over about 5 a.m. at 14th Street and Euclid Avenue after a police officer noticed he was driving with his headlights off, the arrest report said.
A caretaker was found beaten to death inside a trailer at a West Kendall nursery, police said Monday. The killer and motive were unknown.
Georg Marewski, 89, suffers from memory loss and could be lost in the agricultural community west of Homestead.
The Miami police bomb squad blew up a black duffel bag Monday morning after the abandoned package was discovered on a ramp near the entrance to the Miami-Dade County School Board building, 1450 NE Second Ave.
People from both sides of the conflict in the Middle East protested in Miami, one of many demonstrations around the world. Police made 12 arrests.
The Miami-Dade school district has increased its reserves, but additional budget cuts are likely needed, meaning more layoffs and program cuts.
It's a new year, with a new president, but there's probably not going to be a new title for Miami Mayor Manny Diaz. Diaz, who has been mentioned for weeks as a possible appointment in the incoming Barack Obama administration, now seems unlikely to head to Washington.
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