Miami-Dade, San Antonio Mayors Make Finals Bet
As the Miami Heat prepare for their NBA Finals showdown with the San Antonio Spurs, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez has something besides pride riding on the outcome. He said on the eve of the Finals...
View ArticleSpanish National Soccer Team To Play 1st Game in SoFla
The Spanish national soccer team is preparing to play for the first time in South Florida. The squad, often referred to as La Roja, has a game against Haiti on Saturday at 4 p.m. at Sun Life Stadium....
View ArticleContractor of Collapsed Building Has Criminal Record
As rescue crews continue to search underneath the rubble of a collapsed building in downtown Philadelphia that killed six people and injured more than a dozen others, new details are emerging about the...
View ArticleThieves Targeting South Florida Cell Phone Stores
Crooks are targeting smart phone stores in South Florida, stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of the latest high-tech gadgets. A least four cell phone stores have been robbed since Tuesday...
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Calif. School Custodian-Skater Fight Caught on Camera
South Pasadena, Calif., police are looking Wednesday for several young skaters, including one who assaulted a janitor at a middle school during a confrontation between the pair that was documented in a...
View ArticlePolice Hunt for Boyfriend in Shooting Death of Girl, 17
A 17-year-old high school senior was found shot dead inside her bedroom in East Orange, N.J., and police are looking for her 18-year-old boyfriend, authorities said. Aquilla Flood was found by a...
View ArticleLandlord Accused of Spying on Hamptons Vacationers
Families paying $7,000 a week for a summer rental in East Hampton were secretly videotaped on cameras set up by the home's owner throughout the house, prosecutors said Wednesday. The landlord, Donald...
View ArticleMan Arrested for Posing as Seafood Buyer: Authorities
A Miami man was arrested in Pompano Beach after posing as a seafood buyer and causing about $200,000 in losses to seafood businesses in Florida and Alabama, authorities said. David Subil, 42, was...
View ArticleSurvivor Found After 13 Hours "Critically Ill"
A day that was dominated by despair with the recovery of six bodies from the debris of a building collapse ended on a high note when rescuers early Thursday morning located a survivor in the rubble....
View ArticleWoman Slapped Park Manager Who Stopped From Swimming in Restricted River:...
A woman was arrested for cursing at and slapping a park manager who stopped her from jumping out of a rented canoe and into a river that had restricted access, authorities said. But after being told...
View ArticleSource: Gunman, Aiming for Mom's Boyfriend, Shoots Boy
A 9-year-old boy remains in critical condition Thursday after he was shot in the chest while riding in a car with his mother on Chicago's South Side, officials said. The boy was wounded in a shooting...
View ArticleStudent Faces Charges for Ultra Hot Sauce Prank
A Chicago area high school student is in hot water after a potent prank sent school employees to the hospital, police said. The student is facing charges as a juvenile after he allegedly spiked a...
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Fla. Tornado Victim: "It Sounded Like a Freight Train"
Lacey Mitten and her children were getting ready to start the day, when she felt the shift in the land under her home in Palm Beach County early Thursday morning. "My sister and I just looked at each...
View ArticleHomeless Man’s Ex-girlfriend Takes the Stand in Murder Trial
A homeless man accused of killing a Davie woman after she refused to let him use her shower, faced his ex-girlfriend Tuesday, as she took the stand to testify against him, The South Florida Sun...
View ArticleFired Photogs Picket Chicago Sun-Times Building
Thirty laid off Chicago Sun-Times photographers and their supporters demonstrated in front of the newspaper's building Thursday morning, exactly one week after learning they were losing their jobs....
View ArticleConcerns About Demolition Voiced Weeks Before Collapse
The City of Philadelphia was notified of potential unsafe demolition practices happening at the site of Wednesday’s building collapse -- nearly a month before the deadly event. Center City resident...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Esther Williams
Esther Williams, the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s, has died. She was 91. Williams became one of Hollywood's biggest...
View ArticleDoughnut Forget! National Doughnut Day Arrives Friday
It's a national "holey day" that might derail bathing suit season. Friday is National Doughnut Day and several purveyors of the sweet treats are giving away freebies and baking up crazy flavors to...
View ArticleSawgrass Mills Mall Evacuated After Power Outage
Sawgrass Mills mall was evacuated after losing power Thursday afternoon. Police said it wasn't immediately clear what caused the outage, but crews were at the mall trying to restore power.Photo Credit:...
View ArticleFired Preschool Teacher Facing Molestation Charges
Olakunle Omomowo is known by his preschool students as Mr. Ola. Now, the 38-year-old man is facing two counts of lewd and lascivious molestation for allegedly touching the vaginal area under the...
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