Miami-Dade Schools Begin Year With 100 New Programs
Hundreds of Miami-Dade County Public School students began classes Monday with a variety of new programs to choose from. “We are opening up this year’s school program with 100 new programs, about 49...
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Meet the Obamas' New Puppy Sunny
No, it's not Bo circa 2009. It's puppy Sunny, the latest canine addition to the First Family. The one-year-old Portuguese water dog — the same breed as her new adoptive brother Bo — arrived at the...
View ArticleFilner Meets With San Diego Leaders, Gloria Allred
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner met with city leaders at a downtown law firm on Monday after being out of the office for more than three weeks. The mayor is accused of sexually harassing multiple women and...
View ArticleBeware of Thefts Called Apple Picking: Cops
Walking to their car, three men armed with three guns robbed two tourists on Collins Avenue. One of them had an iPod taken. On the same day, also robbed at gunpoint, a couple was getting out of a cab...
View ArticleBoy and His Service Dog Start School in Broward
A boy, his service dog and his mom were welcomed with open arms at Nob Hill Elementary School in Sunrise despite some initial uncertainty. Stevie, a terrier mix, seemed pretty calm about his first day...
View ArticleA Look at the Common Core Curriculum
“What is common core curriculum? It means you will be much smarter when you’re a senior in high school,” fifth-grade teacher Donna Martinez tells her class at Palmetto Elementary on the first day of...
View Article1 Dead, 4 Injured in Shooting Along Safe Passage Route
One man was killed and four others wounded in a Monday evening shooting near a church in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood where volunteers were serving dinner to the homeless. "I saw when a man got shot...
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Dog Found Dead Inside Stolen Minivan
When Nayo Mateo walked out of a store to find his minivan was stolen, his heart sank - not for the car, but for his 10-year-old yellow Labrador, Maru, who was asleep in the back seat. On Monday, two...
View ArticleBus Dropped Off Students in Wrong City, Parents Say
Two Broward parents said their daughter and six other middle school girls were dropped off by their school bus in the wrong city Monday. Samantha Cisneros, 10, and the other students from Forest Glen...
View ArticlePolice Search for Man in Robbery, Sexual Battery of Woman
Authorities are searching for a man who is accused of robbing a home, and physically and sexually battering a woman. A man forced a woman into her home on the 2900 block of NW 9 Terrace on Aug. 14,...
View ArticlePolice Escort for LeBron James Violated Dept. Policies: Cops
Miami-Dade Police said Monday that its departmental policies were violated when an officer escorted Miami Heat superstar LeBron James to Sun Life Stadium for the Justin Timberlake and Jay Z concert...
View ArticleMan Shot 7 Times Outside Hospital
A man is fighting for his life after he was shot several times outside a Philadelphia hospital Monday night. Police say the 28-year-old man was on the sidewalk in front of Temple University Hospital at...
View ArticleCustomers Flocking to New Hialeah Park Casino
More than 800 slot machines fill the first floor of the Hialeah Park Casino. South Florida's latest casino is located right beside the historical hotspot Hialeah Park Racetrack on East 32nd Street....
View ArticleTick Bite Eyed in Death of Teen Who Collapsed in Yard
A New York teenager who collapsed in his yard and later died may have been bitten by a tick carrying a deadly disease, his family says. Seventeen-year-old Joseph Elone of Poughkeepsie, an honor roll...
View ArticleCharges Dropped Against Miami Beach Backwards Jogger
A man who was cited for running backwards on Miami Beach was in court Monday where a judge dropped all the charges against him. Alex Mesa was cited for obstructing traffic back on April 6 after someone...
View ArticleSearch Warrant Shows New Details in Alleged Facebook Killing
The South Miami man who police say killed his wife then posted a photo of her body on Facebook told detectives he shot her six to eight times when she started punching him, according to a newly...
View ArticleWeather Forecast: Possible Showers, Partly Sunny Afternoon
Tuesday should be partly sunny with slight chances of morning showers and temperatures reaching up to 90 degrees in South Florida. Tuesday night is expected to be partly cloudy with overnight showers....
View ArticleHollywood Duplex Fire Being Treated as Suspicious: Authorities
Authorities are investigating the cause of a Tuesday morning fire at a duplex in Hollywood that they're calling suspicious. The fire broke out around 6 a.m. at the building in the 1200 block of North...
View ArticleHannah Anderson Spotted with Captor Before Rescue: Officials
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said 16-year-old Hannah Anderson and her captor, James Lee DiMaggio, 40, were caught on camera days before being discovered in the Idaho back country. “We had...
View ArticleBrazen Plantation Hobby Store Theft Caught on Video
Police are looking for a man who was caught on surveillance video swiping two radio controlled vehicles from a Plantation store. The man entered Maniacs Hobby Complex on Aug. 12 and made no attempts to...
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