Mauricio Villeda Honduran President Candidate Seeks Supporters in South Florida
Honduras , Central America. Villeda is a lawyer by profession and, he is also the son of the late former President Ramon Villeda Morales. Candiate Villeda has now begun to gather supporters in order to...
View ArticleP.K. Yonge GHS capture overall FHSAA Sunshine Cup titles
P.K. Yonge, on the strength of a strong spring showing from its softball, baseball, tennis and track and field programs, swept both the boys and girls all-sports competitions in their classification...
View ArticleMLB Tampa Bay 3 Miami 1
Roberto Hernandez came within one out of a complete game Wednesday and gave up just three hits in lifting Tampa Bay to a 3-1 decision over Miami. The Rays won their fourth in a row, the last three...
View ArticleFlorida executes man who raped and killed 10-year-old girl
MIAMI (Reuters) - A man convicted of raping and strangling a 10-year-old girl who lived next door to the halfway house where he resided more than 20 years ago was executed in Florida on Wednesday, a...
View ArticleMargaritaville gets final green light in Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD— Margaritaville, the long-awaited landmark project that many expect to revive development along Hollywood's beachfront, is a go. The Jimmy Buffett-themed venture got the green light Wednesday...
View ArticleDisney World patron finds gun on Animal Kingdom ride
A river boat leaves the dock at Safari Village in Disney's Animal Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Since Disney's newest theme park opened, attendance at the other Disney parks appears to be falling....
View ArticleBritish Airways Blooms with Orlando
Internationally-renowned actor, Orlando Bloom, is perfect for British Airways, according to the airline’s Middle East, Asia and the Pacific area general manager Jamie Cassidy. Recruited to be the face...
View ArticleCarroll executed for 1990 slaying of 10-year-old
Students from Lourdes Academy in Daytona look toward the Florida State Prison during the execution of Elmer Carroll, who murdered 10-year-old girl in 1990, on May 29, 2013, in Apopka, Florida. The...
View ArticleOrlando most-fit metropolitan area in the state
The latest American Fitness Index is out and the news is mixed for Orlando. Of the 50 metropolitan areas ranked, Orlando/Kissimmee came in at No. 34, good enough to be ranked ahead of Jacksonville...
View ArticleSmall crowd speaks against proposed Tampa Electric rate hike
TAMPA -- A small crowd of Tampa Electric customers voiced opposition Wednesday night to a $135 million rate hike the utility proposes to add to bills, criticizing the increase as a reward for at-times...
View Article97 People Arrested in Multi-Agency Operation
Ninety-seven people were arrested and nearly 250 weapons and many drugs were seized in Miami Gardens during Operation Smoking Gun III, authorities said. Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez...
View ArticleMost Miami Commissioners Supporting Suarez for Mayor
Miami Commissioner Francis Suarez announced Tuesday that he'll take on Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado in the November election. The incumbent defended his record. Xavier Suarez, who is a former mayor, said...
View ArticleIslamic Group Demands Answers After Fatal FBI Shooting In Florida
BOSTON (CBS) – The nation’s biggest Islamic advocacy group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), is now demanding answers ...
View ArticleCivil rights group wants review of FBI shooting of Chechen man in Florida
FBI personnel walk through the complex surrounding the apartment, where Ibragim Todashev, 27, was shot and killed by FBI, in Orlando, Florida, May 22, ...
View ArticleMurder of South Beach performer Wanda in Tampa brings GLBT community together
World renowned DJ Power Infiniti joins Hamburger Mary's and GLBT community for Wanda's fundraiser Now the most recent senseless murder of our openly gay drag queen ...
View Article2 English Sailors Finish Long Trip Across Atlantic
Allan Fawcus, 57, and John Searle, 64, arrived in Pompano Beach aboard a sailboat Wednesday, completing a 5,600-mile trip from England. They spoke about their journey, which involved sailing and...
View ArticleFlorida child molester executed for rape and murder of 10-year-old girl
An undated photo provided by the Florida Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Elmer Carroll. Carroll is scheduled to be executed May 28, 2013, for the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl...
View ArticleBrews News 1 One stop for Miami and the web’s craft beer news briefs
beer fests become fewer (no one wants to go drink a farmhouse when they smell like one). It's okay though, there's plenty to "woo hoo!" about; between brewery grand openings, distributors finding...
View ArticleFlorida Man Elmer Carroll Executed for 1990 Rape Murder of 10-Year-Old
A convicted child molester condemned for the 1990 rape and murder of a 10-year-old Florida girl was executed Wednesday at the Florida State ...
View ArticleOfficials Boston bombing suspect friend unarmed when killed
A Muslim Chechen man fatally shot by an FBI agent during an interrogation about one of the Boston bombing suspects was unarmed, law enforcement officials said. Ibragim Todashev, 27, overturned a table...
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