Authorities say five people were wounded in a shooting at an apartment complex in Southern California. Pomona police Sgt. Christian Hsu says a gunman... more...
The senator trying to rewrite the nation's financial industry rules is dropping plans to create a stand-alone consumer financial protection agency and give a... more...
Bolivia is dropping its bid to host the Miss Universe pageant because it would cost more than anticipated. President Evo Morales has lobbied foreign... more...
President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are pulling together a final version of a health care overhaul bill and pushing for House votes as... more...
Israel's government has approved a plan to lure the country's top scientific minds back home after years of brain drain. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's... more...
A U.S. missionary released from a Haiti jail last week has returned to her home in Idaho. Twenty-four-year-old Charisa Coulter arrived at the Boise... more...
Up here, folks have another word for roadkill. It's "dinner." When a whitetail gets clipped by a passing vehicle on Route 3, conservation officer... more...
Federal Reserve policymakers may signal at their meeting this week how and when the improving economy will lead them to start raising record-low interest... more...
SMOKE SIGNALS: Federal Reserve policymakers may signal at their meeting this week how and when the mending economy will lead them to start raising... more...
Ashley Delgado graduated from one of Rhode Island's worst-performing high schools and wanted to go to college - if only she could get there.... more...
On this week's Inside the Newsroom, Anders Gyllenhaal's topic is Sunshine Week, the national campaign on behalf of open government. more...
Scenes from the 2008 Tony Award-winning hit musical about Manhattan's largely Dominican neighborhood of Washington Heights. more...
During the day, Little Havana is a lively neighborhood where Cuban nostalgia lives. By night, art, music and culture thrive. more...
BY STEVE ROTHAUS, srothaus@MiamiHerald.com Keith Meinhold of Miami Shores doesn't want to be known simply as the ``gay sailor.'' But he is gay, he did serve in the Navy, and he played a... more...
Well, not technically, but Northwestern High offensive lineman Donald Senat is expected to sign with FIU on Monday to add more beef to the Panthers offensive line. Senat, 6-2, 271 pounds, is the fo... more...
It was delayed for about one hour due to the inclement weather on Friday, but the first spring scrimmage is in the books. Will update later with details, but here are some quick highlights of the s... more...