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MIAMI — An American who hijacked a jetliner to Cuba decades ago is appealing the 20-year prison sentence he received after pleading guilty to U.S. …

By JOSÉ E. PÉREZ Special to South Florida Times MIAMI — They were a skeptical bunch at first, apprehensive about what would happen to their …

By DAPHNE TAYLOR Special to South Florida Times   ROYAL PALM BEACH — For 12-year-old Rashad Latour of Royal Palm Beach, it was a trip …

A Florida widow, awarded $23.6 billion in the death of her chain-smoking husband, on Monday called the massive verdict a message to Big Tobacco, even …

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of federal inmates serving time for drug crimes may be eligible for early release under …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s health care law is snarled in another big legal battle, with two federal appeals courts issuing contradictory rulings on …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Civil rights leaders at the NAACP annual convention in Las Vegas on Tuesday worried that dwindling African-American turnout in November could …

HOLLYWOOD — Street art is popping up everywhere in downtown Hollywood and it’s there because of the Hollywood Community Redevelopment Agency. The latest installment in …

MIAMI — Theft and fraud are among the charges faced by Hilda Hall-Denis, president and executive director of the Business Technology Development Corp. after she …

By RYAN NAKASHIMA Associated Press   LOS ANGELES — Microsoft announced the biggest layoffs in its history last Thursday, saying it will cut 18,000 jobs …