Last Top Stories: A for-profit empire, Dade Medical College, tumbles down

A for-profit empire, Dade Medical College, tumbles down

A recent Miami Herald series, Higher-Ed Hustle, showed how Florida's for-profit college sector used extensive political ties to fuel its growth. Nearly one in five ... >> view original

Beach commissioner sworn in asMiamicop

Miami Beach Commissioner Ed Tobin has finally realized his boyhood dream of becoming a police officer. But he won't patrol the city where he grew up. Tobin ... >> view original

Ethan J. Skolnick: Loss to Cavaliers givesMiamiHeat up-close look...

Perspective and wisdom come through experience, and so Dwyane Wade drew upon that Wednesday — for himself, for sure, but also for his precocious protégé ... >> view original

Woman puts ketchup on naked body atMiamiBeach Johnny...

A 23-year-old woman is facing lewd and lascivious conduct charges after pouring ketchup on her naked body at a Miami Beach Johnny Rockets restaurant. >> view original

MiamiHurricanes try to put distractions aside for crucial game at Duke

Despite a traumatic week that would try the strongest of young men, the University of Miami football team still clings to hope. After the Hurricanes endured their ... >> view original

U.S. trade rep: Pacific trade pact good for Florida

Maxim Weitzman, the owner of a Miami manufacturer of bath and body products, is hoping the Trans-Pacific Partnership will help his small company expand its ... >> view original

MiamiDolphins' Cameron Wake lost for season with torn Achilles

The exhilarating high from the two-week joyride atop the Dan Campbell bandwagon has dissipated now, pushed aside by the sobering reality check delivered ... >> view original

Woman leaps from roof, stealsMiamicop car

This time, the stolen Miami cop car didn't crash in the PortMiami tunnel, wasn't taken on a joyride by a hospital patient, and didn't race through Northeast ... >> view original

Police Seek Driver Behind Fiery Wreck atMiamiBeach 7-Eleven

Police are looking for a driver who crashed an SUV into a Miami Beach 7-Eleven before fleeing the fiery scene early Friday in an incident caught on camera. >> view original

SouthMiamiFacebook killer goes to trial Monday

Derek Medina, the South Miami man who shot and killed his wife and posted a photo of her bloody body on Facebook, heads to trial on Monday. Jury selection ... >> view original