SHOCKING: 23 - What They Never Told You

‘Invasion of privacy’: Some Florida athletes leery of being made to reveal menstrual cycles

MIAMI — In the athletic trainer’s office at Miami Senior High are green Gatorade jugs, water bottles, anatomical posters, two massage tables — and years of private medical records of male and female high school athletes, stacked on a rack, stored in dusty, dog-eared cardboard crates labeled “bankers box.”

Miami Herald · Feb 6, 2023

Canada deploys military aircraft over Haiti to assist police force with gangs

The Canadian government is escalating efforts to help Haiti’s national police, deploying a long-range military aircraft to provide intelligence on the country’s menacing gangs.

Miami Herald · Feb 5, 2023

Panthers’ Matthew Tkachuk wins MVP of South Florida’s first NHL All-Star Game in 20 years

SUNRISE, Fla. — The cameras lingered on Matthew Tkachuk for a long time after he finished off his hat trick in the semifinals of the 2023 NHL All-Star Game. The All-Star right wing sat on the bench, beside his younger brother, while cheers rose from the FLA Live Arena crowd,…

Miami Herald · Feb 5, 2023

Legislature calls special session to retain Disney special status but create oversight board

After months of intrigue, Florida lawmakers will meet in special session next week to consider a plan to reverse their decision to dissolve Walt Disney World’s special taxing district and instead approve a state board to oversee it.

Miami Herald · Feb 3, 2023

The Week Ahead: Why interest rates and reputation are on the lunch menu for the Fed chairman and investors

Last week it was the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee shaping monetary policy and investor expectations. In the week ahead, it will be the Fed’s open mouth practices at work.

Miami Herald · Feb 3, 2023

Fabiola Santiago: Of course lying George Santos has ties to Florida. It’s where truth ‘comes to die’

So, liar extraordinaire George Santos has ties to Florida! Where’s the surprise?

Miami Herald · Feb 3, 2023

Greg Cote: Worth the wait: Dolphins win big as defensive ace Vic Fangio ends doubt, commits to Miami

In sports as in life, sometimes you have to wait. There is a reason the phrase credited to medieval English writer William Langland in his circa 1370s poem “Piers Plowman” is still said all these centuries later: Patience is a virtue.

Miami Herald · Feb 3, 2023

DeSantis says time has come for Florida Legislature to deal with Disney’s Reedy Creek

MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis said lawmakers will return to Tallahassee as soon as next week to continue his fight against The Walt Disney Co. after it opposed Florida’s Parental Rights in Education legislation last year, called “don’t say gay” by critics.

Miami Herald · Feb 3, 2023

Florida athletes may soon be required to submit their menstrual history to schools

MIAMI — A proposed draft of a physical education form in Florida could require all high school student athletes to disclose information regarding their menstrual history — a move that’s already drawing pushback from opponents who say the measure would harm students.

Miami Herald · Feb 2, 2023

New Florida legislation would let judges impose death penalties if juries don’t

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida could soon be the only state where a judge could override a jury’s recommendation for a life sentence and give the death penalty instead, under proposed legislation to re-craft Florida’s capital punishment system.

Miami Herald · Feb 2, 2023