Politics

Lightning has struck twice for longtime South Florida developer and tech builder Manny Medina. Medina's Cyxtera data center company announced Monday it would be going public as part of a...

The exclusive audio network Clubhouse is hailed as Twitter for A-listers. But after spending a few days on the app, which is beset with mounting privacy and censorship issues, there's...

Most Americans are exasperated, tired of all the uncertainty and long for life to return to normal. But will the powers-that-be ever allow us to? During an interview with CNN,...

Developed Western countries have traditionally placed themselves as the benefactors of the developing world. But with Covid-19 vaccines, that scheme broke down – allowing China and Russia to move in....

The new movie gives a gritty glimpse into the struggle of the working poor across the US, but genuflects to corporate power instead of exposing it. It's a great film,...

One of the most popular children's programs of all time can only be viewed via an adult's account on Disney+ thanks to ‘harmful treatment of people and cultures.' Does everything...

The days of driving past Brickell through half-dark condo skyscrapers may be coming to an end. A sudden explosion in the luxury condo residential market, which has quietly gone supernova,...

ARTS Mary Ann Sprinkle has been named vice president, development at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. Before joining the Arsht Center, she was vice...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is due to deliver his twice-a-year assessment of the American economy to the U.S. Congress next week. This semi-annual exercise will the first for the...

With all its talk of black-on-white war, YouTube's “hate speech”-filtering AI can't tell the difference between chess players and violent racists. Perhaps leaving robots in charge of the English language...

The Great Reset is on everyone's mind – or should be. It can be blamed for woke madness, cancel culture, Covid lockdowns, Antifa/BLM riots, Big Tech censorship, and the endless...

French authorities lament that “woke culture” driven by the left in US universities is threatening French social cohesion. But it's a homegrown problem of France's own making and elites only...

Harvard scientists claim that slavery reparations could have saved black Americans from dying disproportionately from Covid-19. But their argument harms the very people they set out to protect. Some of...

The US wants Russia and China to rein in their respective strategic nuclear arsenals while it modernizes its own nuclear defenses at the same time. When it comes to strategic...

Women for America First, a pro-Trump group seeking to decorate 5th Ave with a (tastefully neutral) mural, styled like the ‘Black Lives Matter' outside Trump Tower, was told to get...

Catalonia is a powder keg, the latest protests being sparked by the arrest of rapper Pablo Hasél, but the roots of its problems lie far deeper in the culture and...

The price of a Miami house hit a record in January for the fifth month in a row while Broward prices remained stable. In Miami-Dade, the median sales price for...

It's too early to know where the NFL salary cap will end up in the range of $180 million to $198 million coming off a pandemic-dominated season that was completed...

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social...

Prior to his inauguration, President Joe Biden had proclaimed that he wished to end the “forever wars” the US is fighting, just as former president Trump had claimed he would....

Chancellor Rishi Sunak's soft-soap interview with multi-millionaire chef Gordon Ramsay is a tone-deaf affront to those who have lost jobs in Britain's hospitality sector during lockdown, offering no useful advice...

World leaders welcomed the United States' official return to the Paris climate accord Friday, but politically trickier steps lie just ahead for President Joe Biden, including setting a tough national...

In the first television interviews of his post-presidency, Donald Trump repeated his false claims that the election was stolen from him 10 times — each instance unprompted and unchallenged. Trump...

Dungeons and Dragons is fantasy, but a small band of social justice sorcerers want to cleanse its world of racism and bigotry. Orc lives, they argue, matter. Picture the scene:...

Critical thinking is dangerous, according to a Times editorial urging readers to vet sources with Wikipedia lest they fall into traps set by evil conspiracy theorists and be tricked into...

Facebook Inc.'s dramatic move to block Australian news sharing escalated a broader battle against global regulation. That gambit looks likely to backfire. World leaders were already watching Australian legislation expected...

States slammed by winter storms that left millions without power for days have traded one crisis for another: Broken water pipes brought on by record-low temperatures have created a shortage...

Leaders of the Group of Seven economic powers promised Friday to immunize the world's neediest people against the coronavirus by giving money, and precious vaccine doses, to a U.N.-backed vaccine...

The Mississippi House will consider a bill that could lead to an increase in gasoline and diesel fuel taxes to pay for improvements to state highways and local roads. The...

Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell was rewarded Friday with a sponsorship increase from CarParts.com. The online parts sales company was already part of McDowell's program at Front Row Motorsports but...

A Kentucky police officer has been fired for giving information about the police agency he worked for to Black Lives Matter protesters. The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council announced its unanimous...

Few inner-party conflicts have been as bitter as the one we're currently seeing in the SNP. But D-Day is coming for Nicola Sturgeon, as Alex Salmond, having been acquitted of...

Crews in Mississippi and Louisiana scrambled Friday to repair water main breaks and fill up tanks after freezing temperatures knocked out the water supply to tens of thousands of residents....

Here's what's happening Friday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.: THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY — The White House is scrambling to find ways around Mother Nature as frigid...

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes unexpectedly rose to a three-month high in January as Americans sought to take advantage of ultra-low mortgage rates that have powered the boom in...

Walt Disney World in Florida turns 50 in October. To help celebrate, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse will be wearing flashier threads and iconic structures such as the Cinderella Castle...

As frozen Texas reels under one of the worst electricity outages in U.S. history, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has blamed grid operators and iced-over wind turbines but gone easier on...

2021 Audi A6 Allroad Quattro Prestige: Love at first drive? Price: $74,940 as tested. Prestige Package added driver assistance, heated rear seats, ventilated front seats, and more for $4,500; gray...

When veteran producer Bill Mechanic begins filming his latest movie, "The Divide," in Australia later this year, he knows he will have to charter a private jet to fly out...

Go back to chemistry class. Remember hydrogen? It's the simplest element on earth, consisting of one proton and one electron. Well, humble hydrogen has suddenly become the hottest topic in...