A&M Comics and Books, the oldest comic book store in Florida, has fought off a veritable league of supervillains over its 46-year history: Hurricane Andrew, Sept. 11, two national financial...
May 11, 2020
This is normally the happiest and busiest time of year for Lenin Fraga, Robert Lopez and Oleg Chernobrodsky. They own South Florida limousine companies, and spring has always meant weddings,...
May 11, 2020
When Marcelo Penengo learned the spreading coronavirus pandemic meant he would have to shut down Elite Cycling, the small bike store he owns and operates on South Dixie Highway just...
May 11, 2020
This was to be the year of expansion to Orlando for Ondevan, a camper van rental dream-turned-business for Hallandale Beach residents Omar Bendezú, 34, and Haley Kirk, 28. “My plan...
May 11, 2020
Elite Cycling closed after Miami-Dade's coronavirus shutdown order classified bike shops as non-essential businesses. But a spike in bike sales during the COVID-19 quarantine and curbside delivery may save it....
May 11, 2020
Some of the greatest films ever made have been about World War II, so narrowing it down to a top five wasn't exactly storming the beaches at Normandy, but it...
May 11, 2020
A case about the appropriate separation between church and state is taking center stage at the Supreme Court, which is hearing arguments by telephone for a second week because of...
May 11, 2020
South Florida camper van rental company Ondevan has seen occupancy plummet because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now the small business is attracting local tourists eager to go on road trips...
May 11, 2020
A loud hiss and grunt come from a green bag pressing air through a tube, as Senegalese researchers work to develop a prototype ventilator that could cost a mere $160...
May 11, 2020
Mary Johnson died in 2018. Last week, her heirs received a stimulus check in the mail for $1,200 payable to "Mary L. Johnson Decd." "We had a good laugh about...
May 11, 2020
Mortgage rates are at record lows, but borrowers hoping to take advantage are running into the toughest loan-approval standards in years. Over the past month, lenders have put in place...
May 11, 2020
When you finally head back to the office, it won't be like you remember it. Physical distancing, from the garage to the elevator to the break room, promises to help...
May 11, 2020
It's not the end of the line. But it once was. When the first New York subway line connected Lower Manhattan to Harlem in 1904, the stop at 145th Street...
May 11, 2020
The difficulty in trying to reopen economies without rekindling coronavirus outbreaks was highlighted on Monday as concern grew in South Korea about a second wave of infections that was spread...
May 11, 2020
Medical workers in homemade protective masks and suits, with plastic bags over their shoes. A hospital intended for 150 coronavirus patients now holding 250. A lack of filtration systems that...
May 11, 2020
Kentucky counties may be able to cover costs of recycling or disposing of waste tires with $4,000 state grants. The funds are available through the Energy and Environment Cabinet's Division...
May 11, 2020
Living in a slum built precariously on the banks of a sewage-tainted river in Lebanon, Faiqqa Homsi feels her family being pushed closer and closer to the edge. A mother...
May 11, 2020
Weeks after two of his roommates were diagnosed with COVID-19, Mohamad Arif Hassan says he's still waiting to be tested for the coronavirus. Quarantined in his room in a sprawling...
May 11, 2020
Alabama's dine-in restaurants, bars, salons and gyms are allowed to reopen Monday as the state eases restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Kay Ivey last week announced a loosening of...
May 11, 2020
City health officials and Rice University scientists have begun testing Houston wastewater samples for COVID-19, a process they hope will reveal the true spread of the new coronavirus as clinical...
May 11, 2020
Visitors in face masks streamed into Shanghai Disneyland as the theme park reopened Monday in a high-profile step toward reviving global tourism that was shut down by the coronavirus pandemic....
May 11, 2020
The Trump administration's leading health experts on safely dealing with the novel coronavirus will be testifying in a Senate hearing by a videoconference this week after three of them and...
May 11, 2020
The aroma of buttery vanilla-nutmeg waffles and crispy fried chicken floats up from the Overtown bed and breakfast's busy kitchen to the empty 22 guest rooms upstairs. Jamila Ross and...
May 11, 2020
The aroma of buttery vanilla-nutmeg waffles and crispy fried chicken floats up from the Overtown bed and breakfast's busy kitchen to the empty 22 guest rooms upstairs. Jamila Ross and...
May 11, 2020
Paul L. Vasquez, the burly mountain man whose psychedelic reaction upon seeing a double rainbow propelled him to Internet stardom and turned him into a folk hero, has died in...
May 11, 2020
A group of 14 crew members on the Navigator of the Seas cruise ship, currently docked in PortMiami, says they have gone more than 72 hours without food as part...
May 10, 2020
Alabama lawmakers began the 2020 legislative session with several big-ticket items before them, including a prison overhaul, a possible state lottery and medical marijuana legislation. Those issues fell by the...
May 10, 2020
Intel is talking to the Trump administration about building a new semiconductor plant in the United States amid concern about relying on suppliers in Asia for chips used in a...
May 10, 2020
Vice President Mike Pence is self-isolating after an aide tested positive for the coronavirus last week. An administration official says Pence is voluntarily limiting his exposure and will work from...
May 10, 2020
Some of President Donald Trump's top economic advisers emphasized on Sunday the importance of states getting more businesses and offices open even as the pandemic makes its way to the...
May 10, 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says sports can resume — if only members of your own household are playing. How the Premier League can restart should become clearer in the...
May 10, 2020
With graduation looming, the future is looking a lot less bright than it did just a few months ago for college seniors. They are entering a job market flooded with...
May 10, 2020
With graduation looming, the future is looking a lot less bright than it did just a few months ago for college seniors. They are entering a job market flooded with...
May 10, 2020
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is having to balance his libertarian-leaning instincts with public health concerns during the coronavirus pandemic. It's been his job the past several weeks to order...
May 10, 2020
A Palm Beach County attorney's DWI arrests in Minnesota didn't get him disbarred in that state, where he's still admitted to the Bar, but they did get him disbarred in...
May 10, 2020
A California construction firm earned an $8 million bonus for early completion of a highway overpass project. Myers & Sons Construction LP was the prime contractor on a newly completed...
May 10, 2020
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says more counties have been approved for federal disaster assistance following damage by April storms. MEMA announced Saturday that individuals in six more counties —...
May 10, 2020
The former Dixon comptroller convicted of stealing nearly $54 million from the northern Illinois city is seeking release from federal prison over fears of contracting COVID-19. Rita Crundwell used the...
May 10, 2020
Georgians are increasingly regaining access to outdoor spaces as COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease, even as some officials continue to express concern that the decrease in restrictions is poorly planned....
May 10, 2020
As California takes baby steps toward reopening public spaces, families who'd been cooped up for nearly two months spent Mother's Day in parks and on trails with reminders to keep...
