A concourse at Miami International Airport was closed for several hours after authorities discovered a suspicious suitcase. The Transportation Security Administration says a Miami-Dade police dog alerted officers to a bag in Concourse J on Monday afternoon. The concourse, which handles mostly international flights, was evacuated, but the rest ...

Schools in southern Florida are opening their doors to children arriving from quake-stricken Haiti and setting up special programs to help them adapt, authorities here said Friday. Miami officials are expecting an influx of Haitians from the ravaged country, and the Miami-Dade County school district has designated 15 schools to receive new students coming to the United States, most of ...

Florida's oddly frigid weather has spelled nightmare for tourism, potential disaster for the citrus industry and cold comfort for sex offenders living rough under a bridge here. Strict rules dictate that sex offenders registered in Miami-Dade County must stay far away from places where children congregate -- so far that many have been forced to live in a tent camp ...