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Passengers on a Carnival cruise ship that docked in Seattle say more than 100 people aboard the ship tested positive for COVID-19 and the ship was overwhelmed. Multiple people say they’re in quarantine at Seattle-area hotels after testing positive or being exposed to someone with COVID-19...

California, which would have the world's fifth-largest economy if it was a country, on Wednesday became the first U.S. state to formally begin examining how to broadly adapt to cryptocurrency and related innovations, following a path laid out by President Joe Biden in March. Gov. Gavin Newsom...

This summer at the movies, Tom Cruise is back in the cockpit behind those iconic aviators. Doctors Grant, Sattler and Ian Malcolm are returning for another round with the dinosaurs. Natalie Portman is picking up Thor’s hammer. And Jordan Peele is poised to terrify us with the unknown. Again...

The premier of the British Virgin Islands could be released on a $500,000 bond as he awaits trial on charges tied to a U.S. government narcotics sting, a federal judge in Miami said Wednesday. In a surprise decision, federal court Judge Alicia Otazo-Reyes rejected prosecutors’ argument that...

Record-low mortgages below 3%, reached last year, are long gone. Credit card rates will likely rise. So will the cost of an auto loan. Savers may finally receive a yield high enough to top inflation. The substantial half-point hike in its benchmark short-term rate that the Federal Reserve...

President Joe Biden on Wednesday hailed Team USA for bringing a bit of unity to a pandemic weary nation as he hosted a White House celebration with about 600 athletes from this year's Winter Olympics in Beijing and the coronavirus-delayed Summer Games held in 2021 in Tokyo. Among the athletes...

There is little credible information about the new Disinformation Governance Board. And that has made it an instant target for criticism. The board, part of the Department of Homeland Security, was announced last week. But DHS has yet to release any details on how the board will function and...

The Federal Reserve intensified its fight against the worst inflation in 40 years by raising its benchmark short-term interest rate by a half-percentage point Wednesday — its most aggressive move since 2000 — and signaling further large rate hikes to come. The increase in the Fed's key rate...

Detectives are searching for the suspect of a recent attempted murder at a public park in Dania Beach. The Broward Sheriff’s Office described the suspect on Wednesday as a man who was driving a silver sedan when he shot a rifle into a crowd at about 3:40 p.m., April 27, at C.W. Thomas Park. A...

South Miami police have obtained an arrest warrant for a 17-year-old boy who they said tried to kill someone last month. The suspect was identified by police as Virgel James. According to authorities, James was involved in a shooting around 11 p.m. April 17 in the area of Southwest 59th Place...

The World Health Organization said Wednesday that the number of newly reported coronavirus cases and deaths globally continued to fall in the last week, continuing a decline that first began in March. In its weekly report on the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said there were about 3.8 million...

A man was standing on his balcony when he saw two burglars rummaging through his car on Sunday in Coconut Creek. On Wednesday, officers identified a 19-year-old man as one of two suspects arrested. Julian Munoz was facing charges of burglary of an unoccupied conveyance while unarmed and petit...

The traditionally insular Supreme Court is about to face the full force of public pressure and abortion politics as justices make a final decision on whether to throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling. Demonstrators gathered Wednesday outside the court, arriving every day since a Monday...

At a tiny airport surrounded by mountains, a three-person crew takes off for the inaugural flight above the headwaters of the Colorado River to measure the region’s snow by air. Under the plane is a device that uses lasers, cameras and sensors to map snow and help drought-prone communities...

A judge has ruled that an Arizona prisoner convicted in the 1978 killing of a university student is mentally fit to be put to death next week, keeping on track what would be the first execution in the state in nearly eight years. In a ruling signed shortly before midnight Tuesday and released...

Police officers detained a driver at gunpoint after a chase on Wednesday in Miramar. The chase ended on West Woodscape Drive, north of Northwest 215th Street and east of the Florida Turnpike. The suspect was driving a black BMW on Wednesday in Miramar. Location This is a developing story...

The shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored the controversial “Hand of God” goal against England in the 1986 World Cup has sold for 7.1 million pounds ($9.3 million), the highest price ever paid at auction for a piece of sports memorabilia. Auctioneer Sotheby’s sold the shirt in an online...

A minor has been killed in a shooting that occurred Wednesday morning in northwest Miami-Dade, authorities confirmed. The shooting was reported in the 7100 block of Northwest 14th Place. According to Miami-Dade police, a male juvenile was shot and was pronounced dead at the scene. City of...

COVID-19 vaccine sales helped Moderna triple its net income in a better-than-expected first quarter. The vaccine maker said Wednesday that revenue from its coronavirus preventive shots jumped to $5.92 billion, from $1.73 billion in last year’s quarter, when the vaccines were debuting in most...

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