The private company that promised to be “financially viable on its own” is losing money — and using government subsidies to grow its business. Read the latest installment in the WLRN / Miami Herald series Killer Train.

As U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean looks aimed at Venezuela's dictatorship, the country's currency is plunging and prices are spiking — raising fears of a new hyperinflation crisis.

The new standards the board voted for on Thursday offer deeper analysis of the topic, guidelines for specific courses, material for students with special needs and paves the way to find textbooks that are "aligned" with the curriculum. The board also unanimously voted to make Florida the first state to adopt the Phoenix Declaration, a playbook for education outlined by a conservative think tank.

What started as a favor to help find a friend's missing cat became a full-time job for Jamie Katz, who has spent the past decade tracking lost pets across South Florida. Now, she's using her skills to help protect bears in Florida.