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11/13/14 - Syndicated food columnist Linda Gassenheimer, Special wine correspondent Fred Tasker and WLRN hosts Joseph Cooper and Bonnie Berman interview…

07/31/14 - Syndicated food columnist Linda Gassenheimer, Special wine correspondent Fred Tasker and WLRN host Bonnie Berman interview Bill Talbert,…

Locally acquired cases have appeared in Florida and other parts of the U.S. where the disease isn't endemic. Health officials worry that with climate change and the lack of a vaccine, it will take hold in a larger swath.

The Trump administration says that a newspaper report of 3,000 coronavirus deaths a day was not vetted.

Wall Street investment bank JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay more money for the troubled securities firm Bear Stearns. Last week, Bear Stearns almost melted down because of the credit crisis, and JPMorgan hoped to scoop up the firm at a fire-sale price. Then, top shareholders in Bears Stearns balked.

Messi has now won 12% of all men's Ballon d'Or trophies. Both of this year's winners are midfielders who led their national teams to long-awaited World Cup victories.

Today on WLRN-Miami Herald News, you heard:

Is change even possible?

COMMENTARY Could this week's mayoral election in Miami — the self-proclaimed capital of Latin America — reflect the broader challenges Trump's bid for alpha control of the hemisphere faces?

The second Republican debate wrapped up with seven candidates attempting to break away from the front-runner, former President Donald Trump, who was in Michigan instead of attending.

A building crumpled at mid-morning Wednesday. An adjacent thrift store was heavily damaged. At least 13 people were injured.

Homeowners covered by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will see an average rate increase of 6.3 percent next year.The increase, approved Monday by the…

The Museum of London has acquired the famous Trump Baby Balloon, portraying the 45th president as a diaper wearing baby. Matthew Bonner made it ahead of Trump's first visit to London as president.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with author and dog expert Alexandra Horowitz about all the pandemic puppies people have acquired.

NPR'S Margot Adler reports that the public schools in New Haven, Connecticut have had their share of problems: high dropout rates...rampant teen pregnancy...the kind of urban disfunction that makes going to school really tough, for kids and teachers alike. Five years ago, in an effort to turn things around, the New Haven schools embarked on an ambitious experiment...one designed to teach kids the life skills they'd need to grow and develop as emotionally healthy adults...to acquire what some researchers have called "emotional literacy"...or "emotional intelligence."

NPR'S Jim Zarroli reports that Deutsche Telekom and Voicestream Wireless made it official today. The German telecom giant will acquire the Bellvue, Washington company in a stock and cash deal valued at more than 50-billion-dollars. The deal, if approved, would create a wireless phone service capable of operating in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The merger may face stiff opposition in Washington, though. Some lawmakers are concerned that the German government holds a majority stake in Deutsche Telekom.

When Broadway musical composer Frank Loesser wrote his shows, he made demo recordings to demonstrate to the cast what the songs sound like. Those demos were discovered years later by Joseph Weiss, the copyright manager of Paul McCartney's publishing company, which acquired Loesser's publishing company in 1979.

Pakistan is awash in rumors, after the government took nongovernment TV stations off the air when it imposed emergency rule this weekend. One rumor acquired real momentum: that President Gen. Pervez Musharraf had been arrested by the Army's deputy chief of staff.

The Kennedy Bunker on Peanut Island in Palm Beach was really amazing. It was like a this huge tin cylinder 27 feet underground and could house 30 people…