Developer’s finances collapsed before shooting
WINDERMERE, Fla. — The Orange County Jail is a far cry from J. Robert Ward’s seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom home in the exclusive gated community that is...
Pastor wounds intruder in Detroit
DETROIT — A retired police officer-turned-pastor shot and wounded a man who broke into his Detroit church, police said Monday. Lawrence Adams went to Westside...
Faulty system lets felons be caregivers
FORT LAUDERDALE — Disturbing flaws in Florida’s background screening system have put children, seniors and the disabled in the care of convicted felons with records...
Socialists retain power in Portugal elections
LISBON, Portugal — The center-left Socialist Party retained power in Portuguese elections Sunday, despite the country’s highest jobless rate in 20 years. “We have once...
State employee text messages should be public record
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced last week that text message communication by staff and officials working for the state would be considered public record....