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Nicaraguan strongman Daniel Ortega has thrown more than 20 presidential candidates and opposition leaders in jail this summer. What should the U.S. and world do?
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Here is where you can find all of our ongoing coverage — and coverage from our colleagues at NPR and other news partners — of the Champlain Towers South partial building collapse.
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The annual two-day lobster mini season is controversial in the Florida Keys — and sometimes dangerous. This year there are some new efforts to make things safer for lobster hunters and the environment.
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After the opposition recently signaled willingness to negotiate with Venezuela's authoritarian president, he says he ready to start the conversation, with Norway as the intermediary.
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Dozens of federal agents fanned out across South Florida Tuesday to carry out the first search warrants related to the assassination of Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse, focusing on two local businessmen that Haitian authorities suspect funded and trained the group of Colombians and others implicated in his killing.
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The increased sales could take place as students who remained home last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic return to school.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis quietly held a roundtable discussion Monday at the Capitol that focused on opposition to mask mandates in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, with DeSantis’ office not giving prior public notice and excluding reporters. Monday’s panel discussion was recorded by the governor’s staff and posted to DeSantis’ online video-streaming platform of choice, Rumble.
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Residents of the Crestview Towers in North Miami Beach began returning to the building Monday to recover their belongings.
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The Gasper Arts Center opened during the pandemic — in the early part of 2021. Now the owner, Laura Gasper, hopes it will fill the need for more affordable artist studio space and office space for creatives.
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It protects from drizzles and thunderstorms but not a hurricane. In other words, if you are exposed again and again to infected people, there's some risk you could get sick.
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Reversing earlier guidance, the agency is encouraging indoor masking for fully vaccinated people under certain circumstances.
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U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell recounted how he and his fellow officers were crushed by the violent mob of pro-Trump supporters on Jan. 6.
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PEDRO PORTAL/Miami HeraldFlorida could be receiving more than $1 billion as part of a national settlement against pharmaceutical companies. The federal evictions moratorium nears its end, with no extension expected. Plus, 68 years ago marked the beginning of the Cuban Revolution. The significance of July 26 — as protests against the regime continue. -
COURTESY JASON PIZZO/COVID-19 cases are on the rise and some hospitals are changing visitation rules. How the pandemic has affected the Latino community. Plus, what's next for the Surfside condo collapse site? And baby hammerhead sharks are making Miami their home.
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