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Barbara Liz-Cepeda refuses to let the pandemic stop her from running her Puerto Rican cultural arts school Escuela de Bomba y Plena Tata Cepeda. As the founder and the director of the Central Florida non-profit, she’s making it her mission to expand her audience and reach the Puerto Rican diaspora around the globe through virtual platforms.
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"Hammerin' Hank" was 86. He shattered Babe Ruth's home run record in 1974, defying the poverty and racism that threatened to diminish him.
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The move would trigger preparations for a Senate trial against former President Donald Trump.
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Austin's near-unanimous confirmation came despite concerns raised on both sides of the aisle that he hadn't been out of uniform for the legally mandated minimum seven-year period.
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The chamber has the power to expel or censure members for their conduct, though it's a rare occurrence. Only 24 have received such sanctions since 1780.
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A map of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world. The respiratory disease has spread rapidly across six continents and has killed at least 1 million globally.
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View NPR's maps and graphics to see where COVID-19 is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are growing and which are leveling off.
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President Biden is pushing Congress to pour another $1.9 trillion into the COVID-ravaged economy. In the meantime, his top economic adviser says, he plans to bump up food stamp benefits.
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Nashua, New Hampshire, expects to be a destination for people migrating away from the coasts and toward cooler temperatures. Officials say a pandemic influx has shown the need to plan for that growth.
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While medical marijuana is legal in Florida, it can still cause a public employee to lose their job. South Florida Democrats Senator Tina Polsky and Representative Nicholas Duran, are trying to change that.
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The social network referred its decision to revoke the former president's posting privileges to its Oversight Board, an independent panel of experts.
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With former President Donald Trump out of office, progressive groups are attempting the tricky pivot from fighting Trump's agenda to pushing a new one.
Sundial
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Madeline Pumariega explains her vision as Miami-Dade College's new president. Plus, hundreds of thousands of South Floridians have already received their COVID-19 vaccine doses, who's next on the list? And Elon Musk proposes building a system of tunnels under Miami.
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JOSE A. IGLESIAS/Miami HeraldFormer Florida Department of Health whistle-blower has been released after turning herself in to state police. The Sundial Book Club's January pick — 'The Orchid Thief.' And Richard Blanco on what it means to be an inaugural poet.
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