Anthony Cruz
WLRN News InternAnthony Cruz is a Fall 2025 WLRN intern and a senior at Florida International University. Born and raised in Miami, Cruz hopes to tell stories that make an impact on his community. A first-generation Cuban American, Cruz has been interested in local news since high school. He has been involved with FIU’s Caplin News both on-air and in the production room since June 2023. Cruz has also reported from the halls of Congress as an intern with Punchbowl News. Cruz is also a lifelong South Florida sports fan.
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Murilo Alves, 28, is in his final year of medical school — a career path inspired by his experiences as an undocumented immigrant. Despite him saying that "everything changed" when he received DACA in 2012, Alves says he and the more than half a million Dreamers in the U.S. face an uncertain future. -
The poll results come amid increasing calls from state legislators to completely undo the HOA system. -
When Venezuelan opposition leader — and Nobel Peace Prize winner — Maria Corina Machado last week endorsed President Donald Trump’s violent approach to dealing with the Maduro regime, the remarks triggered mixed reactions in South Florida, home to the nation’s largest Venezuelan community. -
Historian Dr. Marvin Dunn continued fighting against a contentious land transfer for President Donald Trump’s future library, in Overtown, a few blocks away from where the president headlined a business forum downtown. -
South Florida Municipal Elections: Meiner re-elected in Miami Beach, upset in Homestead council raceTuesday night's municipal elections brought a mix of continuity and change to South Florida, with a close mayoral race in Miami Beach and an upset in a Homestead council race. In the Florida Keys, two incumbents got re-elected to the city council in Marathon. -
Marathon, in Monroe County, and five cities across Miami-Dade — Miami, Hialeah, Homestead, Miami Beach and Surfside — are holding municipal elections today. WLRN breaks down the key issues and races, with many voters saying affordability is top of mind as they cast their ballots. Over a dozen candidates are running for Miami mayor, in the city's most competitive race in years. -
Dr. Marvin Dunn will host a teach-in and press conference in Overtown Wednesday to counter President Donald Trump’s scheduled appearance at the Kaseya Center for the America Business Forum. He is in the midst of a legal battle over the proposed Trump presidential library in downtown Miami. -
Feeding South Florida set up a distribution program specifically to help federal workers impacted by the federal government shutdown. It drew dozens on Tuesday in Dania Beach. -
South Florida organizations are rapidly mobilizing a comprehensive relief campaign for Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa approaches the island nation. -
Over the last year, around 900 families have been forced to move out of Sweetwater's Li'l Abner, one of the last remaining mobile home parks in a region that is increasingly unaffordable for many. Roughly 200 families who had stayed put had been given until Tuesday to move out, as demolitions continued in the neighborhood. -
The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) has called on the Interior Department to close national parks down until Congress agrees on a deal to fund the government. The advocacy group says that parks are being stretched thin by relying on a "skeleton crew" since more than 9,000 workers have been furloughed, and are losing up to $1 million a day due to a lack of visitor fees. -
Miami Beach residents woke up Monday morning to see the colorful LGBTQ+ pride crosswalk on iconic Ocean Drive muted with black paint after the city lost its appeal to save it from a new state mandate. The state has erased multiple street murals across South Florida in the past month with the claim that they were a road safety risk.
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