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A former Miami congressman and close friend of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was convicted Friday in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on behalf of Venezuela’s socialist government during the first Trump administration.

Renewal wait times for the Obama-era program that allows people who were brought to the U.S. as children to temporarily remain in the country and work have increased dramatically in the past year.

Disease and cold temperatures killed nearly 30 sloths at a Florida import warehouse in 2024 and 2025, according to a state report.

The first direct commercial flight between the United States and Venezuela is scheduled to land in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital. Thursday's flight comes seven years after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security suspended flights, citing safety concerns.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis claims diversity, equity, and inclusion programs discriminate against white men. On Wednesday, he signed legislation banning local governments from funding or promoting DEI initiatives.

Cuba's government is confirming that it recently met with U.S. officials on the island. Tensions remain high over the U.S. energy blockade. Senior U.S. State Department officials say American diplomats flew to Cuba earlier in April for the first time since 2016. Neither side has specified when exactly the meeting took place or which U.S. officials were involved.

The U.S. military says it's launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea. The attack on Sunday killed three people. The Trump administration's campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters has persisted since early September and killed at least 181 people in total.

Sixty years after it invented sports drinks, Gatorade is making a surprising pivot: It’s no longer focusing primarily on athletes.

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder and aggravated sexual abuse in Florida in the death of his 18-year-old stepsister on a Carnival Cruise ship, the U.S. Justice Department said Monday.

A hotel at one of Miami's most exclusive locations has been demolished to make way for something even bigger. Demolition experts conducted the controlled implosion Sunday of the former Mandarin Oriental, Miami on Brickell Key. Officials say it was the largest implosion for Miami in more than a decade.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel told NBC News’ Meet the Press that he would not step down in his first interview with a U.S. network, a portion of which was broadcast Thursday.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a law allowing Florida leaders to label groups as domestic or foreign terrorist organizations. The law, signed Monday, lets a top official at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement designate groups as terrorist organizations, with approval from the governor and state cabinet.