Today on WLRN-Miami Herald News, you heard:
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6:30 p.m. A powerful Florida House committee may decide to fight human trafficking this year with a new tax on strip club customers. The National Marine Fisheries Service says the orca named Lolita will be included in the endangered listing for southern resident killer whales.
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5:44 p.m. When President Obama announced the rekindling of diplomatic relations with Cuba, old and young Cuban Americans reacted differently. Hear how one family feels about the policy.
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5:32 p.m. Miami-Dade commissioners have agreed to consider joining in on a national trend of using police stations as "safe havens" for people buying and selling on online classified sites. And newlywed pop star Lance Bass and his Miami Beach husband will have a wedding reception of sorts on Fort Lauderdale beach tomorrow morning.
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5:04 p.m. Miami-Dade County school leaders say they're concerned about a measles outbreak spreading across the country. School Superintendent Alberto Carvalho says vaccinations work and the district is tracking whether students get the required shots.
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4:32 p.m. The Florida Supreme Court is considering today the definition of sexual intercourse in a case involving a gay man charged with not letting a partner know he was HIV-positive. And Florida wildlife officials are weighing a plan to allow bear hunting in the state after four attacks on people during the past year.
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4:04 p.m. Florida citrus producers might have another tool in their fight against the devastating citrus greening disease.
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1:04 p.m. Same-sex marriage is now legal in three dozen states - including Florida. But if the U.S. Supreme Court rules to make it legal nationwide that won't end the debate.
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11:04 Sami Al-Arian, a former University of South Florida professor who was at the center of a prolonged federal investigation into allegations he supported terrorist groups, is being deported today.
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10:04 Pointing to a need to increase access to health care in areas such as rural communities, a bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders Tuesday expressed confidence they will reach agreement this year on a plan to boost the use of telemedicine in Florida.
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9:35 Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio led a hearing Tuesday examining the proposed changes to U.S./Cuba relations. That hearing came just days after a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill to lift the American travel ban to Cuba.
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9:04 An FSU professor says 'regardless of how the justices rule on same-sex marriage, it won't be the end of the story.'
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8:43 When President Obama announced the rekindling of diplomatic relations with Cuba, old and young Cuban Americans reacted differently. We recently talked to a Cuban family to see where they stand on the issue.
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8:30 State Senate Education Chairman John Legg wants to limit tests required by the state and school districts.
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8:20 Miami-Dade County Commissioners want David Beckham to bring a soccer team to the region, so much so county leaders are trying to offer up a temporary playing field. Commissioners voted yesterday on a resolution that would allow Beckham to negotiate with Florida International University to use the school's football stadium.
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8:04 Florida students would spend a maximum of 45 hours on tests required by the state and school districts if a key Senate lawmaker gets his way.
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7:43 Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio led a hearing Tuesday examining the proposed changes to U.S./Cuba relations. That hearing came just days after a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill to lift the American travel ban to Cuba.
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7:30 Florida is getting closer to allowing doctors to prescribe medical marijuana. But first, the Florida Department of Health will have to pick the best five growers that will produce the non-euphoric strain of the drug.
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7:20 Pointing to a need to increase access to health care in areas such as rural communities, a bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders Tuesday expressed confidence they will reach agreement this year on a plan to boost the use of telemedicine in Florida.
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7:04 If the United States establishes an embassy in Cuba, would there be limits on who American diplomats could talk to? That's the question Florida Senator Marco Rubio wanted answered yesterday during the first congressional hearing on U.S. efforts to normalize relations with Cuba.
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6:43 When President Obama announced the rekindling of diplomatic relations with Cuba, old and young Cuban Americans reacted differently. We recently talked to a Cuban family to see where they stand on the issue.
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6:30 State Senate Education Chairman John Legg wants to limit tests required by the state and school districts.
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6:20 Miami-Dade County commissioners want David Beckham to bring a soccer team to the region, so much so county leaders are trying to offer up a temporary playing field. Commissioners voted yesterday on a resolution that would allow Beckham to negotiate with Florida International University to use the school's football stadium.
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6:04 Florida students would spend a maximum of 45 hours on tests required by the state and school districts if a key state Senate lawmaker gets his way.
