January 12, 2015: Protestors Take To Streets In Miami, Demand GITMO Shut Down

5:32 Prohibiting changing sexual orientation

4:44 Haiti earthquake remembered

4:04 Florida Panther update

1:04 South Florida hospitals fall short on infection prevention

11:04 South Florida hospitals fall short on infection prevention

10:04 Almost forty percent of South Florida hospitals are not doing a good job of protecting patients from basic infections. That's according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

9:35 Five years after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, the country is still struggling to rebuild - and resolve a bitter political conflict to boot. WLRN talks with the Miami Herald's Caribbean correspondent about this difficult anniversary.

9:04 US officials have verified that Cuba has completed the release of 53 political prisoners. The move was part of last month's deal between the two countries.

8:43 Five years ago today a 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti. The quake killed 300,000 and left 1.5 million homeless. After the earthquake, the world focused on the devastation. But that attention has since waned, and now the Catholic Church is trying to change that.

8:30 State wildlife officials are investigating a series of attacks on brown pelicans in South Florida.

8:20 Members of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition have taken their first steps in a thousand-mile journey through Florida.

8:04 The U.S. prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, opened thirteen years ago. Protesters marked the anniversary with demonstrations in Miami and around the world demanding that President Obama close the prison.

7:43 Five years after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, the country is still struggling to rebuild - and resolve a bitter political conflict to boot. WLRN talks with the Miami Herald's Caribbean correspondent about this difficult anniversary.

7:30 It's been two years since the Legislature passed a law extending foster care from age 18 to 21 for youth aging out of the system who wanted to stay. Children's advocates say it's been a success for most kids in out-of-home care, who may need more time to complete school due to bureaucratic delays. But for young adults in extended foster care who also have disabilities, it's been unclear which state agency pays for which services --- the Department of Children and Families or the Agency for Persons with Disabilities.

7:20 Students, professors and lawmakers are still mulling over the idea of free community college. Last week, President Obama announced plans to make community college free to those willing to work for it. The program would cost roughly six billion dollars a year.

7:04 The Everglades Coalition wrapped up its thirtieth annual conference in Key Largo this past weekend. A panel discussion during the event revealed that Florida's endangered panthers are actually growing in number.

6:43 Five years ago today a 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti. The quake killed 300,000 and left 1.5 million homeless. After the earthquake, the world focused on the devastation. But that attention has since waned, and now the Catholic Church is trying to change that.

6:30 State wildlife officials are investigating a series of attacks on brown pelicans in South Florida.

6:20 Members of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition have taken their first steps in a thousand-mile journey through Florida.

6:04 The U.S. prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, opened thirteen years ago. Protesters marked the anniversary with demonstrations in Miami and around the world demanding that President Obama close the prison.