WLRN News Staff

Former Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz has endorsed March For Our Lives co-founder and Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg for vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, POLITICO reported Friday.

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar are introducing a bipartisan bill to crack down on loopholes that allow oil company revenues to flow to the Venezuela’s authoritarian government led by President Nicolás Maduro.

This Sunday, a leading Haitian community group will mark 15 years since a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, leaving tens of thousands killed and injured, and displacing millions, in one of the Caribbean nation’s worst natural disasters.

While the median U.S. “asking rent” fell 0.3% year over year in December to $1,594, Miami metro area’s asking rent rose in the past year to $2,371 per month — the seventh-highest in the country.

Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg issued a warning Monday to local residents alerting them about a “jury duty scam.”

The Florida National Organization for Women is vehemently objecting to a proposed state bill that would restrict the types of flags that can be displayed at government buildings and schools.

LGBTQ+ advocates will celebrate the 10th anniversary of marriage equality in Florida on Sunday, Jan. 5, in Miami Beach in an event to include the couples and the attorneys who successfully sued in court to overturn the longstanding gay-marriage ban.

Ted Grossman, a long-time host of WLRN's "The Night Train" program, is retiring after nearly 50 years. His last show will be on Dec. 29.

Detectives with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Division on Friday reported they arrested Michael Patrick Stevens for his alleged role in the July 24, 2024, death of 41-year-old Adam Halenza of Key Largo.

The six Venezuelan opposition members have been sheltering for months in the Argentine diplomatic compound in the capital, Caracas.

If approved, the program would allow duty-free access for Haitian apparel and textile imports to the U.S., saving thousands of jobs. It is included in a stopgap spending bill that will keep the federal government funded through March 14.

Americans have until Sunday to sign up for health care coverage offered through the Affordable Care Act marketplace — also known as ‘Obamacare’ — for 2025. Coverage would begin Jan. 1, 2025.