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1 Cuban migrant dead and several others missing off Florida Keys

MIAMI — One person is dead and several others are missing among a group of people attempting to migrate to South Florida from Cuba on Thursday night, according to federal and local officials.

Miami Herald · Apr 1, 2022

Parkland mass shooter finally faces judgment. Jury selection to begin on Monday

MIAMI — More than four years after he gunned down 17 people at a Parkland high school, Nikolas Cruz is finally set to face judgment in a Broward County courtroom.

Miami Herald · Apr 1, 2022

Greg Cote: NCAA Final Four: Coach K on a ladder. Why is America rooting against the perfect ending?

MIAMI — There is one and only one perfect ending that can come out of this men’s NCAA Final Four, and it is Coach K up on a ladder just before midnight Monday, snipping pieces of the basketball net in his final game as Duke coach. (A falling tear will…

Miami Herald · Apr 1, 2022

Coast Guard makes a different kind of rescue — and 2 turtles are now at a Keys hospital

MIAMI -- The U.S. Coast Guard has been busy on the waters this year as the agency deals with a surge in migration to Florida from Cuba and Haiti.

Miami Herald · Mar 31, 2022

Judge hears passionate arguments from Surfside victims but OKs $83 million settlement

MIAMI — Victims of the Surfside condominium collapse made impassioned pleas about how money in a legal dispute should be divided, but at the end of a court hearing Wednesday the judge overseeing the case was not swayed and approved an $83 million settlement he had previously endorsed.

Miami Herald · Mar 31, 2022

Rising stars Alcaraz, Cerundolo love Miami Open’s Latin crowds; Pegula reaches semis

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Stadium Court is typically the stage for marquee players at the Miami Open, but the most electric crowds so far this week were at the 5,000-seat Grandstand, where two of the sport’s rising stars — Carlos “Carlitos” Alcaraz and Francisco Cerundolo — played their fourth-round matches.

Miami Herald · Mar 31, 2022

Husband and wife among group of Cuban migrants arriving in Florida Keys

MIAMI — A group of Cuban migrants landed in the Florida Keys Wednesday morning, according to Monroe County Sheriff’s Office dispatch records.

Miami Herald · Mar 31, 2022

Greg Cote: Miami Marlins owner Bruce Sherman said he would spend. Payroll says it wasn’t nearly enough.

Bruce Sherman, Miami Marlins principal owner, sought to convey all-is-well calm as baseball’s lockout-delayed spring training began a couple of weeks ago. CEO and face-of-the-franchise Derek Jeter had just abruptly and unexpected left in a mutual parting, and Sherman said exactly what he knew fans wanted to hear in the…

Miami Herald · Mar 30, 2022

‘Awesome to find them.’ 2 men who left Cuba on a motorized surfboard feared dead, now safe

Two men who left Cuba more than a week ago on a homemade boat made from a surfboard and pontoons have been found safe near the Bahamas, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Miami Herald · Mar 30, 2022

Fabiola Santiago: We see through the lies, Gov. DeSantis, and know exactly what ‘don’t say gay’ is all about

The signing of Florida’s “don’t say gay” bill encapsulates all that’s foul about Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ reign.

Miami Herald · Mar 30, 2022