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3 groups of Cubans arrived in the Florida Keys this week, and one boat was sinking

MIAMI — Three groups of Cuban people arrived in the Lower Keys this week, as the surge in attempts to flee Cuba for Florida by making a treacherous journey by sea — most often in unsafe homemade boats — continues.

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Quick Fix: Savor island flavors with Coconut Rum-Glazed Mahi-Mahi

At a recent dinner we were offered a pina colada, a frothy, refreshing cocktail made with rum and coconut milk. It’s a popular drink in the Florida Keys. It started me thinking about the sunny islands of the Keys with the abundance of sweet fresh fish. I decided to use…

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Will Keys boat captain face charges in parasail tragedy at bridge? ‘It’s possible’

MIAMI — A boat driver who police say cut a parasail cable on Memorial Day, dragging three people across the water before they crashed into a Florida Keys bridge, could face criminal charges, according to the state agency that enforces laws on the water.

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US Coast Guard returns 223 migrants back to Haiti, Cuba. Some stopped off Florida Keys

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard returned 223 U.S.-bound migrants back to Haiti and Cuba on Tuesday after detaining eight migrant boats at sea during the Memorial Day weekend.

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Captain cut parasailing cable before mom and kids slammed into Florida Keys bridge, police say

MIAMI — A parasailing cable tethering a young mother and two children to a boat was intentionally cut by the vessel’s captain on Memorial Day, plunging them into the water and dragging them across the surface before they hit a Florida Keys bridge, according to police investigating the case.

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Parasailing cable snapped before slamming mom and kids into Florida Keys bridge, witness says

MIAMI — A parasailing cable tethering a young mother and two children to a boat snapped on Memorial Day, plunging them into the water and dragging them at least a mile before they hit a Florida Keys bridge, according to the captain who rescued them.

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East Carolina Pirates Preview 2022: Season Prediction, Breakdown, Key Games, Players

East Carolina College Football Preview 2022: Team breakdown, season prediction, keys to the campaign, and what you need to know

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55 Cuban migrants stopped at sea off the Florida Keys in a week, Coast Guard says

The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted 55 people from Cuba at sea off the Florida Keys over a five-day period last week.

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Fishing gear and plastic bag pieces found in the stomach of a dead sperm whale in Keys

Biologists conducting an necropsy on a sperm whale that beached itself in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico in the Florida Keys said they found man-made materials in the mammal’s stomach that likely contributed to its death.

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3 more groups of Cuban boaters make it to the Keys within 24 hours, Border Patrol says

MIAMI — Three separate groups of Cuban migrants arrived in the Florida Keys within about 24 hours, the U.S. Border Patrol said.

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Nearly 80 migrants from 4 countries, including Russia, arrive in the Florida Keys

MIAMI — U.S. Border Patrol agents took 77 migrants into custody over the weekend in the Florida Keys, including several from former Soviet bloc countries, federal officials said Monday.

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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.

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21 more migrants land in Florida Keys. More than 75 detained in last week

MIAMI — Nearly two dozen people are in federal custody as two more groups of Cuban migrants made landfall in the Florida Keys on Monday.

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16 Cuban migrants, including children, arrive in the Keys. Latest in surge of landings

A group of 16 Cuban migrants, including two children, arrived in the Lower Florida Keys Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.

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More than 100 Haitian migrants land in Florida Keys, gather in yard of oceanfront home

MIAMI — For the second time in two weeks, a large group of Haitian migrants has come to shore in the Florida Keys.

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Recent arrivals of hundreds of Haitians in Florida Keys is a sign of new trafficking routes

MIAMI — The arrival of nearly 700 Haitians in a string of dramatic migrant landings near an exclusive wealthy enclave in the Upper Florida Keys over the past four months suggests that those behind the rise in Haitian boat migration are getting bolder, and using new trafficking routes to get…

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Third migrant group in a week lands in the Florida Keys, this time in a makeshift boat

MIAMI — For the third time in a week, U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Florida Keys were called out to respond to a migrant landing.

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Tim Dorsey and Serge Storms celebrate 25 books

When Tim Dorsey started writing his first novel, "Florida Roadkill," in about 1997, it had a bad guy named Serge Storms. In the first draft, the plan was to kill him off.

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Coast Guard stops boat overloaded with migrants off the Florida Keys

MIAMI — Federal agents say a man borrowed his friend’s boat on Jan. 21 and used it to pick up 27 migrants from Cuba to bring them back to the United States.

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