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Lawyer argues fetus of jailed pregnant woman is being illegally detained

Florida attorney uses ‘fetal personhood’ argument in attempt to free client that could have consequences for women’s rights

The Guardian - US · Feb 23, 2023

State official inheriting Florida migrant relocation program has questions about vendor

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The head of the state agency now tasked with handling Gov. Ron DeSantis’ migrant relocation program told a Senate committee on Tuesday that he was not sure whether he will continue the state’s arrangement with Vertol Systems Company, the politically-connected aviation company paid to transport migrants from…

Miami Herald · Feb 22, 2023

How the 61-year-old embargo is blocking Cubans from finding sponsors in the US

MIAMI — People in Cuba cannot sign up on a U.S.-based online platform that matches them with potential sponsors for the Biden administration’s parole program because of the federal government’s decades-long financial restrictions and business regulations against Havana.

Miami Herald · Feb 17, 2023

‘Invasion of privacy’: Some Florida athletes leery of being made to reveal menstrual cycles

MIAMI — In the athletic trainer’s office at Miami Senior High are green Gatorade jugs, water bottles, anatomical posters, two massage tables — and years of private medical records of male and female high school athletes, stacked on a rack, stored in dusty, dog-eared cardboard crates labeled “bankers box.”

Miami Herald · Feb 6, 2023

New details emerge in Haiti president’s slaying as newly charged suspects appear in court

MIAMI — He’s a physician and pastor who aspired to be Haiti’s president, amassing a small group of supporters who introduced him to key security contacts in South Florida who could help him acquire high-powered machine guns and silencers, men with military training and even financing.

Miami Herald · Feb 2, 2023

Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa clears concussion protocol

MIAMI — Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has been cleared from the NFL’s concussion protocol, a league source confirmed to the Miami Herald, over a month after being diagnosed with his second concussion in the 2022 season.

Miami Herald · Feb 1, 2023

Political prisoners are main obstacle to better relations with Cuba, US diplomat says

The U.S. government has made it clear to Cuban authorities that the imprisonment of hundreds of peaceful protesters who took part in island-wide demonstrations on July 2021 is the “most serious obstacle” to improving bilateral relations, the head of the U.S. Embassy in Havana told the Miami Herald in an…

Miami Herald · Feb 1, 2023

Fla. GOP tries to "fashion police" women

"No ‘dress or skirt more than one inch above the knee.’ No ‘low cut blouses or dresses’"

Salon · Jan 31, 2023

25 people in Florida are charged with a scheme to get fake nursing diplomas

The defendants allegedly took part in a scam that sold more than 7,600 fraudulent nursing degree diplomas from three Florida-based nursing schools, according to recently unsealed federal indictments.

WEKU · Jan 27, 2023

Violence erupts in Haiti during protests by police officers after gangs kill 6 cops

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Violence erupted again in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince on Thursday when protesters claiming to be members of the police took to the streets after the killing of six cops by gang members.

Miami Herald · Jan 27, 2023