A look at how Venezuelans in the US are reacting to Maria Corina Machado’s Nobel Prize win
By GISELA SALOMON DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Venezuelans in “Little Venezuela” — the largest home for the country’s natives in the United States — are welcoming …
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US citizen detained and held at ICE building in Portland for hours before release, lawyer says
By CLAIRE RUSH PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A U.S. citizen in Portland, Oregon, was detained by plainclothes officers and held at the city’s U.S. Immigration and …
St. Petersburg delays vote on flags for LGBTQ+ and Black communities after DeSantis erases murals
By CURT ANDERSON ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Florida city of St. Petersburg, long a bastion of LGBTQ+ rights and mindful of its racially segregated …
Soccer match between Argentina, Puerto Rico moved from Chicago to Florida amid immigration crackdown
By DEBORA REY BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A soccer match between Argentina and Puerto Rico, originally scheduled for next week in Chicago, has been relocated …
Staffing shortages cause more US flight delays as government shutdown reaches 7th day
By RIO YAMAT and JOSH FUNK Staffing shortages led to more flight delays at airports across the U.S. on Tuesday as the federal government shutdown stretched into a seventh day, …
Florida removes Miami Beach rainbow crosswalk after city loses appeal
By DAVID FISCHER MIAMI (AP) — A rainbow-colored crosswalk meant to celebrate the history and contributions of the LGBTQ+ community in Miami Beach has been removed from the …
At America’s national parks in the Trump era, the arc of history bends toward revisionism
By CALVIN WOODWARD HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. (AP) — By the roiling rapids of converging rivers, President Donald Trump’s campaign to have the government tell a happier story …
Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Chicago, but details remain unclear
By THOMAS PEIPERT President Donald Trump moved to deploy the National Guard in another city Saturday by authorizing 300 troops to protect federal officers and assets …
Florida waterfront trail to honor wrestling legend Hulk Hogan
By KATE PAYNE A stretch of a waterfront trail in the Florida Gulf Coast community of Clearwater is being renamed to honor the mustachioed, headscarf-wearing wrestling …
Excavators find $1 million in gold coins from Spanish shipwreck along Florida’s ‘Treasure Coast’
By KATE PAYNE Hidden beneath the turquoise waters off a stretch of Florida known as the “Treasure Coast,” a team of divers from a shipwreck salvage …
National parks will remain ‘generally’ open during the shutdown, but Liberty Bell doors are closed
By JOSEPH FREDERICK, MATTHEW BROWN and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN NEW YORK (AP) — Crowds of people loaded onto boats to tour the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Wednesday …
Cuban foreign minister says Rubio’s ‘personal’ agenda in Latin America risks Trump’s peace prospects
By FARNOUSH AMIRI NEW YORK (AP) — Recent U.S. escalations in the Caribbean are a result of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s “personal” agenda against the region, Cuba’s …
1 man killed in Cuba as Tropical Storm Imelda and Hurricane Humberto threaten Bahamas and Bermuda
By DÁNICA COTO SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the Bahamas closed most schools Monday as Tropical Storm Imelda dropped heavy rain in the …
Oregon leaders say Trump is deploying 200 National Guard troops within the state
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN WASHINGTON (AP) — Two hundred members of the Oregon National Guard are being placed under federal control and deployed to protect immigration …
Tropical weather in the Atlantic slams the Caribbean and may hit Southeast US next
By FREIDA FRISARO MIAMI (AP) — Crews spent Saturday preparing for a weather system that was forecast to become Tropical Storm Imelda late Saturday or early …
Man admits in TV interview to killing and burying his parents
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A man admitted during a television interview to killing his parents and burying them in the backyard of their upstate New York home …
Major charter school network expanding to Miami after lobbying for pro-charter state law
By KATE PAYNE TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A charter school network backed by a billionaire hedge fund manager announced Thursday that it is expanding in Miami, …
Florida board of education signs off on a charter school expansion
By KATE PAYNE TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s board of education signed off Wednedsay on a major expansion of charter schools in the state, clearing the way for …
Trump’s Tylenol and vaccine warnings leave some pregnant women concerned, others angry
By LAURA UNGAR Faith Ayer had no qualms about taking Tylenol for chronic migraines and COVID-19 during her pregnancy, and grew disappointed and angry as she …
State inspectors align with Universal’s findings that roller coaster was working right when man died
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — State investigators looking into the death of a 32-year-old man after he rode on a Universal Orlando Resort roller coaster said Monday that …