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MIAMI — Social media video shows protests breaking out in Havana as thousands of people across Cuba remain without electricity amid the island’s energy crisis. Cuban government officials have blamed the conditions on what they describe as a U.S. fuel blockade affecting the island’s ability to secure oil.

Wake up, doughnut lovers! If you’re losing an hour, you might as well gain a dozen — thanks to Krispy Kreme. When Daylight Saving Time steals an hour of sleep this weekend, the popular doughnut shop is ready with a sweet pick-me-up on March 9, 2026. It’s the...

Miami’s real-deal dive bars, the sticky floors, cheap beers and dim corner booths that have quietly stitched neighborhoods together for decades, are running out of room to breathe as glass towers and mixed-use projects creep onto their blocks. Longtime regulars say what is disappearing is not just late-night...

A Broward judge has shut down a last-minute effort by Jason Banegas to back out of the guilty plea he entered in the 2021 killing of Hollywood Police Officer Yandy Chirino, keeping the case barreling toward a mandatory life sentence under Florida law. Judge Refuses To Let Banegas Walk Back...

Kevin Carter / Kevin Carter/Getty Images Passengers aboard a Southwest Airlines flight on Friday experienced a terrifying moment when law enforcement stormed the cabin mid-journey to arrest a passenger. The flight, which was traveling from Nashville to Fort Lauderdale, was forced to divert to Atlanta so officers...

A Hollywood woman is accused of quietly draining a longtime family friend’s savings, then feeding thousands of those dollars into slot machines at a neighborhood casino, according to police. Investigators say Kimberly Dawn Bukowski, 56, took more than $38,000 from the man while acting as his caregiver, with at least...

Tricia Geter Pinder, a key witness in the prosecution of her ex‑boyfriend Corey Smith, the onetime leader of the "John Does" gang, says state attorneys lied to her and caused years of emotional distress.

A high-gloss Mexican dining room with serious design cred is heading to Brickell Key next month, bringing a new sit-down waterfront option to the island. The Mexican is slated to open April 7, filling a more-than-10,000-square-foot space built to seat over 330 guests across indoor and outdoor areas. As reported...

Two years ago, Rainier Miguel Salas and two licensed Florida insurance agents were charged with selling insurance agent licenses—all part of an illicit licensing school in Miami. This week, 12 others in the Miami area were charged with participating in the operation and obtaining licenses by paying Salas’ testing...

U.S. Attorney’s Office – Middle District of Alabama. Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson announced today that a Miami, Florida, man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a scheme to install card skimming devices on grocery store terminals in Alabama’s River Region. On...