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New blackout hits Cuba; Trump boasts he can “take” the island

Officials in Cuba reported an islandwide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic ...
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March Madness: No. 1 Florida brushes off SEC tourney loss and eyes a national title repeat

Nothing will convince Florida coach Todd Golden that losing in the Southeastern Conference Tournament was a positive. Not even six consecutive wins and another national title. “I get it, but I’m not ...
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Florida promised to restore a quarter of the state’s reef by 2050. So where’s the funding?

Share articleA state goal to restore 25% of Florida’s ailing reef by 2050 is in danger of stumbling after money to cover the ...
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Poll shows former CBS4 anchorman Eliott Rodriguez leading Democratic rivals for congressional seat

Share articleA new poll of Democratic voters in Florida’s 27th Congressional District shows former CBS4 anchor Eliott Rodriguez as the frontrunner in a crowded Democratic primary for Congress, his ...
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Argentina vs. Spain Finalissima in called off due to Iran war

UEFA said Sunday that the game between Argentina and Spain known as Finalissima that was supposed to be held in Qatar has ...
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Aaron Judge says World Baseball Classic has surpassed World Series

Share articleOn a night when All-Stars and future Hall of Famers thrilled fans and each other until the final out, Aaron ...
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American flag raised at US Embassy in Venezuela for the 1st time since 2019

The American flag was raised Saturday over the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela for the first time since 2019, a move that highlighted the recent shift in relations between the two countries since then ...
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Cuba will release 51 people from prison in an unexpected move

Share articleHAVANA — Cuba’s government said Thursday night that it would release 51 people from the island’s prisons in an ...
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Key Biscayne K-8 school faces “death spiral” as enrollment and rankings plummet

Share articleKey Biscayne’s public school is seeing attendance and academic performance plummet while funding spirals down, a crisis one official said could cause the island’s only public school to ...
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United States Air Force refueling aircraft crashes in Iraq, kills 4.

SEOUL, South Korea — The U.S. military says a KC-135 refueling aircraft supporting operations against Iran crashed in western Iraq, killing four of its six crew members. The U.S. Central Command, ...
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Chile’s Kast takes office, marking furthest shift to the right since dictatorship

Far-right leader José Antonio Kast was sworn in as Chile’s president Wednesday in the Latin American nation’s most pronounced rightward shift since the return of democracy in 1990. In a ceremony at ...
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Village of Key Biscayne settles First Amendment lawsuit with nonprofit news outlet

Share articleThe Village of Key Biscayne has settled a federal lawsuit with a nonprofit news outlet that claimed Village policy violated the First Amendment rights of its reporters and of village ...