Cuban migrants arriving in Florida face uncertain future
Over the New Year's weekend alone, more than 700 migrants, mostly Cubans, arrived in the Keys
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Over the New Year's weekend alone, more than 700 migrants, mostly Cubans, arrived in the Keys
Some Key Largo homeowners are raising their voices and asking for help. They are frustrated because rustic vessels used by migrants to reach US shores have ended up on their properties.
Homeowners in the Florida Keys upset about abandoned makeshift vessels abandoned on their properties.
As the number of migrant landings increases dramatically, Monroe authorities desperately ask for federal help.
Dramatic video shows the moment Haitian migrants jumped off their boat and made their way to shore just off the Key Largo coast.
Trish Christakis reports those men are just five of the hundreds of Cuban migrants who showed up in the U.S. through South Florida and the Keys this past weekend.
At least 500 migrants have arrived in small boats along the Florida Keys over the last several days.
A surprise at sea for the passengers of a Carnival Cruise ship. While traveling to Miami, travelers spotted a small raft drifting in the water.
The migrants were spotted Sunday morning after 5 a.m. near Key Colony Beach.
Propelled by an undersea scooter, he delivered a bit of cheer to the marine inhabitants off Key Largo
Drivers who speed a little bit through selected school zones on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway during the holidays might get an onion from the Grinch instead of a traffic citation.
It's to call attention in a nice way to the need to obey speed limits in school zones
A man has been arrested for attempting to steal a food truck in Key Largo, Monroe County Sheriff's Office deputies said.
They were found clinging to a boat in rough seas.
Rescue crews battled 6 to 10-foot seas and 25 mph winds
Jacqueline Quynh reports nine people were rescued and the body of one person was recovered Saturday.
The boat capsized about 50 miles from Little Torch Key
"Ian" was found buried in seaweed by a family cleaning up a boat ramp after Hurricane Ian brushed Key West
The annual contest was staged near Horseshoe Reef about five miles off Key Largo.
An offbeat Halloween tradition took place in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary this past weekend when scuba divers submerged 25 feet beneath the surface to carve jack-o’-lanterns during the annual Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest.
Plans in the works for a new Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys.
Zita Gasperik is accused of taking a co-worker's 16-month-old baby from the hotel where they work
Key West was the most impacted area of the 125-mile-long contiguous Keys island chain
Athletics and after-school activities resume as well
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Cuban Americans in South Florida are split over a controversial U.S. policy allowing Mexico to send oil to crisis-stricken Cuba.
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A fatal hit-and-run crash is under investigation in North Miami, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office.
History was made in Hialeah as Brian Calvo became the city's youngest mayor ever—and he's getting straight to work.
Cuban Americans in South Florida are split over a controversial U.S. policy allowing Mexico to send oil to crisis-stricken Cuba.
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Surveillance video shows the suspects smashing the store's window and fleeing, leaving behind a bin—possibly linked to a string of 15 other burglaries in the area.
A fatal hit-and-run crash is under investigation in North Miami, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office.
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Guest host Lauren Pastrana is joined by Ron Book, chairman of the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust.
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New research recommends against drinking coffee or tea served by airlines, urging travelers to stick to bottled water.
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