Portions of Cuba remain without power for 4th day
To make matters worse, the eastern portion of the island is dealing with Tropical Storm Oscar.
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To make matters worse, the eastern portion of the island is dealing with Tropical Storm Oscar.
Many Cubans are waiting in anguish as electricity on much of the island has yet to be totally restored after days of blackout.
Cuba's electrical grid went offline Friday after one of the island's major power plants failed, the energy ministry said.
A massive outage left millions of Cubans without power and prompted the government Friday to implement emergency measures to slash demand.
At least 17 people are dead as a result of Hurricane Milton, officials told CBS News.
Utility crews were working to restore power Thursday afternoon in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton.
Austin Carter reports nearly 3 million people lost electricity in Florida as Hurricane Milton crossed the state.
When bands from Hurricane Helene moved through South Florida, some 25,000 homes in Miami-Dade and Broward lost power, but the neighborhood of Las Olas Isles in Fort Lauderdale remained unaffected.
FPL spokesman Chris McGrath says they pre-staged crews so that after the worst of the storm passed they could get out quickly to impacted areas.
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Small groups of protesters have taken to the streets in the eastern Cuba city of Santiago as power outages lasting up to eight hours sweep across the Caribbean nation.
Attention Doral residents, if you have been out and about, you may have noticed power is out in certain areas of the city.
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A major power outage in the lower Florida Keys is being blamed on a sailboat which got stuck in transmission lines on Monday morning, officials said.
Lengthy and widespread power outages are in the forecast after Hurricane Dorian hits Florida.
A massive power outage has left over 70% of Venezuela without electricity.
Officials say a hungry raccoon caused a brief power for more than 3,000 customers in Central Florida.
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Kindred Hospital in Fort Lauderdale had to be evacuated Friday afternoon due to a power outage, fire officials said.
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Travelers across the country are feeling the impact of an issue at one major airport.
Police have not said what they are investigating at this time.
American Airlines is no longer resuming its daily service out of Miami into Port-au-Prince's Toussaint Louverture International Airport.
Monday's highs will climb to the upper 70s in the afternoon.
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American Airlines is no longer resuming its daily service out of Miami into Port-au-Prince's Toussaint Louverture International Airport.
Monday's highs will climb to the upper 70s in the afternoon.
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Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
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Lara Trump will step down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee.
The task force is wrapping up its work probing security failures surrounding the July 13 and Sept. 15 assassination attempts.
Trump said of the Jan. 6 defendants and convicts, "I'm going to be acting very quickly," he told NBC News' "Meet the Press."
President-elect Donald Trump called on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, saying that Ukraine and its president "would like to make a deal and stop the madness."
Jim keeps the theme of the week going with longtime political reporter Marc Caputo.
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A week after interviewing Republican State Rep. Danny Perez of Miami, who is the new Florida House Speaker, Jim goes one-on-one with Fentrice Driskell, the Florida House minority leader.
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The independent Vermont senator also called some of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s views "very wrong."
At least 364 pertussis cases were reported, marking the worst Thanksgiving week on record.
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Congo's health minister says the government is "on general alert" over an unidentified disease that's killed dozens of people, about half of whom were children.
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A viral TikTok recipe that includes melting Jolly Ranchers landed a 9-year-old in the hospital with severe burns.
The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
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Eighteen white-bearded men who resemble the late U.S. author Ernest Hemingway have arrived in Havana for the weekend to visit some of the his favorite places when he lived on the island decades ago.
The plane crash happened in Homosassa, about 60 miles north of Tampa.
Heritage Auctions had estimated the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" would fetch $3 million or more.
First lady Jill Biden unveiled the White House decorations earlier in the week, with the theme of "A Season of Peace and Light."