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After forty weeks of a healthy pregnancy, a challenging labor caused the Perez family's newborn to stop breathing.
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After forty weeks of a healthy pregnancy, a challenging labor caused the Perez family's newborn to stop breathing.
Hurricane Irene downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday but is likely to restrengthen to a category 3 hurricane by Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center but the threat to South Florida is decreasing.
Hurricane Irene is forecasted to pass over or near the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas by Tuesday night and be near the central Bahamas early Wednesday.
The rough seas and heavy rains of approaching Tropical Storm Irene left some cruise ship passengers in San Juan stuck on not-so-dry land Sunday, as their ship was ordered away from the dock before they were able to board. Some have been told they have to find their own way home.
President Barack Obama has signed an emergency declaration for Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Irene.
Hurricane Irene has strengthened to a category two hurricane as it churns toward the Bahamas.
The rough seas and heavy rains of approaching Tropical Storm Irene left some cruise ship passengers in San Juan stuck on not-so-dry land Sunday, as their ship was ordered away from the dock before they were able to board. Some have been told they have to find their own way home.
Hurricane Irene cut a path across Puerto Rico downing trees and power lines while dropping heavy rains before pushing out over the warm waters of the Caribbean Monday morning.
Tropical Storm Irene is bearing down on St. Croix.
Now that Tropical Storm Emily has breezed by Puerto Rico, many families in South Florida are waiting anxiously to see how Haiti and the Dominican Republic will fare as the storm closes in on them.
A funeral service will be held Wednesday for a Miami-Dade police officer who was killed in Puerto Rico.
The body of Miami-Dade Police officer Juan Aviles arrived in Miami Tuesday nearly a week after he and his sister were gunned down in Villalba, Puerto Rico.
Authorities in Puerto Rico continue to investigate the death of a vacationing Miami-Dade Police officer and his sister. But his death is having a ripple effect on a large racketeering case involving Miami-Dade County and Wackenhut.
A Miami-Dade police officer died in Puerto Rico from gunshot wounds Thursday, the Miami-Dade Police Department confirmed. The officer was reportedly visiting the island for Mother's Day.
A diverse group of Hispanics now account for about a quarter of Florida's nearly 19 million year round residents.
While the official start of the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season may be two months away, forecasters are keeping their eye on an area of low pressure brewing out about 460 miles northeast of Puerto Rico.
A man is in jail after police busted what they say is a cock fighting facility that allegedly trained, fought and exported the birds to Puerto Rico.
