As Hispanic Heritage Month shines a spotlight on the stories and contributions of Hispanic Americans, one St. Augustine business owner’s journey stands out for its resilience, creativity, and deep cultural roots.
Cristhian Leyva, a Ribault High School student. left behind everything he knew in Holguin, Cuba, for a shot at something bigger: freedom, opportunity, and the dream of playing in the Major Leagues.
Former Olympic wresting gold medalist Kyle Snyder has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after being arrested in a prostitution sting.
Civil rights advocates have renewed concerns that immigrants detained at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base on Cuba are being held in extreme isolation, cut off from meaningful access to legal counsel or candid communication with relatives.
Three House Republicans from Florida with Cuban roots are carefully navigating President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
The Associated Press has learned that military officials are reviewing plans that would cut the number of U.S. troops deployed to the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba to handle detained migrants by as much as half.
Authorities have removed U.S. immigrants from detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay as a federal court in Washington weighs a challenge by civil rights advocates to holding immigrants at the offshore military station.
U.S. immigration and military authorities say that immigrants from 27 countries were being held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba, while revealing new details of conditions of confinement and defending the government’s authority to transfer and hold immigrants to the military base.
Three immigrants who won a restraining order against the U.S. government to avoid transfer to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba have been deported on direct flights to Venezuela.
A federal court has blocked the Trump administration from sending three Venezuelan immigrants held in New Mexico to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba as part of the president’s immigration crackdown.
Newly unsealed documents give one of the most detailed views yet of the evidence gathered on the accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, including how prosecutors allege he and others interacted with the hijackers who carried out the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
The Biden administration has succeeded in temporarily blocking accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed from entering a guilty plea that would spare him the risk of execution for al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
The Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that would spare him the risk of the death penalty.
The U.S. has transferred 11 Yemeni men to Oman after holding them for more than two decades without charge at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The Pentagon has transferred two Malaysian detainees at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. military prison to their home country.
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 U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has scheduled hearings in early January for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants to enter guilty pleas in exchange for life sentences.
An area of low pressure in the Caribbean Sea, Invest-99, producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms, could soon develop into “Sara.”
Cuba has been left reeling after a fierce Category 3 hurricane ripped across western portions of the island, knocking out the country’s power grid, downing trees and damaging infrastructure.
A military judge has ruled that plea agreements struck by alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants are valid.
Hurricane Rafael has reached Category 3 status with sustained winds at 115 mph as of 2 pm Wednesday.
A hurricane watch for the Cayman Islands and a tropical storm warning for Jamaica have been issued as a weather system in the Caribbean is expected to strengthen.
Tropical Storm Oscar has disintegrated as it heads toward the Bahamas after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane, killing at least seven people.
On the forecast track, the center of Oscar will move across Great Inagua as a Category 1 Sunday morning, make landfall along the northeastern coast of Cuba later this afternoon or evening, and then move across eastern Cuba tonight and Monday.
A few things to know after millions of people in Cuba were left without electricity for two days when the nation's electrical grid collapsed.
Cuba’s government says some electricity has been restored on the island after one of the country’s major power plants failed and left millions without electricity for two days.
Although there are no official figures or estimates of how many pets have been left behind by their owners who leave Cuba, the number of abandoned cats and dogs has spiked in the last two years as Cubans migrate in record numbers, animal activists say.
Florida residents are already evacuating and filling sandbags days ahead of anticipated flooding from Tropical Storm Helene.
Nicaragua’s government has closed another 151 nongovernmental organizations, among them some of the most important trade organizations, including the American Chamber of Commerce.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has overridden a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death penalty cases.
Two business owners said they are days away from reopening after a tornado hit them on Beach Boulevard.
As the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Cuban Rafter Crisis approaches, Celia E. Ochoa’s memoir recounts her family’s long journey to make it out of Cuba. She details their year in hiding searching for a way out, the construction of a homemade boat, their 18 hours in the ocean, their subsequent rescue at sea, 10 months spent in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps and life after arriving in the United States. Celia has been attending book events in North and Central Florida in an effort for her book to reach a wider audience with the hope of reconnecting with others that were in the detention camps from 1994-1995. Her memoir is filled with photographs of refugees and military personnel that they encountered during their time in Guantanamo Bay and that she hopes to find again. To learn more about Celia and her memoir you can find her on Instagram @Readwithceo
As the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Cuban Rafter Crisis approaches, Celia E. Ochoa’s memoir recounts her family’s long journey to make it out of Cuba. She details their year in hiding searching for a way out, the construction of a homemade boat, their 18 hours in the ocean, their subsequent rescue at sea, 10 months spent in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps and life after arriving in the United States. Celia has been attending book events in North and Central Florida in an effort for her book to reach a wider audience with the hope of reconnecting with others that were in the detention camps from 1994-1995. Her memoir is filled with photographs of refugees and military personnel that they encountered during their time in Guantanamo Bay and that she hopes to find again. To learn more about Celia and her memoir you can find her on Instagram @Readwithceo
Living in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia, severe weather, including tropical storms and hurricanes, is never far from our thoughts. Even though it’s only late March, June 1 and the start of hurricane season is right around the corner, and that means the predictions for the 2024 season are starting to roll in.
An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U_S_ diplomats who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed “Havana syndrome.”.
Dharma Jax consists of three members who landed in Jacksonville from Cuba. Their dynamic performances are high energy mixed with mashed up songs and originals in English and Spanish. They will be performing at the Stout Snug Saturday night from 5 - 8pm with Love Monkey headlining the night. The band showcased one of their original songs to entice people to check out this show. It was also a way for them to earn a spot on a future River City Beats segment. Facebook / Instagram: @dharmajax
The National Hurricane Center will add inland predictions to its forecast of the location and ferocity of tropical storms.
Mexican immigration officials are moving to clear a migrant encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande river, as U.S. officials met with Mexico’s president to press for measures to limit a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border.
At 1000 PM EST (0300 UTC), the disturbance was centered near latitude 20.0 North, longitude 76.5 West. The system is moving toward the northeast near 22 mph (35 km/h), and a faster northeastward...
A decade after swimming nonstop for more than two straight days from Cuba to Florida, Diana Nyad has returned to the Key West beach where she completed her epic journey.
Russia has been defeated in its bid to regain a seat in the United Nations premiere human rights body by a significant majority in an election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine.
In a story published September 20, 2023, about a hearing regarding a 9/11 defendant held at Guantanamo Bay, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the hearing took place on Wednesday, It was Tuesday.
At the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, the aging men known by their serial numbers arrived at the meeting shackled.
The U.S. has transferred Guantanamo detainee Said bin Brahim bin Umran Bakush back to his home country of Algeria citing that his continued detention was no longer necessary, the Department of Defense announced Thursday.
Russia and Venezuela have reviewed some of their hundreds of bilateral agreements covering the financial, energy, agricultural and several other sectors during discussions between their top diplomats.
Trea Turner homered twice to give him a tournament-leading four, and the defending champion United States romped over Cuba 14-2 to reach its second straight World Baseball Classic final.
In the last 18 months, an estimated 250,000 migrants and asylum-seekers, mostly from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti, have arrived in the Miami area, often only on temporary legal status that doesn't allow them to work.
An underground market has emerged for migrants seeking U.S. sponsors since the Biden administration announced last month that it would accept a limited number of people from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti.
The Biden administration says U.S. authorities have seen a 97% decline in illegal border crossings by migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela since Mexico began accepting those expelled under a public health order.
A federal judge has granted the Biden administration a five-week delay to end far-reaching asylum restrictions, writing in upper-case letters that he was doing so “WITH GREAT RELUCTANCE.”.
Tropical Depression Lisa has moved into southern Mexico a day after making landfall as a hurricane in the Central American nation of Belize and heading inland over northern Guatemala.
There are many ways to categorize a hurricane. The storm’s central pressure is one way. The height of its storm surge is another. How much rain it drops is another. And, of course, the strength of its wind is another. But what causes a hurricane to strengthen or weaken? The answer is simple enough, but multifaceted.
While it is too soon to determine the exact magnitude and location of these impacts, residents in Cuba, the Florida Keys, and the Florida peninsula should ensure they have their hurricane plan in place and closely monitor forecast updates through the weekend.
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry on Sunday morning urged Jacksonville residents to be prepared as the city is expected to feel the effects of Tropical Storm Ian in the coming days.
A former Olympic volleyball player says she was attacked in downtown Los Angeles when a man threw a metal object at her face in an assault that fractured multiple bones in her face and left one of her eyes swollen shut.
Invasive giant African land snails that can eat building plaster and stucco, consume hundreds of varieties of plants and carry diseases that affect humans have been detected once again in Florida, where officials say work has begun to eradicate the pests.
The State Department is preparing to compensate victims of mysterious brain injuries colloquially known as “Havana Syndrome" with six-figure payments, according to officials and congressional aides.
U.S. border authorities stopped migrants more often on the southern border for a fourth straight month in May, apparently unaffected by expectations that pandemic-era limits on asylum may be lifted.
An Iraqi man who has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center for more than 15 years has pleaded guilty to war crimes charges for his role in al-Qaida attacks against U.S. and allied forces along with civilians in Afghanistan.
When leaders gather this week in Los Angeles at the Summit of the Americas, the focus is likely to veer from policy issues like migration, climate change and inflation and instead shift to something Hollywood thrives on: the drama of the red carpet.
Much of the Florida peninsula, along with parts of Cuba and the Bahamas, are under a tropical storm warning as a system that battered Mexico moves through the Gulf of Mexico, killing at least two in Cuba and bringing threats of heavy rain and wind for the weekend.
