Cuba

Ian had top winds of 125 mph and storm surge up to 14 feet as it moved over the western end of Cuba. It could head for Tampa and St. Petersburg next, the first direct hit on those cities in a century.

Cuba is seeing a surge in unauthorized migration to the United States, fueled by an economic crisis.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other officials are pressing the White House to support efforts to preserve internet service to antigovernment protesters in Cuba.

Haiti and Cuba are both facing political crisis, Haiti after the former president was assassinated and Cuba after an unprecedented public uprising against the authoritarian government.

Central Florida leaders showed their support for thousands of young people who participated in anti-government protests over the weekend.

The Coast Guard on Saturday ended the search for nine Cubans missing from a boat that capsized off Florida’s coast.

Cuba has not imported COVID-19 vaccines because the island’s economy is in tatters. So it’s producing its own.

"It would be useful for training for things like wreck diving, specialty or technical diving or even for things like public safety, you know, rescue diving, firemen, police, state police or military," he said. "So it would make an excellent training ground."

California congresswoman Karen Bass is on the short list of potential running mates for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

The band from Havana brings its intoxicating mix of Afro-Cuban dance music and 1970s funk-and-soul to the Tiny Desk.