Florida Straits

As cries for change and U.S. intervention for Cuba grow louder, the Coast Guard is keeping a watchful eye out in the Florida Straits for any attempt at what it called “unsafe and illegal” boat crossings toward Cuba by those sympathetic to the island protesters.

It’s surprising that Hollywood hasn’t made a movie about the life story of Lizbet Martinez. These days she’s a third-grade teacher at Milam K8 Center in Hialeah, extremely attached to her violin.

Victoria Burgess is believed to be the first woman to make the trip from Cuba to the Keys on a standup paddleboard.

Come June, Pompano Beach firefighter Victoria Burgess plans to attempt what no woman has ever done before on her first try after years of training.

A tropical system in the Caribbean is expected to bring heavy rain to South Florida over the weekend and could potentially become a tropical depression or storm.

Several million customers were without power Sunday afternoon and into Monday after Hurricane Irma lashed Florida, officials said.

The husband of a Delray Beach woman who went missing at sea while they were on a boating trip in May was arrested by the FBI on charges related to the theft of gold coins, authorities said.

A powerboat race team claimed the world record for a crossing from the Florida Keys to Cuba Thursday.

One month after a Delray Beach woman went missing while returning from a boating trip with her husband, federal agents began a search of their family home looking for potential clues in solving the case.

The acclaimed documentary based on the life of Elian Gonzalez premiered in Miami Wednesday. “I think this film puts an important Miami story into an important historical context,” Jaie Laplante, Executive Director for the Miami Dade College Miami Film Festival. It’s the story of a Cuban boy found in the Florida Straits after his mother and others died sea....

Cubans are still making risky sea journeys to the U.S. despite the end of a policy that allowed them to stay if they made it to American soil, officials said Monday.

A projected 14 percent cut from the current budget of just over $9 billion for the Coast Guard is projected, along with 11 percent cuts for the TSA and FEMA.

Cuba and the United States have signed an accord on preventing and cleaning up oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Straits.

NBC 6’s Julia Bagg talks to an ailing mother in Cuba who hasn’t seen her daughter in 3 years.

An ailing woman in Cuba shares her pain on not being able to see her daughter for years because of the diplomatic issues between Havana and the United States.

Jackie Nespral reflects on the significance of Fidel Castro’s death on her life, her family and other Cubans.

More than 125,000 Cubans arrived in South Florida in the Spring of 1980 in what’s been called the Mariel Boatlift.

The Coast Guard repatriated 85 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, this week. Fourteen were repatriated on Monday, 25 on Wednesday and 46 on Thursday.

Though no longer a threat to directly strike South Florida, the effects of Tropical Depression Nine are expected to be felt over the next few days as the storm gathers steam in the Gulf of Mexico.

The U.S. Coast Guard says 97 Cuban migrants intercepted at sea have recently been returned to the island nation.