The judge gave the prosecutor and Corey Smith’s defense attorney until the first week in February to come up with a plea deal ...

Since joining the Miami Herald in 1999, he’s covered the federal courts nonstop, from Elian Gonzalez’s custody battle to Alex ...

Cuba is hemorrhaging people as the economy falters. Now, the country is coming under fresh political pressure as one of the ...

It was one of the few moments since 1959 when the Cold War rivals agreed on something: The U.S. legal system ruled that Gonzalez should be returned to his father. A state celebration was held on ...

Robert Larry Hobbs, an Associated Press editor who guided coverage of Florida news for more than three decades with ...

As if you needed one more reason to vote for Donald Trump, consider Peanut the squirrel and his friend Fred, the innocent ...

The University community reacted with mixed opinions Thursday to the latest events in the Elian Gonzalez story. While some students did not want to see the 6-year-old sent back to Cuba with his father ...

A gripping new podcast, “Chess Piece: The Elian Gonzalez Story,” follows the journey of 5-year-old Elian, who was found alone floating on an inner tube. His mother died after the boat filled ...

A five-year-old boy, Elián Gonzalez, survives, but his mother is among those who die. Brought to America to stay with relatives, Elian becomes a symbol of the struggle between Cuba and the U.S ...

For 40 years, Republicans have mixed populist rhetoric with plutocratic policies. Maybe this time, Americans will finally get ...

HAVANA − Cuba's national electrical grid shut down on Friday after one of the island's major power plants failed, Cuba's energy ministry said, plunging the entire country into a blackout.