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Tourists wait to get their picture taken in front of the Puerto Rican flag in Old San Juan. (Jim Wyss/Miami Herald/TNS)

Empty streets, bored tourists, anxious merchants: Puerto Rico amid coronavirus curfew

March 19, 2020 at 3:25 p.m.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Sequoia Mack and her friend flew from Baltimore to Puerto Rico Sunday night hoping to hit some clubs and celebrate her 21st birthday. Instead their...

Passengers needing assistance wear masks returning on a Delta flight from Amsterdam in the International Terminal at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport as travelers try to return to the United States amid new European travel restrictions from the coronavirus on Monday, March 16, 2020, in Atlanta.

Does blood type matter when it comes to coronavirus? A Chinese study says yes

March 18, 2020 at 12:49 p.m.

People with type A blood are more likely to catch coronavirus and die from it, according to a new study published in Wuhan, China. Type A is one of the...

The Norwegian Dawn docked at Port Tampa Bay earlier this month in Tampa, Florida. In response to a sharp rise in cruise cancellations in February, Norwegian Cruise Line sales managers recommended that employees do "anything for the sale," including downplaying the coronavirus to customers, according to a sales employee in South Florida.

After encouraging staff to mislead cruise customers about the coronavirus, Norwegian reverses

March 17, 2020 at 4:00 a.m.

After encouraging sales employees to mislead concerned customers about the risks of taking cruises during the COVID-19 outbreak, Norwegian Cruise Line has backpedaled. In response to a sharp rise in...

Bahamas Sen. Kay Forbes-Smith, who leads the Bahamas Disaster Reconstruction Authority, speaks to reporters at the Food For The Poor Warehouse in Coconut Creek, Fla., on March 6, 2020, updating the status of recovery and rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Dorian devastated part of the small nation.

Recovery from Dorian continues in Bahamas as leaders prepare for 2020 hurricane season

March 10, 2020 at 4:47 a.m.

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — Hurricane season is only three months away, and for those still recovering from Hurricane Dorian the pressure to remove debris, rebuild destroyed and damaged homes and...

Florida freshwater turtles are being illegally caught and exported live in increasingly large numbers, state wildlife officials said this month.

Florida’s freshwater turtles falling prey to the international black market

March 3, 2020 at 11:12 a.m.

MIAMI — Florida freshwater turtles are being illegally caught and exported live in increasingly large numbers to keep up with demand for their meat, their supposed medicinal purposes and their...

The "Empress of the Seas", a Bahamas-flagged vessel owned by the US Royal Caribbean which became the last cruise of a U.S. company to touch the Cuban port following the new US sanctions against the island, leaves from Havana, on June 5, 2019.

Tourism to Cuba drops significantly, official figures show

February 28, 2020 at 3:06 p.m.

The number of tourists and Cuban Americans visiting Cuba fell almost 20% in January compared to the same period last year, according to official figures published Thursday by the National...

Recent Grammy winner Lizzo commands a fee between $300,000 to $499,000 for a performance and Styles gets $500,000 up to $1 million. Many artists' management teams do not report to, or allow, Celebrity Talent to publicize the fees. So we don't have a figure for Guns 'n Roses or Lady Gaga.

Super Bowl numbers: Lizzo’s performance fee and the cheapest and most expensive shows

January 30, 2020 at 1:20 p.m.

The Miami Herald's Howard Cohen looks at Super Bowl week entertainment.

10 years after Haiti’s earthquake: A decade of aftershocks and unkept promises

January 16, 2020 at 9:57 a.m.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — For nearly three years after the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake, Haiti's main public square was a densely crowded tent city packed with makeshift huts made from cardboard,...

10 years after Haiti’s earthquake: A decade of aftershocks and unkept promises

January 16, 2020 at 9:49 a.m.

For nearly three years after the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake, Haiti's main public square was a densely crowded tent city packed with makeshift huts made from cardboard, plywood and bedsheets...

Residents survey damage where a home partially collapsed after an earthquake hit Guanica, Puerto Rico, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. A 5.8-magnitude quake hit Puerto Rico before dawn Monday, unleashing small landslides, causing power outages and severely cracking some homes. There were no immediate reports of casualties. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

A quake a day in Puerto Rico? It’s all about location, the experts say

January 6, 2020 at 11:52 a.m.

Many Puerto Ricans got a scary wake-up on call on Monday: a pretty major earthquake that hit 5.8 on the Richter scale. The temblor, one of the strongest in years,...

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