This Is What It Means To Be Afro-Latino
In a Q&A for his 2011 PBS documentary “Black In Latin America,” Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. said: There were 11.2 million Africans that we can count who survived…
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7 Transgender Women Have Been Murdered In 2015 And No One Is Talking About It
Earlier this week, When the Miami-Dade County police confirmed the death of 46-year-old Kristina Grant Reinwald as a homicide, the LGBTQ communities of Miami mobilized to grieve together as a…
Bill O’Reilly Continues To Go On The Offensive Against Mother Jones ‘Hit Job’
Bill O’Reilly is not backing down. Monday night on “The O’Reilly Factor,” the Fox News host invited former NBC News Miami bureau chief Don Browne to help corroborate his claims…
Not The Greatest Inbounds Play In Miami Heat History
Down by one with about 40 seconds to play on Wednesday, the Miami Heat should have had enough time to patiently get a few more shots up against the Minnesota…
Lolita The Captive Killer Whale To Get Endangered Protections
The federal government has decided that a captive killer whale that has been performing for decades at the Miami Seaquarium deserves the same protection as a small population of endangered…
Can a killer whale be a slave?
“Lolita’s story reminded me of my own,” says African-American actress and singer Robbyne Kaamil. “My own relatives, my family ancestors, were captured and forced into slavery.” Captured in waters off…
13 Numbers That Explain The Resurgence Of Measles In The U.S.
Along with vaccines for polio and mumps, the measles vaccine was a triumph of investigative research and public health when it debuted in 1968. It quickly became part of the…
Family Outraged After Girl With Autism Leaves School In Middle Of Day Unsupervised
A Florida mother is outraged after her 6-year-old daughter showed up at her door in the middle of a school day on Monday. Zoe Maglio, who has been diagnosed with…
Why John Leguizamo Says He Didn’t ‘Want To Be A Drug Dealer Or A Murderer’ The Rest Of His Life
John Leguizamo made his television debut in the mid-1980s on “Miami Vice.” He was first cast as the son of an important drug lord and later as one-third of drug…
Donald Trump Talks Miss Universe Pageant, ‘seriously’ Looking At 2016 Presidential Run
Donald Trump, owner of the Miss Universe pageant, executive producer and host of “The Apprentice,” and recent speaker at the Iowa Freedom Summit, joined the Weekend TODAY team from Miami…
Tara Reid Vacations In A Mismatched Bikini
No need for Tara Reid to bundle up for the winter weather. The 39-year-old is making the most of her Miami vacation by soaking up the sun in a bikini….