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SpaceX successfully launches classified satellite a day after scrubbing mission

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SpaceX successfully launched its NROL-76 mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on May 1 after the initial scheduled liftoff a day earlier was delayed due to a technical issue.
Just after dawn on Thanksgiving Day 1999, two South Florida fishermen rescued a 5-year-old boy from the Florida Straits. Thus began the saga of Elián González, who became caught up in a bitter international custody battle. Now, a documentary revisits the painful chapter in Cuban-American history. Elián, the film, mines hundreds of hours of archival news footage from both sides of the Florida Straits, as well as home videos, and interviews with key players.
Marco Coello, the Venezuelan activist who was recently arrested in Miami while awaiting an asylum hearing, was released from custody Thursday amid mounting political pressure.
Venezuelan activist was released on Thursday from the Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade. Coello, 22, was allegedly tortured by the Nicolás Maduro regime in 2014. He fled to the U. S. in 2015 and was in the process of seeking political asylum. He was detained by immigration officials on Wednesday.
A New York Times investigation shows how Syria and its main partner, Russia, have distorted the facts surrounding the chemical weapons attack on Khan Sheikhoun.
A Chinese weatherman made news around the world after being hit by lightning during a live broadcast.
A palm oil company known for turning orangutan habitat into plantation land has helped the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation purchase an island for this critically endangered species.
Guy Philippe’s defense attorneys discuss the reason the Haitian senator and former police commander pled guilty Monday in Miami federal court to a drug-related, money-laundering conspiracy charge that could send him to prison for at least nine years.
Hundreds of thousands of bits of space junk are orbiting the planet, according to NASA. And it’s a huge problem. This animation depicts the distribution and movement of man-made objects orbiting Earth. NASA Orbital Debris Program Office at JSC
One police officer was killed and two injured in a shooting attack on Paris’ Champs-Elysees boulevard on Thursday. French police confirmed that the suspect was shot and killed by officers while fleeing the scene. Hundreds of police swarmed the area near the Arc de Triomphe following the attack that occurred around 9pm. This video from Ludovic Vickers shows the police response in the aftermath of the attack.
A group of protesters attacked a police armored personal carrier forcing them to retreat in Venezuela.
Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell and St. Lucia Prime Minister Allen Chastanet discuss their countries’ prospects at recent “Caribbean Dilemma” conference organized by the Miami Herald and the World Bank.
Video captures the moment a woman refused to move out of the way of a police tank during a violent protest in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas on April 19,2017.
Venezuelans defy government roadblocks surrounding the capital city of Caracas on April 19,2017.
Anti-government protests continue to grow in Venezuela with one of the largest to date happening on April 19,2017.
The Secretary-General of Organization of American States Luis Almagro is interviewed by Miami Herald columnist Andrés Oppenheimer.

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