Scott wants to renew effort to reform ALFs

Florida’s governor says he will extend the life of the group looking into ways to eliminate deadly abuse and neglect in assisted living facilities.

Judge urges witness to get a lawyer in heathcare fraud case

A Broward County judge interrupted a bond hearing to warn the defendant’s wife and colleague that they now could face criminal charges, based on a taped jailhouse phone conversation that could implicate them in wrongdoing.
Time to ban ALF caregivers who abuse, state is told

Florida disability administrators are recommending a ban on caregivers who have harmed residents living in ALFs.

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Crackdown on caretakers

Finding more filth, abuse, state moves to shut ALFs

While the state continues its crackdown on assisted-living facilities, inspectors are finding more caretake...
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CUBA

Sen. Feinstein singles out Cuba as potential drug smuggling point

A California senator who chairs a congressional caucus on international drug trafficking warned last week t...
Antonio Jorge

Funeral services for Antonio Jorge, expert on Cuban economy, FIU professor

Funeral services will be Thursday for Antonio Jorge, a respected and prolific Miami-based economist who was...
GOP report questions Guantánamo releases

Facing domestic political pressures, the Bush and Obama administrations released or transferred 600 terror...
Environment

Guantánamo -- the place with the prison camps -- is going green

Better known for its experiment in offshore detention, interrogation and military justice, Guantánamo ...
Guantanamo

Cuban migrants at Guantánamo base ‘broke rules,’ face restrictions

Nearly three dozen Cuban asylum seekers were confined to the Leeward side of the U.S. Navy base at Guant&#x...
No cigar: Economic embargo on Cuba turns 50

When it started, American teenagers were doing "The Twist." The United States had yet to put a man into orb...
CATHOLIC CHURCH

Vatican may put Cuba’s Felix Varela on the road to sainthood

Pope Benedict XVI may announce Felix Varela has been made a ‘venerable’ when he visits Cuba
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