MIAMI — There was nothing atypical about the young man. At the moment in the mid-1960s, he seemed as dazed as every other teenager I had seen walk into "El Refugio," the Spanish moniker for the Cuban ...

MIAMI — Peering at artifacts from an era of mass immigration into South Florida, Miriam Castro recalls snapshots from her own journey as an exiled young girl. Castro was just 9 in August 1961 when she ...

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From Palm Beach County to Miami-Dade, 11 cities are celebrating their centennials in 2025 and 2026. WLRN News' series "History We Call Home" spotlights the moments, ideas and people that made these ...

Miami's historic Freedom Tower has reopened as a museum after a major refurbishment to mark its 100th anniversary. The museum chronicles the building's history, including its time as the home of the ...