Cuba said its forces fatally shot four heavily armed people attempting to “infiltrate” its territory on a Florida-registered speedboat on Wednesday, amid simmering tensions between the communist island and the US.

The CBS News Miami NEXT Weather team issued a NEXT Weather Alert that went into effect at 9 a.m. Monday when a red flag warning went into effect for Broward and Miami-Dade counties due to the high fire danger. A red flag warning is also in effect for the Upper Keys from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday.

Smoke from a large wildfire closed a 57-mile stretch of Interstate 75, also known as Alligator Alley, Wednesday night.

Visit Florida’s preliminary estimate was that 143.3 million tourists came to the state last year. The fourth quarter of 2025 saw record numbers with an estimated 33.5 million visitors.

A section of Interstate 75, also known as Alligator Alley, is closed due to smoke from a brushfire. The closure affects the interstate between Exit 80 in Collier County and Exit 23 in Broward County. The fire originated in the Big Cypress National Preserve and has grown to 24,000 acres.

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The bill contains wide-ranging changes to the state election code, including new proof-of-citizenship requirements when registering to vote, reductions to the kind of photo identification cards that can be used at polling locations,