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MIAMI (AP) — The death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has triggered an emotional and long-awaited celebration in Miami's large Cuban-American community. Peaceful demonstrators filled the streets of the Little Havana neighborhood today, waving flags and honking horns. While many cheered with joy, others wept for family members who didn't live to see the day.
HAVANA (AP) — Havana's 23rd Street commercial center is bustling with shoppers today, much like a normal weekend afternoon. But it's quieter than usual, following the death of Fidel Castro. There's no amplified music blaring today, and concerts and other performances have been suspended. Cuba is observing a nine-day period of mourning that will end with the 90-year-old former leader's interment a week from tomorrow.
NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) — Attorney General Loretta Lynch is among the mourners at the funeral for a deputy U.S. marshal who was killed in Georgia. Patrick Carothers died after being shot twice while trying to serve a warrant at a mobile home southeast of Savannah. He was deputy commander of the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force for the U.S. Marshals Service and a 26-year-veteran of the force.
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Dakota Access pipeline protesters say they don't intend to leave their encampment in the near future. Several of them spoke at a news conference today in response to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to close federal land where hundreds have been camping for months. The Corps has told protesters that anyone on the property north of the Cannonball River after Dec. 5 will be subject to prosecution for trespassing.
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — Ellicott City, Maryland, is celebrating Small Business Saturday in a special way: with the official reopening of its historic downtown. Nearly every building along Main Street was damaged on July 30 when more than 6 inches of rain fell in a 2-hour period, causing a flash flood that swept vehicles into the Patapsco River. Two people died. Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman cut a ribbon this morning to celebrate the reopening of about 70 of the 90 businesses on Main Street.
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