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MIAMI — Sunbathers on a popular Florida Keys beach watched Monday morning as a wooden boat coasted to the sand and about 20 Cuban migrants jumped into the shallow water — running to what they hope is a new life in the United States. Their arrival on Sombrero Beach, in the Middle Keys city of Marathon, capped a three-day period that saw close to 90 people from Cuba make landfall throughout the Florida Keys in several separate migrant events, according to Border Patrol officials. Monday’s landing was captured on cellphone video by Marathon resident Yandy Carrillo, who posted the footage to his F......

A group of Ukrainian runners are making moves to ban Russians and Belarusians from taking part in the New York City Marathon. “It started all from the Boston Marathon. In April we did a similar petition,” said Anna Shpook, 39, a member of Ukrainian Running Club NY. “I think it just would be unfair to give someone access while Ukrainians no longer have that.” A Boston man helped the group’s pitch gain momentum. “He wrote the petition, we supported it. I think within a week or ten days it reached 1,600 and they reacted and they did prevent Russian and Belarusian runners from participating,” said......

NEW YORK — A 32-year-old runner collapsed at the Coney Island finish line of the Brooklyn half-marathon race and died at a nearby hospital on a sticky Saturday morning where 16 other participants were injured, authorities said. David Reichman of Brooklyn died at Coney Island Hospital, becoming the second runner to die during the race since 2014. He went down while finishing the run on a spring day when the humidity hit 74% with temperatures in the 70s. Fifteen other runners were treated for assorted injuries at the same facility after the annual 13.1-mile run from the Brooklyn Museum to the ne......