As Cuba stands to become even more isolated, many Cubans continue to leave and those who stay remain cut off from family in the United States. Carlos Varela, a singer known as “The Poet of Havana,” ...

Thad McCauley wanted to be an astronaut when he grew up. Instead, he became an art teacher. But now his art is in space.

Marqu – or Margru – was one of the three young girls who were aboard the Amistad. In her portrait, she gently smiles – a glint of a personality that’s persevered despite the trauma of the voyage and ...

Gómez, the first woman to direct movies in Cuba, created a body of work that’s revolutionary in form and politics alike.

Can music be the gateway to closer relations between Americans and Cubans and help provide relief amidst the economic ...

Young men lured by high salaries and Russian citizenship to enlist for a year are now trapped on front lines of war ...

Gov. Patrick Morrisey was calling West Virginia “that shining state in the mountains” during his inaugural address Monday. But signs pointing to a darkening climate future for West Virginia ...

Cuban officials on Thursday freed a prominent opposition activist, a last-minute diplomatic change in fortunes for the Biden administration which had sought his release but long seemed unable to ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Cuban and American flags fly in the wind outside the American embassy in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Jan.14, 2025 ...

Entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol, he shared in a TikTok video posted on Wednesday. In anticipation of the coming U.S ...