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A group of prominent African-Americans has challenged Cuba's race record, accusing the island nation of harassing its black citizens and cracking down on civil rights activists.
"Reach out and trick someone" could be the slogan of a hacker who charged $43,000 in telephone calls — mostly to Cuba — to a Buffalo Grove worker's company phone within a period of days.
Vandalism, not artRe the Dec. 5 story Graffiti artists make their Art Basel mark with Primary Flight: Accolades are certainly deserved for the thoughtful graffiti art in Wynwood during Art Basel.
The gifts we cherish the most are usually gifts that have a sentimental value. These gifts often remind us of a certain time in our lives and of the people who gave them to us. When my family left Cuba in 1963, we walked out of our home with nothing...
Congress is considering a bill that would lift restrictions on Americans traveling to Cuba. Opponents say U.S. tourism dollars would help the Castro government hold on even longer. But many ordinary Cubans and dissidents, too, say that's not a reason to keep the ban in place.
The Stephenson County Board recently approved a resolution in support of the federal government’s proposed acquisition of the Thomson prison to house federal inmates and military detainees currently held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Thailand did it, Philippines did it. So did Vietnam and Malaysia before them.
CLEVELAND — Indians outfielder Shin-Soo Choo, one of the few bright spots in Cleveland's worst season in nearly two decades, was named Man of the Year for 2009 by Cleveland's chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Last week I wrote about Christmas puddings with no mention of holiday fruitcakes. I apologize to all the fruitcake addicts who have repeatedly scolded me about my past sins against their cherished holiday treat.I reluctantly admit that I have been among those who have added to the reviling of the fruitcake. There are so few foods that lend themselves to mirth and madness. Yes, fruitcakes are the ...
History buffs can get a lesson on some of the world's most famous women through a local artist's work.
When Christopher Columbus arrived in Cuba, he named the island's south-central coastal area Los Jardines de la Reina, or The Queen's Gardens. Five centuries later, the extensive and pristine coral reefs are still here. Rare cooperation between U.S. and Cuban research scientists is seeking to save them.
Cuba hit back Thursday at 60 prominent U.S. black leaders who challenged its race record, with island writers, artists and official journalists calling the criticism an attack on their country's national identity.
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba hit back Thursday at 60 prominent U.S. black leaders who challenged its race record, with island writers, artists and official journalists calling the criticism an attack on their country's national identity.
A spy case that exploded after Cuba's 1996 shoot-down of two Miami exile planes over the Florida Straits formally ended Tuesday, when a federal judge reduced the prison sentences of two convicted Castro agents.
A Cuban musician barred from the United States by the Bush administration performed in Washington on Thursday and had lunch with a White House official in a new sign of a thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations.
Two former Cuban intelligence officers convicted of spying in the U.S. were handed reduced prison sentences Tuesday after an appeals court ruled their original terms were too severe.
