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U.S.Yahoo NewsNewly released JFK documents point to what the CIA was hiding
Like much of the newly disclosed JFK papers, the memo didn’t contain any secret bombshells that prove an elaborate conspiracy to kill Kennedy. Instead, it was the CIA trying to hide how it does its business
PoliticsYahoo NewsFormer top Obama aide accuses Biden of 'gaslighting' Cuba: 'Disappointed doesn't begin to scratch the surface'
The former Obama White House official who negotiated the reopening of relations with Cuba is sharply criticizing President Biden's policies toward that country, saying his administration is "gaslighting" Havana by maintaining and even expanding harsh sanctions imposed by former President Trump.
WorldYahoo NewsTop U.S. officials cast fresh doubt on sensational 'Havana syndrome' claims
A top State Department official, countering claims that have circulated widely among members of Congress and the news media, says in a new interview there is no evidence that any external actors caused the “Havana syndrome” health incidents reported in recent years by over 1,100 U.S. diplomats and spies.
U.S.Yahoo News'Don't count us out': Maxwell Frost could be the 1st Gen Z member of Congress
Maxwell Alejandro Frost, 25, is vying to make history as the first Generation Z member of Congress and represent Florida’s 10th Congressional District. He said his top priorities will be addressing gun violence, the affordable housing crisis and climate change if he makes it to the House.
PoliticsYahoo News 360Can the U.S. and Cuba get along now that the Castros are gone?
For the first time in more than 60 years, Cuba has a leader not named Castro. Does the change provide President Biden a chance to end decades of hostility with America's island neighbor?
PoliticsYahoo NewsButtigieg accuses Sanders of 'nostalgia for the revolutionary politics of the 1960s'
During Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate, Pete Buttigieg took issue with Bernie Sanders’s qualified praise for Fidel Castro’s literacy and health care programs in communist Cuba.
HealthYahoo NewsAs Cuba medical mystery deepens, State Department turns to new scientific panel for answers
After two years of being stymied in the matter of the embassy incidents in Cuba, the State Department is turning to a new panel of scientists to investigate the cause, according to a document obtained by Yahoo News.
PoliticsYahoo NewsOperation Cobra: The untold story of how a CIA officer trained a network of agents who found the Soviet missiles in Cuba
The canoe had been the idea of Tom Hewitt, the agents’ case officer in the CIA’s huge Miami station, where he waited for word of the mission. It would be Hewitt’s job to guide their actions from afar, now that they were back in their homeland.
PoliticsYahoo News VideoYahoo News explains: Russia’s the focus in diplomat attacks, but the cause remains a mystery
This week it was reported that U.S. intelligence agencies suspect Russia is behind mysterious attacks on diplomatic personnel in Cuba and China. The attacks seem to have begun in November 2016, when U.S. diplomats and their families in Havana began suffering from symptoms that included dizziness, cognitive difficulties and problems with balance, hearing and vision. Half of the diplomatic personnel in Havana were sent home as a precaution.
PoliticsYahoo NewsScientists say ‘neuroweapons’ were behind Cuba attacks
Four scientists shared new research on “neuroweapons” in a Pentagon-sponsored teleconference on Friday.
WorldYahoo News Photo StaffBoeing 737 crashes after takeoff in Havana, Cuba
The only three survivors of Cuba's worst aviation disaster in three decades were clinging to life Saturday, a day after their passenger jet crashed in a fireball in Havana's rural outskirts with 113 people on board.
U.S.Yahoo News Photo StaffAftermath of Hurricane Irma in Cuba
At least 10 people were killed in Cuba by Hurricane Irma, most of them crushed by collapsing buildings, authorities said on Monday, bringing the death toll from the ferocious storm to 38 in the Caribbean. Seven of the dead were in the province of Havana, while fatalities also were reported in Matanzas, home to the tourist resort of Varadero, and the regions of Ciego de Avila and Camaguey farther east, according to a statement from civil defense authorities. The storm crashed into Cuba late on Friday as the first Category 5 hurricane, with sustained winds of than 157 mph (253 kph), to make landfall on the island since 1932, state media reported.
WorldYahoo News Photo StaffCuba mourns Fidel Castro
To waving flags and some shouts of "Long may he live!" Fidel Castro's ashes began a four-day journey across the island Wednesday, retracing the path of his triumphant march into Havana nearly six decades ago. A small, Cuban-flag covered cedar coffin containing the remains of the 90-year-old leader was taken out of Cuba's Defense Ministry just after 7 a.m. and placed into a flower-bedecked trailer pulled by a green military jeep for the more than 500-mile (800-kilometer) procession to his final resting place in the eastern city of Santiago. The ashes will be interred Sunday, ending the nine-day mourning period for the man who ruled the country for nearly 50 years.
NewsYahoo NewsU.S. sends nondelegation delegation to Castro services
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest speaks during the daily news briefing on Nov. 29. Earnest discussed the funeral of Fidel Castro, flag burning and other topics. President Obama is sending two senior officials to represent the United States at a service on Tuesday for the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
WorldYahoo News Photo StaffFidel Castro dies at 90: His life in photos
Fidel Castro was born Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, August 13, 1926 in Biran, located in the Holguin Province of Cuba. Fidel Castro was the third child born to Lina Ruz González and Ángel Castro y Argiz. Castro is a communist politician and revolutionary who became Prime Minister of Cuba in 1959 and then President in 1976.
NewsYahoo News Photo StaffNewspapers around the world cover Fidel Castro’s death
Fidel Castro had died at age 90, the Cuban state media announced Friday night, sending shockwaves across newsrooms, many of which are stocked with journalists who have never known a world without the Cuban strongman and revolutionary. Some newspapers covered the news bluntly; the New York Post's cover went with "FIDEL DEAD." Others took a more measured approach. (Colin Campbell/Yahoo News) Find more news related pictures in our photo galleries and follow us on Tumblr
NewsYahoo News PhotoHurricane Matthew batters Haiti and large parts of the Caribbean
Hurricane Matthew roared into the southwestern coast of Haiti on Tuesday, threatening a largely rural corner of the impoverished country with devastating storm conditions as it headed north toward Cuba and the eastern coast of Florida. The dangerous Category 4 storm made landfall around dawn on Haiti's southern peninsula, where many people live along the coast in shacks of wood and corrugated steel that stand little chance of withstanding the force of the system's maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 kph).
NewsOlivier KnoxDefying critics, Obama nominates Cuba ambassador
Facing down congressional opponents of his historic outreach to Cuba, President Obama announced Tuesday that he has chosen highly respected career diplomat Jeffrey DeLaurentis to be the first U.S. ambassador to Havana in 55 years. DeLaurentis is currently the top official at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba.
PoliticsOlivier KnoxObama’s Last 100 Days: Cuba and Castros edition
Ever since the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, presidents have been judged on the successes they notch during their first 100 days. Now, as Barack Obama prepares to end his star turn on the political stage, Yahoo News is launching The Last 100 Days, a look at what Obama achieved during his consequential presidency, how he navigates the struggles of his final months in office and what lies ahead for him after eight years filled with firsts. As Obama himself is fond of noting, he also spent his two terms as father to daughters Malia and Sasha and husband to first lady Michelle Obama.
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First U.S. cruise ship to arrive in Cuba in nearly 40 years
The first U.S. cruise ship to arrive in Cuba in decades received a warm welcome on Monday from Havana residents who gathered at the wharf in the colonial old city as hundreds of Americans waved from the decks of the vessel. It was another first for the two countries since U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced a historic rapprochement in December 2014, and comes weeks after Obama’s visit to the Caribbean island.
NewsPatrick Symmes for Yahoo NewsCuban agents brutalize democracy protesters after Obama visit
On Thursday, pro-democracy demonstrators in Havana were beaten and arrested by Cuban police agents just steps away from where Obama had addressed the nation.
NewsOlivier KnoxObama says Cubans can learn from U.S. election campaign
In the keynote speech of his historic visit to Cuba, President Obama pointed to the messy 2016 U.S. election campaign as a sign of American progress over the past 50 years.
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Obama’s historic visit to Cuba
President Obama embarked on a historic trip to Cuba, where a government that vilified the United States for decades prepared a red-carpet welcome.
NewsDylan StablefordDonald Trump on Brussels attacks: ‘I would close up our borders’; Ted Cruz calls for police to patrol Muslim neighborhoods
Presidential candidates were quick to weigh in on Tuesday's deadly bombings in Belgium.
NewsOlivier KnoxLive updates: Following Obama through historic Cuba visit
President Barack Obama arrives in Cuba on Sunday afternoon, the first sitting U.S president to visit the island in 88 years. Follow his visit here.
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