LAS VEGAS: Entrepreneur and fashion designer Anna Taylor is trying to bring back the corset - not to revive Victorian lingerie but to give women a place to...
George Young is a Vietnam War veteran who sued the state of Hawaii three times on his own without a lawyer for the right to carry a handgun, and lost each...
DALLAS: Larry Lopata and some friends were sitting around the campfire on a hunting trip when they came up with an idea for a new firearms product: an...
HAVANA: With revolutionary leader Fidel Castro dead and his brother Raul vowing to step down as president in 15 months, it will soon be the hour of heir...
The son of a wealthy landowner, Fidel Castro turned his back on a life of privilege to lead a left-wing revolution in Cuba that endured for decades and was...
NEW YORK: The Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for reporting on abuse in the seafood industry that helped free 2,000 slave laborers....
HAVANA: Josefina Vidal receives a check from the United States for $4,085 once a year, rent money for the U.S. naval base at Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay. But Cuba...
HAVANA: Cuba's leading human rights commission Friday accused the government of having 60 political prisoners, a number the group acknowledges includes armed...
HAVANA: Communist Cuba’s newfound interest in foreign capital has its limits, as Philippe Pouletty found out. A French doctor, venture capitalist and founder...
PANAMA CITY: Cuba and the United States just made history. Now comes the hard part. In the first meeting of its kind in nearly 60 years, U.S. President Barack...
HAVANA: In a rare challenge to Cuba’s political system from within, two government opponents are on the ballot for upcoming elections, only to find that...
HAVANA: Cuba and the United States renewed talks on restoring diplomatic relations on Monday, this time amid secrecy and with the longtime adversaries...
HAVANA: The highest-level U.S. delegation to Cuba in 35 years began talks on Wednesday aimed at restoring diplomatic relations and eventually opening up full...
HAVANA: The highest-level U.S. delegation to Cuba in 35 years begins talks on Wednesday aimed at restoring diplomatic ties and eventually normalizing...
HAVANA: Luis Abel Bango has spent seven years searching for his dream car: a 1957 Chevy Bel Air. He finally found it on Cuba’s far western tip, buying it off...
HAVANA: President Barack Obama’s decision to end five decades of enmity with Cuba has shaken the island’s political dissidents, dividing their ranks and...
MEXICO CITY: Stepping out of his legendary brother's shadow, President Raul Castro has scored a diplomatic triumph and a surge in popular support with the...
HAVANA: The world must confront Ebola in West Africa to prevent what could become one of the worst pandemics in human history, Cuban President Raul Castro...
NEW YORK: Lou Reed, the pioneering musician who fronted influential rock band The Velvet Underground and won mainstream acclaim with solo songs "Walk on the...
UNITED NATIONS: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday criticized the United States for spying, using the opening speech at the U.N. General Assembly...
SANFORD, Fla.: Trayvon Martin spent four long minutes preparing to attack George Zimmerman, time when he lay in wait before throwing the first punch in a...
Angelina Jolie's aunt died of breast cancer on Sunday, a hospital spokeswoman in California said, nearly two weeks after the actress wrote about electing to...
CLEVELAND: In hindsight, there were signs of a darker side to Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man suspected of abducting three girls and holding them captive for...
NEW YORK: Visitors to the Museum of Modern Art in New York had the chance to see an unusual performance on Saturday: Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton...
NEW YORK: The U.S. war in Iraq has cost $1.7 trillion with an additional $490 billion in benefits owed to war veterans, expenses that could grow to more than...