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President Barack Obama

Critics: Changing Guantanamo prison’s ZIP code isn’t a fix

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's quest to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, perhaps by moving some detainees to the United States, has fostered an unusual alliance between his congressional critics and liberal-leaning advocacy groups that say changing the detention facility's ZIP code won't

Immigration

Historic surge in Cuban emigration divides families

CAMAGUEY, Cuba (AP) — On the 14th of September last year, nine Cuban men pushed their scrap-metal raft into the Florida Straits, started up its tractor-trailer engine and disappeared north into the night. A few days later the rumors started in Camaguey.

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US companies in Cuba for week-long celebration of commerce

HAVANA (AP) — A weeklong celebration of commerce is underway in one of the world's last communist countries, with hundreds of international corporations including some big U.S. firms flocking to Havana to try to do business with a government basking in expectations of growth set off by detente

Barack Obama

Obama to veto $612 billion defense bill over funding, Cuba

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama will veto a sweeping $612 billion defense policy bill, citing objections over how the measure is funded. Obama will veto the bill Thursday afternoon in the Oval Office.

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At 100, she’s still going strong running Buffalo laundry

For Felimina Rotundo, work may be the elixir of life. At 100, she gets up and goes to work almost every day in Buffalo, New York. And not just part-time or even banker's hours. Minnie, as she's known to family and friends, puts in an 11-hour

President Barack Obama

Obama, Cuba’s President Raul Castro to meet in New York

NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to meet with Cuban President Raul Castro on Tuesday on the sidelines of the annual U.N. General Assembly. It will be their second face-to-face meeting since the U.S. and Cuba moved to restore diplomatic relations late last year.

unity

Pope calls for ‘revolution of tenderness’ in Cuba

SANTIAGO DE CUBA — Streams of hopefuls traveled overnight, on buses and motorbikes, arriving under nightfall early Tuesday morning for a chance to see the pope on his last day in Cuba. Pope Francis celebrated a morning Mass on Tuesday at Our Lady of Charity shrine, dedicated to Cuba's

Faith

Pope ends Cuban trip with address to families, heads to US

SANTIAGO, Cuba (AP) — Pope Francis ends his visit to Cuba on Tuesday with a Mass at the country's most revered shrine and a pep talk with families before flying north to Washington for the start of his U.S. tour. Francis' address to families and symbolically potent