WASHINGTON -- At the Colombian Embassy in Washington, Ambassador Carlos Urrutia says there's no doubt that his country's trade deal with the U.S. has paid off: Colombian businesses are sending more socks and cosmetics to California, beet sugar to ...
WASHINGTON -- Marijuana is the drug most often linked to crime in the United States, the U.S. drug czar said Thursday, dismissing calls for legalization as a "bumper-sticker approach" that should be avoided.
Gil Kerlikowske, the White House ...
WASHINGTON -- A top Mexican drug cartel commander pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in the 2011 ambush attack south of the border that left one American agent dead and a second injured, and three other defendants also admitted their ...
Cubans appear to be growing more optimistic about President Raul Castro's economic reforms, and large majorities favor direct elections of their president but say the government is repressive, according to a poll made public Thursday.
The survey ...
WASHINGTON -- Expect another busy Atlantic hurricane season, government forecasters said Thursday.
Hurricane season officially begins June 1, and the early forecast predicts an "above normal, and possibly an extremely active" hurricane season, ...
WASHINGTON -- Deputy Solicitor General Sri Srinivasan, a rising star in legal circles, won an easy and unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, giving President Barack Obama his first ...