Remittances to Cuba, the second-largest source of revenue for the country and a lifeline for many families, could be in danger after the U.S. State Department included the Cuban company Fincimex on its list of restricted entities this week.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday announced the inclusion of seven Cuban companies and hotels ...Read more

NEW YORK -- A New York Times opinion piece recommending that the U.S. military be used to quell demonstrations suffered from a "rushed editorial process" and "did not meet our standards," the newspaper said after a review of the controversial commentary.

The op-ed, written by Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, said that troops should ...Read more

MIAMI -- Every immigration detainee who gets booked into the Krome detention center in West Miami-Dade will be tested for the coronavirus starting Thursday, immigration officials told a Miami federal judge.

The decision to test detainees at Krome -- as well as 21 other U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers nationwide -- ...Read more

Almost three months after President Donald Trump first touted an old malaria medicine as a wonder drug that could change the course of the pandemic, conclusive evidence that it works -- or not -- appears equally shaky.

The confusion reached new heights in recent days. On Wednesday, scientists said the treatment, hydroxychloroquine, didn't work ...Read more

BERLIN -- German prosecutors said Thursday that they assume Madeleine McCann, the British girl who went missing while on holiday in Portugal with her parents in 2007, is dead.

The prosecutor's office in the northern German city of Braunschweig said it was investigating a 43-year-old German man who has been convicted of multiple sexual offenses ...Read more

On Sunday, the day Brazil hit the half-million mark in confirmed COVID-19 cases and inched closer to 30,000 deaths, President Jair Bolsonaro flew in a camouflaged military helicopter over a rally in the capital, Brasilia, waving to protesters who held banners calling for the closure of the country's congress.

He landed and greeted supporters, ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. military veteran, Michael White, who had been held by Iran for two years, has been released and is on his way home, his family and President Donald Trump said on Thursday.

He was set free after US-Iranian scientist Majid Taheri was released by U.S. authorities, officials in Tehran said.

"I am blessed to announce that the ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Coronavirus cases are multiplying in Florida counties that are being allowed to reopen sooner than South Florida.

Martin County experienced a 234% increase in the past month, yet it's being allowed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to move on to the next phase of reopening. The same with Collier County, which saw a 156% increase.

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WASHINGTON -- When George Floyd died last week after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him down with a knee on his neck, President Donald Trump reacted much as he had in the past when a black person's fatal encounter with law enforcement was caught on video.

He declared himself disturbed by the "terrible thing" that he saw -- then offered ...Read more

After looters made off with dozens of firearms from a Hayward, Calif., gun store over the weekend, federal officials are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the theft.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives this week offered a $5,000 reward, which was matched by the National Shooting...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- Mark Revord will never know for sure whether an experimental drug, known at the time as CM4620-IE, saved him from having a breathing tube inserted down his throat to manage his COVID-19 symptoms.

But the 59-year-old cyclist from Minneapolis took the drug as part of a small, early clinical trial after starting on low-flow oxygen ...Read more

Hong Kong passed a law Thursday banning ridicule of China's national anthem.

Of those who voted for the new legislation -- most of whom are supporters of Beijing -- 41 were for it, and only one was against, The Guardian reports.

A good chunk of lawmakers in favor of democracy instead participated in a last-minute protest, preventing them from ...Read more

President Donald Trump's campaign has released a new video called "Make Space Great Again" that violates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's guidelines for advertising.

The video, which opens with President John F. Kennedy's 1962 speech declaring that America would go to the moon, features several recent images of NASA ...Read more