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Oscar Joaquín López (left) and his housemate Wilfredo Cisneros Duarte collect water from a street pipe in Havana, Cuba, on September 7.
14 Sep, 2026 0

Multiple crises pushing many Cubans to breaking point

HAVANA (AP): Sweltering nights. Water and power shortages. Dwindling fuel and crumbling homes. Limited public transportation and weak cellphone signals. The psychological toll of daily life in Cuba is…
This photo provided by Westport Fire Department shows flash flooding in Westport, Conn., Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (Jennifer Petrosinelli/Westport Fire Department via AP)
14 Sep, 2026 0

Drenching rains bring flash flooding across coastal Connecticut, New York and New Jersey

WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — Flash flooding brought on by heavy rains prompted road closures, water rescues and commuter rail problems across the tristate area Sunday. The National Weather Service said the…
Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew updating the people of St Kitts and Nevis and the wider Caribbean from a rehabilitation centre in Florida.
14 Sep, 2026 0

St Kitts PM confirms he suffered a stroke, recovering well

Florida, CMC – St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew on Sunday confirmed that he had suffered a stroke late last month but said that he is recovering well and that he has since been…
Liexer De La Cruz drives his tricycle with customers in Minas, Cuba’s Havana province, September 4.
13 Sep, 2026 0

A new life in Cuba

LAS MINAS, Cuba (AP): Liexer De La Cruz took a deep breath as he entered a federal courtroom in Miami, where life as he knew it would end. It was January 9, and he thought he was attending a routine…
AP This image from Homeland Security Investigations body camera video shows federal authorities entering the Nutrition Bar Confectioners plant in Cato, New York on September 4, 2025.
13 Sep, 2026 0

Body camera video offers a rare look inside an immigration raid at a NY factory

The sprawling snack-food factory in upstate New York appeared to be closed when a small army of immigration officers arrived after 9 a.m. Following a brief discussion of whether to force their way…
AP Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Air Force General Dan Caine, and other officials, watch as the flag is unfurled at the Pentagon on September 11, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia.
13 Sep, 2026 0

CIA releases dozens of presidential daily briefs on bin Laden and al-Qaida before Sept 11

Several dozen presidential briefing documents declassified Friday, the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, detail intelligence government officials had gathered about Osama bin Laden and…
AP This image taken from video provided by Carlos Alexis Escartin shows a teenager being rescued by a fishing vessel Monday, September 7, 2026, in the Bering Sea near St Lawrence Island, Alaska.
13 Sep, 2026 0

15-y-o rescued after clinging to capsized boat for days in Alaska’s Bering Sea

A 15-year-old boy survived on top of an overturned skiff in Alaska’s frigid Bering Sea for roughly two days, losing his older brother and then his cousin to the ocean after the boat capsized while…
A woman peers from a window of a partially damaged residential building following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 9.
13 Sep, 2026 0

Zelenskyy urges more pressure on Russia for civilian deaths

KYIV, Ukraine (AP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy chided the international community last week for not taking a tougher stance against Russia over its escalating bombardment of civilian…
Yoon Suk Yeol
13 Sep, 2026 0

Ex president acquitted in rare legal reprieve

SEOUL, South Korea (AP): Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was acquitted last Friday in a case related to a marine’s drowning death in a rare reprieve in one of the criminal cases brought…