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Era ends as Raul Castro steps down as Communist Party chief

Raul Castro said he is stepping down as Cuban Communist Party leader, leaving the island without a Castro guiding affairs for ...

Raul Castro resigns as Communist chief, ending era in Cuba

Raul Castro said Friday he is stepping down as head of Cuba’s Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership that began ...

The Latest: Vaccines to be made available at Alaska airports

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy says COVID-19 vaccines would be made available at key airports in the state ...

Hong Kong democracy leaders given jail terms amid crackdown

A Hong Kong court on Friday sentenced five leading pro-democracy advocates, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai, to up to 18 ...

The Hartford agrees to pay $650M in Boy Scouts bankruptcy

Insurance company The Hartford has agreed to pay $650 million into a proposed trust fund for victims of child sexual abuse ...

SpaceX picked for moonwalkers, on verge of 3rd crew launch

NASA chose SpaceX on Friday to build the lunar lander that will eventually put the first woman and person of color on the ...

Astronauts arrive in Cape Canaveral

Crew arrives at cape canaveral ahead of flight to International Space Station; It's the first crew flight using SpaceX's ...

How the Kremlin provides a safe harbor for ransomware

A global epidemic of digital extortion known as ransomware is crippling local governments, hospitals, school districts and ...

How major US stock indexes fared Friday

Stocks continued to march higher on Wall Street Friday, giving the S&P 500 its latest record high and its fourth straight ...

S&P 500 hits another record, marks 4th weekly gain in a row

Stocks added to their recent gains Friday, driving the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average to new highs. The S&P 500 ...

Vartan Gregorian, longtime president of Carnegie Corp., dies

Vartan Gregorian, the noted scholar and philanthropic leader who led the Carnegie Corporation of New York since 1997, died ...

US lifts Vietnam, Switzerland from currency manipulator list

Vietnam and Switzerland have been removed from the list of nations labeled by the U.S. as currency manipulators, reversing ...

Facebook panel's Trump ruling delayed as comments flood in

Facebook's quasi-independent Oversight Board said Friday it will take longer than expected to decide on whether or not the ...

Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for May delivery fell 33 cents to $63.13 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil for June delivery fell 17 ...

Post Hill Press goes on with book by officer in Taylor raid

The publisher of memoir by a Louisville police officer who fired at Breonna Taylor after being shot during the deadly raid ...

Belarus parliament moves to pass law banning private lawyers

The parliament of Belarus gave initial approval Friday to a law that would ban private attorneys, reducing the defense ...

UEFA set to approve new Champions League format next week

UEFA is set to approve a new 36-team format for the Champions League at an executive committee meeting on Monday but delay ...

Foden's 'Are you ready' post to Mbappe on Twitter backfires

A post on Twitter between high-profile soccer players after a Champions League game has backfired, highlighting the perils ...

Prince Philip designed his own hearse, a modified Land Rover

Prince Philip, who liked Land Rovers and drove them for much of his life, will make his last journey in one — a no-nonsense ...

German's IDT to make 10M AstraZeneca vaccine doses in 2021

German vaccine-maker IDT Biologika said Friday it plans to bottle this year some 10 million doses of the coronavirus shot ...