Cuban lawmakers pass new penal code critiqued by rights, media groups
Cuban lawmakers on Sunday approved a new penal code for the country that is being critiqued by some rights groups who say its clause on...
How the new Latin America left is seeking a greener future
Colombia's presidential front-runner Gustavo Petro wants, if he wins later this month, to stop all new oil exploration and move his country to a greener...
Carlyle to buy U.S. defense contractor ManTech for $3.9 billion
ManTech International Corp (MANT.O) on Monday agreed to a $3.93 billion all-cash deal with Carlyle Group Inc (CG.O) as the private equity firm strengthens its portfolio of U.S. defense...
U.S. Supreme Court backs Ted Cruz, dumps campaign finance curb
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday further undermined campaign finance restrictions and handed a victory to Senator Ted Cruz, striking down as a free speech...
Surging natural gas prices squeeze U.S. industrial sector
Skyrocketing natural gas prices have raised manufacturing and transportation costs across many U.S. industries, and the situation should persist as the United States exports more...
Washington subway system will temporarily remove some trains, operators
The Washington-area subway system said Sunday nearly half of the system's 500 rail operators have lapsed recertification and will remove some from service, a decision...
‘Copycat’ mass shootings becoming deadlier, experts warn after New York attack
An 18-year-old white man suspected of fatally shooting 10 people in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, appears to be the latest in a...
Coast Guard calls off search for survivors from capsized Haitian migrant vessel
The U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday it had called off the search for survivors from last week's capsizing of a vessel carrying Haitian migrants...
Buffalo’s Black community stunned after being visited by ‘evil’
The Tops Friendly Market chosen by the white gunman to launch his deadly racist attack on Saturday served as an anchor of sorts for the...
Churchgoers hog-tie gunman after shooting in California kills one
A gunman opened fire in a Southern California church during a lunch banquet on Sunday, killing one person and wounding five, before churchgoers detained the...