• US is expected to announce criminal case against former Cuban President Raúl Castro
    MIAMI (AP) — The Justice Department was expected to announce a criminal case Wednesday against former Cuban President Raúl Castro as the Trump administration escalates pressure on the socialist government, according to two people familiar with the matter. Federal prosecutors in Miami were preparing an indictment related to Castro’s alleged role in the 1996 downing […]
  • A Cuban exiles’ group is at the heart of DOJ’s push to indict Raúl Castro over a 1996 shootdown
    A group founded by Cuban exiles known as Brothers to the Rescue is at the center of the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to seek an indictment against Cuban leader Raúl Castro, a move that would revive one of the lowest points in the two countries’ bitter decadeslong relationship. A person familiar with the investigation told […]
  • Officers who defended Capitol from rioters sue to block payouts from $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol from an attack by a mob of Trump supporters sued on Wednesday to block anyone — including Jan. 6, 2021, rioters — from receiving payouts from a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for people who claim to be victims of politically motivated prosecutions. […]
  • US group says Starbucks plastic cups marked recyclable end up in trash
    By Waylon Cunningham May 20 (Reuters) – Starbucks’ plastic single-use cups it often serves in U.S. cafes are not as recyclable as the company claims, an environmental nonprofit group said on Wednesday. Vermont-based Beyond Plastics attached location trackers to 36 single-use polypropylene cups earlier this year and placed them in recycling bins inside Starbucks’ cafes across […]
  • US Health Secretary Kennedy fires heads of key preventive health panel
    NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) – US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this month fired the chair and vice chair of the influential task force that decides which preventive medical care is ​provided at no cost to patients. The ​Preventive Services Task Force, which typically ⁠has 16 members, last met over ​a year […]