"Deeper Than the Ocean," award-winning author Mirta Ojito's debut novel, centers around the Valbanera shipwreck and the rich ...

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Evacuations are underway as Melissa threatens to unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and storm surge across Cuba, putting lives and infrastructure at severe risk.

(CNN) - Hurricane Melissa was squarely over western Jamaica, about three hours after it made landfall as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. It has since lost some strength, and it is ...

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, known for his decades of activism and political influence, is under hospital care. Here’s a look at his career milestones, achievements, and net worth.

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Jamaican’s woke up to horrendous damage, Wednesday, after Hurricane Melissa tore through the island with devastating impact Tuesday. Huge parts of the country are without power or ...

Hurricane Melissa, which weakened to a Category 4 after crossing Jamaica on Tuesday, remains a highly intense cyclone as it moves towards eastern ...

The United States government has reaffirmed its commitment to channel humanitarian aid for the Cuban people, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, ...

After tearing across Jamaica, Melissa moved northeast toward Cuba, making its second landfall along the southern coast of ...

Hurricane Melissa is set to pummel Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago ...

The end of Portuguese colonial rule in Angola fifty years ago was also the beginning of a Cuban military mission that had a ...