Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared Thursday that the U.S. is "prepared to offer immediate humanitarian aid to the people of Cuba" affected by Hurricane Melissa. The move comes as the State ...

The storm is one of the strongest to ever make landfall in the Atlantic basin Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in journalism for seven years.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba near the city of Chivirico early Wednesday as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic ...

Rolling blackouts. A worthless currency. A once-mighty industry on life support. Doctors, engineers and students leaving in droves in search of a future. That all sounds like Venezuela, but I’m ...

Travelers wait in line to check in luggage at Miami International Airport for a flight to Havana, Cuba. Joe Raedle Getty Images A new outbreak has hit Cuba, and the U.S. embassy responded with ...

Cuba, an island of rhythm, color, and history. From colonial towns to turquoise shores, every view tells a story. From up here, Gibara looks like a patchwork quilt; reds, blues, and yellows stitched ...

Authorities in the Bahamas closed most schools on Monday as then Tropical Storm Imelda dropped heavy rain in the northern Caribbean, including over Cuba where two people died as a result of the storm.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a bill to roll back taxes on recreational weed in an effort to give some relief to ...

It comes as no surprise that police in Warwick, Rhode Island, recently walked back claims that exposure to “fentanyl-laced cannabis” was responsible for a local woman’s tragic overdose death. While ...

A recent article points out how a growing number of adults have “put a cork in drinking” because they believe it to be a health risk (“Gallup says fewer Americans tipping a glass; alcohol consumption ...

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that his administration will decide “over the next few weeks” whether to ease federal restrictions on marijuana. While cannabis companies have put aggressive ...