Navy moves to put women on submarines
ST. MARYS, Ga. — Submariners sleep nine to a bunk room. There are four showers and seven toilets for the roughly 140 enlisted men. The...
Tropical Storm expected to hit Mexico
CABO SAN LUCAS — Officials closed schools and readied emergency shelters as Tropical Storm Patricia neared Mexico’s Los Cabos resorts Tuesday. The storm’s winds weakened...
Venezuela folk religion seen in secretive rituals
SORTE — Thousands of Venezuelans congregated for candlelit rituals on a remote mountainside where adherents make an annual pilgrimage to pay homage to an indigenous...
Cuba won’t let blogger go to US to receive award
HAVANA — A Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her country’s communist system said she was denied government...
Insurgents breached base during Afghan battle
KABUL — Insurgents fought their way inside an American base in Afghanistan last weekend in a rare security breach before they were driven back under...