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Cuba, with profound pain i have to sadly inform you, to our friends from our america and to the world, that today, november 25th, 2016, at 10 29 in the evening, a commander and leader of the cuban revolution, fidel castro, died. Following explicit desires of leader fidel, his remains will be cremated in the early hours of tomorrow, saturday, the 26th. The organizing commission of the funerals will give our people detailed information about the organization of the posthumous tribute that we will ...

World. Im natalie allen. Newsroom starts right now. Our top story, 38 agonizing minutes, thats how long it took for nearly a million and a half people in hawaii to find out that a terrifying missile alert was, indeed, a false alarm. This is what many woke up to, though, saturday morning. The u. S. Pacific command detected a missile threat to hawaii. A missile may impact on land or sea within minutes. This is not a drill. If youre indoors this was the nail biting alert warning of a Ballistic Miss...

All of this, of course, happens as republican lawmakers are becoming increasingly worried about the escalating tensions between them and their president. We have a lot to cover today. Lets begin with ma knnu raju i washington. What is the latest . Reporter Mitch Mcconnell was at an event, a public event this morning and decided not to engage on this front. This has been mcconnells tact since august 9th when he made mild comments criticizing the president saying he had excessive expectations and ...

To rubble. Last chance. Floridas governor warns this is the last chance or evacuate and get to shelter. A Million People have been ordered to leave their homes. Millions more are trying to flee on very crowded highways as emergencies extend up the east coast through georgia, the carolinas to virginia. And left behind. Officials warn that those who wont get out are putting their lives at risk and will be on their own once the storm hits. Rescuers will not be able to answer calls for help. Im wolf...

And these are the islands of the bahamas where the leading edge of Hurricane Dorian is hitting first, Straight Line winds, clocked at a devastating 185 Miles Per Hour. The National Hurricane center now confirming that this is the strongest hurricane ever to hit the bahamas. Ever. The storm has already blown off the roofs from many homes and power is starting to go out across the islands. On the Barrier Islands being hammered by the hurricane now, not every building provides shelter. These people...

Crushing blow to abaco island to the east. The Prime Minister said the islands suffered a historic tragedy. The initial reports from abaco, is that the devastation is unprecedented and unextensive. They are deeply worried. The images and videos we are seeing are heartbreaking. Many homes and businesses and other buildings have been completely or partially destroyed. And in the United States, mandatory evacuations are under way in four states. The storm is predicted to turn north at some point. B...

Truckloads of much needed equipment and supplies. And President Trump who cancelled his trip to poland to more th monitor this storm. He is affected too as he owns more than a dozen properties. Lets take a look at what we have in terms of winds. What are my impacts going to be. Weve been saying all of florida for a reason. This is a long at Tropical Storm force winds as the storm makes it way off to the north and west. Some of the areas on the east coast. They will already start to see Tropical ...

Region ahead of the storm. heeding the governments warning to get out of the way of the storm, because, of course, if people are in danger during the storm, theres really nothing anyone can do for them and already power is out in much of western cuba. communications very spotty. we still have power at our office in havana, but its a question when we lose power, and so even though havana is getting the worse of the storm, doesnt take much. a heavy tropical storm, forcing buildings to collapse and...

A federal appeals court this week reinstated the first-degree murder conviction of a former Penn Township man who has been serving a life prison sentence in connection with the fatal shooting of a romantic rival in 2006. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a

Low on beds and doctors are grappling with shortages of medicine, oxygen and other critical supplies. some doctors are taking an unprecedented step using social media to criticize the cuban governments handling of the pandemic. cnns patrick altman reports from havana. >> reporter: during the first months of the pandemic, cuban health care workers received applause every night. cubas government calls the doctors and nurses heroes in white coats and sends them to work in countries around the world...