Cuba

Cuba's best-known blogger says she will start publishing a general-interest newspaper online Wednesday. It's a move that will test both the government's openness to free expression and the dissident's ability to build a following inside her country.

The Obama administration secretly financed a social network in Cuba to stir political unrest and undermine the country's communist government.

President Barack Obama's vow to try again to close the Guantanamo Bay prison remains a tough sell in Congress.

Hurricane Sandy is now responsible for at least 21 deaths. Cuban state media have announced 11 deaths from the storm, including a 4-month-old boy who was crushed when his home collapsed.

Tropical Storm Isaac is emerging from the Haiti coast and forecasters have upped the ante, issuing hurricane warnings and watches through the parts of Florida.