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The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend an academic conference in San Francisco next week, a move that drew criticism Thursday from anti-Castro activists and politicians who deem her a “regime agent.”

Mariela Castro, the niece of retired President Fidel Castro and head of Cuba’s National Center for Sex Education, is scheduled to host a panel on sexual diversity during the Latin American Studies Association’s annual conference at the Marriott Hotel from May 23-26. Read more

Isla Fisher says husband Sacha Baron Cohen’s beard in “The Dictator” didn’t bother her at all, especially compared with the handlebar Read more

Michael Wigge left Berlin without a penny and traveled 25,000 miles to Antarctica, hitchhiking, bartering and working his way by ship, plane, car and foot, from Europe to Canada and the U.S. and then through Latin America.

A series about his project, “How to Travel the World for Free,” is airing on some PBS channels throughout May and June, using video Wigge shot of his adventures. Here are some details on how he did the project and how it went.

THE TRIP: Wigge, a travel journalist and videographer who speaks German, English and Spanish, left Berlin in Read more

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After ten weeks of frustration, heartbreak and aggravation, it’s finally time to crown the first-ever Fashion Star. But who will it be? Perhaps the Read more

An unbeaten 122-run sixth-wicket partnership in 65 balls between Ambati Rayudu (81) and Kieron Pollard (52) helped Mumbai Indians beat hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here late Monday night.

Chasing a target of 172 in a delayed match due to rain earlier, Mumbai managed 173 for five with two balls to spare and avenged their defeat by Royal Challengers back home by nine wickets.

The unlikely win kept Mumbai Indians’ hopes for a berth in play-offs alive with 18 points from 14 Read more

Jessica Simpson is designing a line for Destination Maternity, which seems fitting because hers was one of the most watched celebrity pregnancies of the year Read more

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — A blaze last month that scorched the offices of a Cuba travel agency in Miami was deliberately set, fire investigators say, one of the first acts of violence in years against a company arranging visits to the island.

The Read more

After waiting 44 years, it was never going to be easy for Manchester City, right?

City’s last league title came in 1968, and since that time, the blue half of
Manchester has had to come to terms with a serious inferiority complex.

But Sunday was the day that City would hold the upper hand, and the only thing
standing in the way was 17th-place QPR, a team that had the worst road record
in the top flight.

City had just one blemish at home all season, a 3-3 draw against Sunderland,
so what could possibly go wrong?

There Read more