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America's infrastructure, its roads, bridges and more, is crumbling. It's something politicians of all stripes, Democrats and Republicans, agree on. But still nothing gets done. Blame the complex funding structure.

What if you never had to worry about your clothes fitting you in the future? What if your clothes were tailored exactly to your body.

When Fidel Castro ushered in the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere, Soviet Russia fell in love with Cuba. And the romance that lasted decades.

Thursday marks 40 years since the military coup in Argentina that began the "dirty war" dictatorship. A Nobel Peace Prize winner says President Obama should have skipped this trip.

Belgian writer Ismaël Saidi, now a successful playwright, grew up in Schaerbeek, the same neighborhood where bomb-making materials were discovered after this week's attacks. His dream for a nation is one that grows together with education, a love of life and hope for the future.

If you looked back at the past 25 years of terrorism, in some 30 percent of cases you'd see siblings.

The calmness is striking on the faces of the suspected ISIS bombers of Brussels.

When news of the ISIS attacks on Brussels was heard in Paris, it seemed especially close. It was just last week when Salah Abdeslam, a key organizer of the Paris attacks in November, was captured in Brussels. We met several Parisians who observed a moment of silence Wednesday in front of City Hall in honor of the Belgian victims and their own.

President Barack Obama's speech to Cubans today featured echoes of Ronald Reagan's 1987 plea to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

Leaders from the European Union said the attacks in Brussels on Tuesday were aimed at all of Europe. But there are questions about how the EU will respond in the long term.

Bomb attacks in Brussels, at the main airport and at a subway station, have left more than 30 dead and almost 200 wounded. Why is Europe in general and Belgium in particular having such a problem with terrorism?

It's different when a bomb goes off in a city you know.

Radio and TV Martí, a US government operation that has delivered news and information to Cuba since the Reagan Administration, is at a crossroads. Many argue that the Martis remain critical. Others say the broadcaster is a Cold War relic and are calling for its end.

Actor Jeff Daniels has made his mark on a number of films playing a complicated anti-hero with deep flaws. What makes him so good at it?

License plate readers scan plate numbers and then cross-reference them with a “hot list” of plates of wanted or stolen vehicles. The problem is that only a small fraction of the plates are on the wanted list; the rest belong to non-criminal, law-abiding people – people whose movements the government could now conceivably track.

Two of the suicide bombers who carried out attacks in Brussels on Tuesday are brothers. Khalid and Brahim el-Bakraoui, both Belgian nationals, had criminal records, according to Belgian officials Wednesday. At least 31 people were killed and 270 injured in the attacks at the city’s main airport and at a subway station in central Brussels. A manhunt is underway for a suspect who was recorded by a security camera alongside Ibrahim el-Bakraoui at the airport. Tuesday's violence was the deadliest terror attack in Europe since the Paris attacks in November.

There has been a lot of attention on President Obama's historic visit to Cuba. But we also want to talk about the Cubans who have come to the US — how they're treated in vastly different ways compared to many other Latino migrants.

Politics among Cuban Americans are not as simple as data makes them seem. These two voices from Miami represent the opinions that polls can't reflect.

“The repression needs to stop right now, in order for this country to move forward."

Whether in restaurants or in accounting, the Cuban economy is slowly creating opportunities for entrepreneurs.

Does contact foster political change? Depends who you ask.

President Barack Obama, on his historic visit to Cuba, laid a wreath at the tomb of legendary Cuban hero Jose Marti. Marti was a poet, author and nationalist, famed throughout Latin America. He died fighting Spanish imperial control. But he also warned against US influence.

Muslim high schoolers rallied with other students for a halal chicken lunch dish — and won. Now, the drumstick is a hit catching on elsewhere.

The US recently won a restraint of trade case against India that may limit that country's ability to develop its own solar industry. But this "victory" will set back the Obama administration's own climate change goals.

The Central Valley of California could still use more water, but there has been enough this winter to cause thousands of acres of irrigated almond orchards to burst into flower for a couple of weeks this past February. And with the blossoms came the beekeepers.

Art conservationists used science to figure out the original color of the walls in Van Gogh’s “The Bedroom” was purple.

Peter Seligmann is running the Sustainable Coffee Challenge to prevent deforestation and change the way coffee is grown around the world.

The idea is to be able to divert an asteroid that might come too close to comfort — as well as to learn more about the universe around us.

Roberto Mendoza has been in the trenches of Tijuana's cultural evolution over the past few decades.

Steps from San Diego, a group of US military veterans band together to make new lives in Mexico and, for some, find ways back to the US.

Artist Ingrid Hernández is intently interested in how discarded American products wind up becoming part of structures in Mexico — and for good reason. Her house was originally built in Southern California.

Ram Advani ran a bookshop in Lucknow India for more than 60 years. For the past 20 of them, we were good friends.

A movement of students and young people in Brazil, backed by funding from the American Koch and Templeton foundations, is agitating for market reforms.

Here we go again. North Korea has sentenced an American citizen to a lengthy prison sentence. And the US government is pushing Pyongyang to release him immediately.

Cuban artist Tania Bruguera speaks her mind and was arrested three times last year in Havana. She's hoping President Barack Obama doesn't self-censor during his upcoming Cuban visit.

It's a glimpse into a system that impacts all Facebook users — one they only see when something goes wrong.

A single tidal wave will rush up the Amazon from the Atlantic Ocean, and surfers will ride it for miles.

Lillian Halloway grew up in West Philadelphia, but pursued her medical education in Cuba.

When Barack Obama arrives in Havana he will be only the second sitting US president to set foot on Cuban soil. The last visit was by Calvin Coolidge in 1928. That visit was marred by drunken shenanigans on the part of reporters and officials happy to get away from the restrictions of Prohibition.

In his just-released memoir a Belgian writer with Moroccan roots uses his experience to bridge cultures. In one chapter, he recounts learning how to slaughter sheep at home for the Muslim holidays. Non-Muslims ask him, “'You did that in your own house?’ “And the Muslims say, ‘Oh yeah, us too.’"

For centuries, colonialists, church leaders and educators discouraged Irish people from using their native tongue. When Ireland won independence, its leaders had no idea just how difficult it would be to bring the language back. Despite that, there's hope for Irish today.

Five-hundred American businesspeople have traveled to Cuba since restrictions eased in 2014, but not much has come of it. And the US government would like to negotiate with Cuba on the island's human rights violations, but the Cuban government then points to the treatment of prisoners in Guantánamo.

Vladimir Putin has praised Donald Trump — in part because Russians don't want to see Hillary Clinton in the White House.

In 1498, Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama made history by becoming the first European to reach Asia by sea, ushering in the world's first episode of globalization. Naval archaeologists have just published their findings into one of his lost ships, providing insights into the earliest days of European imperialism.

A senator from Connecticut is raising big questions about America’s unwavering support for Saudi Arabia. His comments come as the Saudis and their Arab allies begin a second year at war in Yemen. Fighting there in the past year has killed more than 3,000 civilians, many with US-made weapons.

In New Orleans, people have been constructing elaborate altars in honor of St. Joseph since the Sicilians brought the tradition to the city in the 19th century. But it’s not just the Sicilians in New Orleans who celebrate now.

A judge has stopped, for now, a drive by Brazil's former president to serve as chief of staff to his successor. Protests also broke out against the plan.

World Champion Peter Sagan infuriated the cycling world. He didn't cheat or take drugs. No. Far worse. He showed up to a race with hairy legs.

Coincidence? Not really.

Arturo O'Farrill took a few moments to talk about Cuba before his concert at New York's Birdland on Sunday night. O'Farrill is son of "Chico," the famous Cuban jazz composer and conductor. Arturo is carrying on his dad's legacy, both on the jazz scene and as a Cuban-American. And he is planning to bring his father's ashes with him on a journey to Cuba soon.