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President Trump told cheering Cuban-Americans on Friday that his new restrictions on U.S. travel to and business dealings with Cuba will help bring down the communist regime that has oppressed its people for more than a half-century. "With God's help, a free Cuba is what we will soon achieve," Trump said in unveiling plans that reverse some of the revamped Cuba policies made by predecessor, President Barack Obama. The current Cuban regime has been in place since 1959 and weathered a U.S. economic embargo from 1962 to last year, when some of the restrictions were lifted. While Trump told supporters that "I am canceling the last administration’s completely one-sided deal with Cuba," the revamped policy really doesn't do that. For example, while banning individual self-directed travel to Cuba, trips for specific educational, government, religious, and social purposes are still permitted. The two nations will still have re-opened embassies in their capi

NORRISTOWN, Pa — The jury in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial here declared itself still hopelessly deadlocked on Saturday and Judge Steven O'Neill declared a mistrial. O'Neill polled each of the 12 jurors whether they believe “there is a hopeless deadlock, which cannot be resolved by further deliberations?” Each juror stood and answered yes. Cosby lead defense attorney Brian McMonagle then motioned for a mistrial, which O’Neill promptly granted. District Attorney Kevin Steele told the judge he intends to retry the case. He told reporters at a press conference later that accuser Andrea Constand is "entitled to a verdict."  He said he was disappointed by the mistrial, reiterated that he had no doubts about the state's case and that the trial was important for victims of sexual assault. O'Neill released Cosby on the same conditions of his $1 million bond posted in December 2015. Bill Cosby mistrial shows sexual assault laws must change

Michelle Carter was guilty of involuntary manslaughter after text messages revealed she urged her boyfriend to "get back in" his truck as it was filling with carbon monoxide.  Wochit-All (Photo: Pat Greenhouse, A  2 LINKEDIN TAUNTON, Mass. — A woman who sent her boyfriend a barrage of text messages urging him to kill himself when they were both teenagers was convicted Friday of involuntary manslaughter in a trial that raised questions of whether words can kill. Juvenile Court Judge Lawrence Moniz found that Michelle Carter caused the death of Conrad Roy III, who intentionally filled his truck with carbon monoxide in a store parking lot in July 2014. Carter cried as Moniz detailed her conduct in explaining how he reached his verdict, but she remained stoic when it was formally pronounced. The judge noted that the 18-year-old Roy climbed out of the truck as it was filling with toxic gas and told Carter he was scared. “Get back in,” Carter told Roy, ac

WASHINGTON — President Trump's Department of Homeland Security has rescinded former President Barack Obama's order shielding millions of migrants from deportation, but is letting stand a policy that grants reprieves to people who arrived in the United States as children. Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly announced late Thursday that, after consulting with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, he is rescinding an Obama memorandum from 2014 that allowed immigrants to remain in the United States under certain conditions. The rescinded memo created a program that protected undocumented immigrants from deportation if they have a child who is a U.S. citizen or lawful resident. The program – known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, or DAPA – was never implemented because it was challenged in court by 26 states and was  put on hold by federal courts . The DHS decision to rescind the memo came ahead of a court-ordered deadline to res

Looking to the West to realise a bigger and more rewarding career is a norm going strong in Bollywood. With Priyanka Chopra being the most popular Indian actor to have started the “trend,” many others seem to be following her lead or at least, aspire towards it. Quickly following Priyanka was  Bajirao Mastani  star, Deepika Padukone. She had her big Hollywood debut in  xXx: Return of Xander Cage , where she was paired opposite Vin Diesel. Meanwhile, PeeCee, who is playing the lead in TV show  Quantico  is waiting for her Hollywood movie  Baywatch  to release. Directed by Seth Gordon, the movie also stars Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron in the lead, which is slated to release on May 26, 2017. Kangana Ranaut mocks Bollywood actors moving to Hollywood

MUMBAI: An epic battle movie from one of India´s lesser-known film industries has trumped Bollywood by becoming the country´s highest-grossing film to date, an industry analyst said on Monday. "Baahubali 2: The Conclusion", the final instalment of a two-part fantasy-adventure, has made more than 10 billion rupees ($156 million) worldwide since hitting screens on April 28, according to experts. The south Indian movie, which is laden with special effects, has surpassed 2014 Bollywood blockbuster "PK", which made around $120 million, as India´s biggest-grossing movie yet