Inside Cuba as It Endures Worst Electricity Crisis in Decades

As Cuba endures the country’s worst energy crisis in decades, residents are struggling to find clean water, food, electricity and proper healthcare. No fuel has entered the country in more than two months amid an oil blockade by the Trump administration. NBC’s George Solis reports from inside Havana in this week’s Sunday Focus.

Arozarena sorry after expletive-laced comments about Mariners teammate Raleigh at WBC

Outfielder was angered by handshake snub during game Arozarena says pair are ‘brothers and teammates’ Randy Arozarena says he has apologized to his Seattle Mariners teammate Cal Raleigh after an incident at this month’s World Baseball Classic. Arozarena was representing Mexico against Raleigh’s USA when the teams met at the WBC on 9 March. Raleigh … Read more

It’s time to take politics out of the Small Business Administration

The White House’s politicization of the agency will have a real-world impact on small business owners in the US Kelly Loeffler, the new administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), announced recently that the agency charged with supporting the businesses that are the backbone of the US economy would no longer be approving loans to … Read more

‘A must-have for the times we live in’: fruit trees planted in a Florida ‘food desert’ counter soaring prices

A partnership aims to ease food insecurity in low-income areas underserved by grocery stores Dozens of newly planted fruit trees have created an oasis in a Florida “food desert” after local groups teamed up with the national Arbor Day Foundation in a project to counter soaring grocery prices. Those behind the community forest venture in … Read more