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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 339

Michael Weissenstein

Destruction from Hurricane Dorian at Marsh Harbour in Great Abaco Island, Bahamas on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP)
September 5, 2019, 6:04 am
Hurricane death toll climbs to 20 in devastated Bahamas
Figure expected to rise further; residents emerge from shelters to find their homes destroyed, communities wiped out as Dorian moves toward US
By MARKO ÁLVAREZ, DANICA COTO and Michael Weissenstein
In this September 2, 2019 photo released by the US Coast Guard Station Clearwater, boats litter the area around marina in the Bahamas after they were tossed around by Hurricane Dorian. (US Coast Guard Station Clearwater via AP)
September 4, 2019, 12:42 am
Bahamas left in ruins, faces severe humanitarian crisis as hurricane heads to US
Extent of devastation unclear as rescue officials unable to reach many affected areas; 45% of homes in 2 islands destroyed or severely damaged, death toll expected to surge
By Ramon Espinosa, DANICA COTO and Michael Weissenstein
A woman seeks cover from wind, blowing sand and rain whipped up by Hurricane Dorian as she walks on the beach on September 2, 2019 in Cocoa Beach, Florida. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
September 3, 2019, 10:03 am
Hurricane Dorian kills 5 in Bahamas amid ‘unprecedented devastation’
US Coast Guard airlifts 21 injured people as rising water levels leave residents trapped in attics and winds reach up to 220 mph
By Ramon Espinosa, DANICA COTO and Michael Weissenstein
Cuba's new president Miguel Diaz-Canel, left, and former president Raul Castro, raise their arms after Diaz-Canel was elected as the island nation's new president, at the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, April 19, 2018. (Irene Perez/Cubadebate via AP)
April 19, 2018, 9:32 pm
Diaz-Canel replaces Raul Castro as Cuba’s president, marking end of an era
After over 60 years in which the Castro family ruled communist country, little-known 57-year-old takes over
By Michael Weissenstein and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ
US President Donald Trump signs policy changes he is making toward Cuba at the Manuel Artime Theater in the Little Havana neighborhood on June 16, 2017 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)
June 17, 2017, 8:16 am
Trump thrusts US, Cuba back toward hostile relations
President denounces communist regime in Havana, vows to overhaul Obama’s ‘one-sided deal’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Michael Weissenstein and Josh Lederman
The motorcade carrying the ashes of the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro makes its final journey towards the Santa Ifigenia cemetery in Santiago, Cuba, on Sunday, December 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
December 4, 2016, 4:16 pm
Fidel Castro’s ashes interred in a private ceremony
Event ends week-long national mourning of former Cuban leader that reached near-religious peaks of adulation
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and Michael Weissenstein
Cubans pay homage to the late leader Fidel Castro during the last ceremony before his burial in Santiago de Cuba, the cradle of his revolution, on December 3, 2016. (AFP/Pedro Pardo)
December 4, 2016, 6:40 am
Cuba bans monuments named after Fidel Castro
President says his brother ‘rejected any manifestation of cult of personality,’ did not want his name or likeness used for tributes
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and Michael Weissenstein
Cuban President Fidel Castro speaks during the 6th Session of the Cuban Parliament at the Conventions Palace in Havana on December 22, 2005. (AFP PHOTO/Antonio LEVI)
November 26, 2016, 7:44 am
Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro dies at 90
Rebel chief who took power at 32 in 1959, becoming youngest leader in Latin America, handed over half-century later to brother Raul
By Michael Weissenstein and Peter Orsi
Young Cuban American Miranda Hernandez, center, talks with other young persons that traveled with CubaOne program in Havana, Cuba on June 12, 2016 (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
July 5, 2016, 2:43 am
Birthright-inspired program flies US youth to Cuba
With normalization of ties, children of immigrants are reassessing their preconceived notions of the island nation
By Michael Weissenstein
President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Cuban President Raul Castro during their meeting at the Palace of the Revolution, in Havana, Cuba, March 21. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
March 22, 2016, 2:08 pm
Obama, Castro lay bare tensions on embargo, human rights
US and Cuban presidents hold unprecedented press conference; Havana host demands Americans hand over Guantanamo Bay base
By Julie Pace and Michael Weissenstein
President Barack Obama waves as he and first lady Michelle Obama exit Air Force One at the airport in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, March 20, 2016. (Cubadebate/Ismael Francisco /AP)
March 20, 2016, 11:36 pm
Obama arrives in Cuba in first for US president in 88 years
Historic visit aims to move past some nine decades of hostility between Washington, Havana
By Julie Pace and Michael Weissenstein
A priest places a skullcap on Pope Francis during Mass at Revolution Plaza in Havana, Cuba, September 20, 2015. (AP/Ramon Espinosa)
September 20, 2015, 10:24 pm
In Havana, pope warns against ideology, meets Fidel
After playing key role in ending five decades of US-Cuba estrangement, pontiff visits island nation
By Nicole Winfield and Michael Weissenstein
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. Kerry traveled to the Cuban capital to raise the US flag and formally reopen the long-closed American Embassy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)
August 14, 2015, 5:31 pm
Kerry in Cuba to raise embassy flag in policy victory lap
Hundreds gather outside US embassy in Havana as diplomatic ties re-established 54 years after the flag was taken down
By Michael Weissenstein and Bradley Klapper
Tourists ride on a vintage American car in front of the US embassy in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
August 14, 2015, 7:53 am
Kerry flies to Cuba for new policy victory lap
As relations thaw, top US diplomat to raise American flag Friday over new US embassy in Havana, then turn to trade talks
By Michael Weissenstein and Bradley Klapper
This undated family photo released on Thursday shows Timothy Tracy inside a vehicle in Venezuela (photo credit: AP/Courtesy of family)
April 26, 2013, 8:04 am
Venezuela to charge US filmmaker as ‘terrorist’
Authorities nab Timothy Tracy, accused of fomenting post-election violence, on his way out of the country
By Frank Bajak and Michael Weissenstein
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