Cuba is banning its nascent class of entrepreneurs from using US bank accounts in a bid to keep dollars inside the island amid its worst economic crisis since the Soviet Union’s collapse.

Military veterans have spent years lobbying for the use of psychedelic drugs to treat PTSD, but a sharply critical review of the club drug MDMA has put the therapy’s approval in doubt.

On Thursday, community members lined the roads to honor U.S. Army Air Force Tech. Sgt. Donald V. Banta as he was brought from Ontario International Airport to a burial home in Riverside, California.

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of infamous cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, were arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas on Thursday, the Justice Department said.

The U.S. Navy investigated and found that an estimated 1,250 pounds of trash that washed up on Outer Banks beaches in spring 2023 came from one of its ships.

Military scientists have identified the remains of a Wisconsin airman who died during World War II when his plane was shot down over Germany during a bombing mission.

House Republicans are moving quickly to emphasize Vice President Kamala Harris’s role in the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. border with Mexico, passing a resolution Thursday that condemns her performance in the job.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s White House visit Thursday comes at a time of growing pressure in Israel and the U.S. to find an endgame to the war in Gaza and engineer the return of hostages held by Hamas.

Protesters against the Gaza war have held a “die-in” across from Lafayette Park and the White House as President Joe Biden met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The protesters on Thursday poured red liquid onto the street, saying it symbolized the blood of those killed in Gaza.