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FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2012 file photo provided by James L. Berenthal, jailed American Alan Gross poses for a photo during a visit by Rabbi Elie Abadie and U.S. lawyer James L. Berenthal at Finlay military hospital as he serves a prison sentence in Havana, Cuba. Scott Gilbert, Gross' attorney said Wednesday, April 23, 2014, that Gross is suffering a number of ailments. On May 2, Gross will turn 65 years old. (AP Photo/James L. Berenthal, File)

Lawyer: US man held in Cuba seeks to go home soon

By PETER ORSI - Associated Press

Lawmakers seek change in MLB Cuban player policy

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON - Associated Press

Miami youth group helped ‘Cuban Twitter’

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and LAURA WIDES MUNOZ - Associated Press

Plea change set for 1984 US-to-Cuba hijacker

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CORRECTS DATE- In this April 12, 2014 photo, buildings line the waterfront esplanade known as the Malecon as seen from the Morro Castle in Havana, Cuba. When President Raul Castro legalized a real estate market for the first time in five decades, it was expected to stimulate both new construction and maintenance of existing homes. But 2 ½ years later, there's only been a minimal impact on easing one of Cuba's biggest challenges: a chronic lack of suitable housing. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba home woes endure despite real-estate reform

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

SD diver explores Missouri River’s muddy waters

By DAVID ROOKHUYZEN - Associated Press

A girl touches the sign outside the Gabriel Garcia Marquez cultural center in downtown Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, April 17, 2014. The Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez died in Mexico City on Thursday. (AP Photo/Diana Sanchez)

World reacts to death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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Los Angeles Dodgers' Yasiel Puig runs to first base as he grounds out during the eighth inning of a baseball game on Wednesday, April 16, 2014, in San Francisco. San Francisco won 2-1. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Affidavit: Smuggler threats follow Puig from Cuba

By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2014 file photo, Los Angeles Dodgers' Yasiel Puig poses for a photo during photo day for the baseball team in Glendale, Ariz. Puig fled Cuba on a boat run by smugglers who allegedly made death threats against him and a boxer, according to court documents. The papers describe a dangerous odyssey of shady characters, unpaid debts and violence. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Dodgers’ Yasiel Puig returns to lineup amid reports of threats on his life

By Janie McCauley - Associated Press

Los Angeles Dodgers' Yasiel Puig (66) points to teammate Adrian Gonzalez, who singled in Puig and Hanley Ramirez, right, during the third inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday, April 11, 2014, in Phoenix. The Dodgers won 6-0. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Dodgers’ Puig focuses on baseball despite issues

By JANIE McCAULEY - Associated Press

5 Things to Know in Florida for April 18

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this March 27, 2014 photo, a poster of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez stands in the Petare shanty town of Caracas, Venezuela. Many in Petare, a sprawling hillside slum of crumbling brick buildings on the eastern outskirts of Caracas, have come to rely on Cuban physicians for free health services in a country where private care is too expensive for the poor and public hospitals have a dismal reputation. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Cuban doctors in eye of Venezuelan hurricane

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

FILE - This undated handout file photo provided by the Gross family shows Alan and Judy Gross. Gross, who has been imprisoned in Cuba for more than four years after illegally setting up Internet access on the island has suspended his hunger strike after more than a week. Gross said he was fasting to protest his treatment by the U.S. and Cuban governments. In a statement released through his lawyer he said he suspended his fast Friday. (AP Photo/Gross Family, File)

American imprisoned in Cuba ends hunger strike

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FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2012 file photo provided by U.S. lawyer James L. Berenthal, jailed American Alan Gross poses for a photo during a visit by Rabbi Elie Abadie and Berenthal at Finlay military hospital in Havana, Cuba. Gross, a U.S. government subcontractor imprisoned in Cuba, released a statement through his lawyer Tuesday, April 8, 2014, saying he began fasting to protest his treatment by the governments of Cuba and the United States. (AP Photo/James L. Berenthal, File)

Cuba ‘concerned’ over American’s hunger strike

By PETER ORSI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2012 file photo provided by U.S. lawyer James L. Berenthal, jailed American Alan Gross poses for a photo during a visit by Rabbi Elie Abadie and Berenthal at Finlay military hospital in Havana, Cuba. Gross, a U.S. government subcontractor imprisoned in Cuba, released a statement through his lawyer Tuesday, April 8, 2014, saying he began fasting to protest his treatment by the governments of Cuba and the United States. (AP Photo/James L. Berenthal, File)

American imprisoned in Cuba begins hunger strike

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 8, 2013 file photo, fishermen cast their lines along the Malecon in Havana, Cuba. The number of U.S. visitors to Cuba continues to rise, even as the more than five-decade long embargo remains firmly in place, according to study released Monday, April 7, 2014 by the U.S.-based Havana Consulting Group. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes, File)

Study: US travelers to Cuba continues to rise

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Cuban and U.S. boxers greet each other before the start of competition in Havana, Cuba, Friday, April. 4, 2014. Boxers from the U.S. and Cuba went glove-to-glove on Cuban soil for the first time in 27 years Friday in a semipro World Series of Boxing clash. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

US, Cuba boxers renew old rivalry in Havana

By ANNE-MARIE GARCIA - Associated Press