The United States and Cuba have agreed to open embassies in each other's capitals, the biggest tangible step in the countries' historic bid to restore ties after more than a half-century of hostilities.
PRESIDENTIAL RACE-CHRISTIE
NEWARK, New Jersey — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie launches his bid for president with the goal of re-introducing himself to a national audience, telling his most loyal supporters that he's ready to begin what he called a noble effort to "lead our country and to change the world."
PRESIDENTIAL RACE-CLINTON EMAILS
WASHINGTON — Senior Obama administration officials knew as early as 2009 that Hillary Rodham Clinton was using a private email address for her government correspondence.
PRESIDENTIAL RACE-BUSH TAX RETURNS
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has earned nearly $28 million since leaving the Florida governor's mansion and paid an effective federal income tax rate of roughly 36 percent in the past three decades, according to tax returns released by his campaign on Tuesday.
TRUMP FALLOUT
NEW YORK — Fallout from outspoken Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's remarks about immigrants from Mexico continued to dog him Tuesday as a TV company backed by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim said it was scrapping a project in development with him and Mexico announced it won't be sending a contestant to the Miss Universe contest, which he partly owns.
ABORTION-FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — A Florida judge blocks a new state law that requires women to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion, but state officials quickly appeal the decision.
ESCAPED PRISONERS
ALBANY, New York— The superintendent at the prison where two killers broke out has been placed on leave along with his security chief and 10 other staff members amid an internal investigation into how the inmates pulled off their escape, a state official says.
UNITED STATES-BRAZIL
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and visiting Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff seek to cast their nations as "natural partners" collaborating closely on critical issues like climate and regional diplomacy.