For 13 days in October 1962, the world teetered on the edge of nuclear annihilation. This is the true story of the closest we’ve ever come to World War III.

Sept. 13, 2011 -- President Kennedy, a student of history and President Lincoln, joked darkly after his triumph in the Cuban Missile Crisis that it might be a good night to go to the theater.

By the time the Cuban missile crisis hatched in October, the book had sold over 250,000 copies and was still on the New York Times bestseller list, where it would remain for nearly a year and earn ...

On October 27, 1962, the 12th day of the Cuban missile crisis, a bellicose and rattled Fidel Castro asked Nikita Khrushchev, his patron, to destroy America. “I believe that the imperialists ...

HAVANA (AP) — Despite Cuba’s economic crisis, many women are embracing elaborate nail art as a bold fashion statement. Manicurists like Marisel Darias Valdés treat it as an art form, ...

In fact, the Soviets were so invested in this program—and the Americans were so worried about its potential threat—that a second Cuban Missile Crisis almost erupted over the possibility that ...

The bishops of Cuba said the island nation's economic situation and its people's dire circumstances can no longer be ignored and must be addressed by its leaders. In an unusually blunt statement ...

The world stood on the edge of nuclear conflict as a U.S. president held firm and took radical action to end that threat while the world held its breath. That president was John F. Kennedy over ...

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. (WHTM) — Robert Primrose, Jr., shares more than just a name with his father and hero, who died in 1964, when Primrose was just six years old. Major Robert Primrose, Sr., b… ...