Carmen Sesin

Black liberation activist and American fugitive Assata Shakur, who escaped to Cuba more than 45 years ago after she was convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper, died in Havana, the government announced Friday.

The country's energy ministry confirmed on social media the "total disconnection" of the electrical system.

Artists and activists are telling the stories of women and mothers who've died from high-risk pregnancies, and push for changes to the recently passed penal code that keeps the ban in place.

Latino Victory Fund, which focuses on increasing Latino political representation, is supporting the women ahead of midterm races in Arizona, Nebraska and Pennsylvania.

​​The U.S. State Department is not commenting on why Dahud Hanid Ortiz a man convicted of murdering three people in Madrid was among the 10 U.S. citizens released by Venezuela last week as part of a prisoner exchange.

Posts using fake images and baseless claims have sought to connect protests to left-wing Latin American governments, similar to misinformation that has swirled around previous news events.

While Trump's support among Cuban Americans remains strong, worries over immigration policies have begun to creep up among the multiple voters NBC News spoke to.

The travel ban goes into effect on Monday, leaving many to fear a future in which they can't visit family or loved ones are unable to escape dire circumstances in their home countries.

In a letter, Georgia Democratic Senator Jon Osoff urged Homeland Security "to reprioritize threats to public safety in immigration enforcement" and use humanitarian parole to keep families together.

Attorneys and advocates say suggestions that U.S. citizen children of deported parents can easily return gloss over the barriers and difficulties this would entail.

The family, now in Mexico, is garnering support from some members of Congress as they prepare to apply for humanitarian parole, hoping the 11-year-old can resume her treatment in the U.S.