The Secret Service last month arrested a teenager from New Jersey for making threats in connection to Pope Francis’ upcoming three-city tour in the United States next week, according to law enforcement officials.
Pope Francis’s visit to Cuba and the United States comes as people and politicians in both countries are increasingly supporting an end to the economic embargo that has been in place for more than five decades.
Pope Francis will deliver all but four of his 18 addresses during his forthcoming visit to the United States in Spanish because he is still not comfortable speaking in English, the Vatican said on Tuesday.
Federal safety officials are looking into a flight that American Airlines operated to Hawaii using a plane that lacked all the emergency equipment required for long over-water trips.
Trinidad and Tobago has another new top tourism official. The country’s new government has appointed Shamfa Cudjoe as its new Minister of Tourism.