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Oscar Hijuelos has written eight novels exploring the Cuban-American experience. In 1990, he became the first Hispanic writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. His latest work, a memoir called Thoughts Without Cigarettes, describes growing up Cuban in New York's Morningside Heights neighborhood.

Reporter Jake Adelstein's memoir about covering the organized crime beat in Japan is the basis of the Max series Tokyo Vice, now in its second season. Originally broadcast Nov. 9, 2009.

Days after withdrawing her nomination to become a key banking regulator, Omarova blames banks for distorting her research and creating an ugly environment.

Organizers behind No Kings, a network of progressive groups, say millions turned out in cities and towns across the country and abroad to speak out against the Trump administration's actions.

The open enrollment period to buy health insurance on HealthCare.gov starts now and runs through Jan. 15, 2022. Look for more options and expanded subsidies this year — and more help signing up.

At least eight Americans vacationing on the island have died since summer 2018. Vittorio Caruso of Glen Cove, N.Y., is reported to have died there this month.

Rachel Martin speaks with author David Treuer about how Native Americans interpret the Declaration of Independence.

A new photography project focuses on Latin American telenovelas. For some viewers, a histrionic soap opera is pop art. For others, it's an embarrassment to Latin culture.

Known for his giant hyper-realist paintings of faces, Close kept painting even after a stroke left him partially paralyzed. Close died Aug. 19. Originally broadcast in 1998.

We asked visual search scientists, a metal-detecting enthusiast and a detective to share the most effective strategies to find missing objects.