CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s central bank says foreign currency reserves fell to $15.33 billion at the end of December, a $550 million drop from a month earlier. The decline adds pressure on the government to attract much-needed foreign currency, with reserves currently less than half the $36 billion held before the 2011 uprising that toppled […]

BOSTON — Early residents of Boston valued a robust press as much as their history and currency if the contents of a time capsule dating back to the years just after the Revolutionary War are any guide. When conservators at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston gingerly removed items from the box Tuesday, they found five […]

HAVANA (AP) — The wife of a Cuban intelligence agent freed by the United States has given birth to a girl after a pregnancy made possible by negotiations to improve ties between the two countries. The Communist Party daily Granma says the baby named Gema was born Tuesday and weighs 7 pounds and 1 ounce.

YULEE, Fla. — With gay marriage now legal in Florida, same-sex couples from around the Deep South crossed the border Tuesday as the Sunshine State became a prime regional destination for gay and lesbian weddings still banned back home. Out-of-state couples lined up outside county courthouses early Tuesday in the Panhandle and northern Florida counties. Some […]

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union foreign policy chief is chiding both Israel and the Palestinians for raising tensions against one another with provocative actions. Federica Mogherini on Tuesday said steps by both sides “could aggravate the already tense situation.” She singled out Israel’s decision to withhold tens of millions in tax revenues from the […]

MIAMI — Prominent American lawyer Alan Dershowitz has filed a detailed denial of a woman’s claims he had sexual contact with her when she was underage in a case also involving Britain’s Prince Andrew ”“ and now her two attorneys have sued him for alleged defamation. The court document filed late Monday says Dershowitz has […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The town will continue a moratorium on non-residential medical marijuana facilities as it contemplates a proposed ordinance to govern zoning for such facilities. The town first enacted the moratorium in July, after local resident Pierre Bouthiller proposed a facility at 60 Saco Ave. that would accommodate medical marijuana research and development, […]