I tracked down Tupac’s godmother Assata Shakur, the FBI’s most wanted in Cuba, as a CNN intern. It was surprisingly easy

Patrick Oppmann was a 21-year-old college student doing a stint with CNN’s Havana bureau when he tasked himself with finding a woman who had evaded the long arm of American law enforcement for nearly 20 years.

Chicago Teachers Union honors Black militant convicted cop-killer after death in Cuba, drawing backlash

The Chicago Teachers Union is facing backlash over a social media post mourning the death of Assata Shakur, a convicted killer who fled to Cuba.

Joanne Chesimard, convicted of murdering NJ state trooper, dies in Cuba

Assata Shakur, a political activist known as Joanne Chesimard, convicted of killing a NJ state trooper in 1977, died in Cuba at 78.
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U.S. economic blockade against Cuba condemned in Havana

Pedestrians walk past a wall painting condemning the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba, in Havana, capital of Cuba, Sept. 22, 2025. (Photo by Joaquín Hernández/Xinhua) Pedestrians walk past a wall painting condemning the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba, in Havana, capital of Cuba, Sept. 22, 2025. (Photo by Joaquín Hernández/Xinhua)

Convicted cop killer Assata Shakur, an FBI Most Wanted terrorist, dead in Cuba, communist regime says

Cuban officials said Joanne Chesimard, who escaped prison in 1979 after being convicted of murdering New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster, has died.
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