Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has died at age 90 - WTOP Weekend Headlines - Saturday, November 26, 2016

Fidel Castro, the former Cuban leader who ruled for half a century over the island-nation 90 miles away from Florida, has died Friday night. His death was announced by his younger brother, Raul Castro, on state-run television. [Logo] WEEKEND HEADLINES - November 26, 2016 [mobile-header-ad] [alt text here] [mobile-img] [alt text here] [Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has died at age 90] Fidel Castro, the former Cuban leader who ruled for half a century over the island-nation 90 miles away from Florida, has died Friday night. His death was announced by his younger brother, Raul Castro, on state-run television. [Woodbridge man identified as sailor killed in Syria] The Pentagon says a U.S. sailor who died in Syria on Thanksgiving was from Woodbridge, Virginia, and worked on a bomb-disposal unit. 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