American authorities have discovered a drug-smugglers' tunnel running under the US-Mexico border. Stretching from Tijuana, Mexico to a warehou…
Actress Mary Lynn Rajskub played a counterintelligence expert in the spy drama “24,” but in her new memoir, she claims to have been duped into an unwanted kiss from late right-wing broadcaster Rush Limbaugh. According to Rajskub’s book that came out Tuesday, “FAME-ISH: My Life at the Edge of Stardom,” that forced kiss came in 2006 when she was invited to a conservative gathering in Washington, ...
Four people were injured when a humpback whale slammed a boat that got too close in Mexico.
Of course kids want a good story and engaging pictures. But there's nothing wrong with a lesson, too. These 10 picture books — most with a Minnesota connection — celebrate nature, applaud diversity and protest racism, especially the murder of George Floyd. Most of these books include endnotes with reading guides, information and advice on how children can get involved. Sarah Rising By Ty ...
Ricardo Flores Magón might not be a household name in much of the U.S., but nearly a century after the Mexican activist died in a Kansas penitentiary, his legacy lives on. That's the argument that Kelly Lytle Hernández makes in her new book, "Bad Mexicans" — and it's a convincing one. Lytle Hernández's book covers the decade leading up the Mexican Revolution of 1910, focusing on Flores Magón ...
Thousands take to the streets of Mexico City amid a worsening wave of violence and enforced disappearances nationwide.
The dangers of being a woman in Mexico. Protesters accuse the government of failing to solve a growing list of crimes.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says to "expect migration levels to increase" as he outlines a more robust effort to enfor…
The Biden administration will end a Trump-era policy known as Title 42, which lets the U.S. deport migrants without allowing them to apply for…
How many times can you be lied to in one day? Depends if you're dealing with government, business or — in this case — both.
There’s a new “good gang” in Mexico City and they take bicycles to the next level.
There’s a new “good gang” in Mexico City and they take bicycles to the next level.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday repealed his traffic-clogging immigration order that backed up commercial trucks at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will continue truck inspections that have gridlocked the U.S.-Mexico border for days. The two-term Republican g…
The United Nations urges government action on the growing number of people missing, or disappeared, in Mexico.
"Diamond Park" by Phillippe Diederich; Dutton (275 pages, $17.99) ——— The story of four teenagers on a road trip to pick up a vintage car turns into a pedal-to-the-metal crime thriller in Phillippe Diederich’s new young adult novel, "Diamond Park." This is the second YA book by Diederich, after the award-winning "Playing With the Devil’s Fire." He has also published a novel for adults, ...
Lopez Obrador had supported the referendum, which the opposition dismissed as a distracting propaganda exercise.
U.S. domestic airfares have risen by 40% since January, according to analysts.
'Fox News' reports that on April 4, three Republican-led states announced their lawsuit recently filed against the Biden.
The wreck of a 207-year-old whaling ship that was sailed by descendants of enslaved people has been discovered.
CHICAGO — For Ana Castillo, a Chicagoan known for her work as an author, educator, poet and activist, home is where her books are. Which, given the pandemic, means a home in the most southern point of New Mexico. Castillo was back in her hometown Thursday night to receive the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s Fuller Award at the American Writers Museum. Inspired by the works of author Henry ...
The Biden administration will offer Covid-19 vaccines to migrants taken into custody at the US-Mexico border, according to two sources familiar with the planning, and confirmed by the Department of Homeland Security, as officials prepare for an influx of migrants.
"The Ballad of Love and Glory" is a novel Reyna Grande never planned to write. After a reading in 2013, an audience member had approached Grande with a book idea: "Have you heard about the St. Patrick's Battalion?" Grande brushed it off. "Sometimes at events, people come up to me to talk and they tell me, 'You should write a book about this, you should write a book about that,'" she said. "It ...
Producers behind a new NFT collection honoring late hip-hop icon Biggie Smalls are hoping it will be the illest. On the 25th anniversary of the murder of Brooklyn, New York-born Christopher Wallace, professionally known as The Notorious B.I.G., a limited-edition NFT collection has been announced by NFT platform OneOf. According to the Santa Monica, California-based company, a portion of the ...
The recent U.S. ban on avocado imports from Mexico underscores the risks of being so heavily reliant on a product that comes from one region in one country that’s rife with violence and corruption.