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Mexico's Mayas face Dec. 21 with ancestral calm
Amid a worldwide frenzy of advertisers and new-agers preparing for a Maya apocalypse, one group is approaching Dec. 21 with calm and equanimity — the ...
Owner of Rivera plane denies drug connections
The man who runs the business that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Latin music star Jenni Rivera says he has never been involved in drug ...
Chicano rock pioneers Los Lobos marking 40 years
They are seen as the progenitors of Chicano rock 'n' roll, the first band that had the boldness, and some might even say the naiveté, to fuse punk ...
Family of slain Border Patrol agent sues officials
The family of a slain Border Patrol agent has sued federal officials over the botched "Fast and Furious" gun operation, claiming they should have ...
Jenni Rivera's remains returned to So. California
Jenni Rivera, the Latin music star killed in a weekend plane crash, has made her final journey home. Three brothers of Rivera, a Southern California ...
Flailing Honduras in yet another political crisis
Members of the ruling party met behind closed doors, bartering all night for votes to depose four Supreme Court justices who had rejected the ...
Large earthquake strikes off Mexico coast
The U.S. Geological Survey says a large earthquake has struck in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico but there are no immediate reports of ...
McAfee in Miami after deportation from Guatemala
Anti-virus software founder John McAfee said Thursday that U.S. authorities have made no efforts to question him since he arrived in Miami after weeks ...
Honduran congress dismisses Supreme Court justices
Honduras' political standoff escalated Wednesday as legal officials debated whether a congressional vote to remove four Supreme Court justices ...
McAfee released in Guatemala, flies off to Miami
Anti-virus software founder John McAfee was released from a detention center Wednesday and was escorted by immigration officials and police trucks to ...
Fast and Furious gun buyer sentenced to prison
A man who purchased two rifles found at the scene of the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent north of the U.S.-Mexico border was sentenced ...
Mexico: Rivera's plane hit with 'terrible' impact
The plane carrying Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera plunged almost vertically from more than 28,000 feet and hit the ground in a ...
Lawyer: Guatemala judge orders McAfee released
A lawyer for John McAfee said Tuesday that a judge has ordered the software company founder released from a Guatemalan detention center where he has ...
Parents fight for release of son jailed in Mexico
A South Florida family is fighting to get their son, a Marine veteran, released from a prison in a dangerous area in Mexico while facing charges that ...
Mayan prophecy sparks dread, celebration worldwide
The clock is ticking down to Dec. 21, the supposed end of the Mayan calendar, and from China to California to Mexico, thousands are getting ready for ...
Mexico tests DNA from Jenni Rivera plane crash
Mexican authorities were performing DNA tests Tuesday on remains believed to belong to Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera and six other ...
HSBC to pay $1.9B to settle money-laundering case
HSBC avoided a legal battle that could further savage its reputation and undermine confidence in the global banking system by agreeing Tuesday to pay ...
AP Interview: Mexico leader to continue drug fight
Newly elected President Enrique Pena Nieto says he will continue combatting all illegal drug production and trafficking in Mexico, including ...
NTSB: singer Rivera dead in Mexican plane crash
U.S. authorities confirmed Monday that Jenni Rivera, a U.S.-born singer whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles made her a ...
Jenni Rivera, soulful, troubled Mexican music star
Jenni Rivera launched her career hawking cassette recordings of her songs at flea markets, but a powerful voice, soulful singing style and frank ...
Mexican leader proposes sweeping education reform
President Enrique Pena Nieto is proposing sweeping reforms to a public education system widely seen as moribund, taking on an iron-fisted union leader ...
Famed architect gets 6 months for drug smuggling
A highly acclaimed architect was sentenced Monday to six months in prison for trying to enter the U.S. with nearly 13 pounds of cocaine hidden in his ...
McAfee wants to return to US, 'normal life'
Software company founder John McAfee said Sunday he wants to return to the United States and "settle down to whatever normal life" he can. In a ...