COVID-19 pandemic has piled many more tasks on oldest child

Katherine Banegas-Bonilla, a high school student at Baltimore City College, has much more to do at home since classes went virtual. (Photo by Megan Sayles/Capital News Service) BALTIMORE — A…

Honduras international Jerry Bengtson wears mask DURING game against Thierry Henry’s Montreal Impact

Honduras international and Club Olimpia captain Jerry Bengtson is believed to have become the first player to wear a mask during competitive action. See source

Stanionis stops Gonzalez, Marcial wins pro debut

Sean Michael Ham/TGB Promotions Eimantas Stanionis won again in tonight’s FS1 main event, breaking down Janer Gonzalez. Lithanian welterweight Eimantas Stanionis stayed unbeaten by breaking down and eventually stopping Janer…

Record number of journalists jailed because of their work

NEW YORK — A record 274 journalists were in jail at the beginning of the month because of their work, nearly three dozen of them on charges of “false news,”…

Ancient DNA Continues to Rewrite the 9,000-Year Society-Shaping History of Corn

Three 2,000-year-old cobs in Honduras show that people brought corn varieties back to Mesoamerica, possibly sparking productivity and shaping civilization. Some 9,000 years ago, corn… The post Ancient DNA Continues…

A Traveling Circus and its Great Escape | Podcast | Overheard at National Geographic

Decades of daring acrobatics, spectacular motorcycle stunts, and mind-blowing magic tricks couldn’t prepare Central America’s oldest-running circus for its most challenging feat yet—how to get home during a pandemic. Photographer…

A History Of Food And Chaos Bonds LA’s Salvadoran Community

Roberto Lovato (front) with his father and his brother, Ramon, at Christmas in 1964. (Courtesy of Roberto Lovato) Our news is free on LAist. To make sure you get our…

Progressives are getting ready to push Biden on immigration reform

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus in the Capitol on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty…

Migrants in US on temporary status get 9-month extension

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says it’ll allow migrants from six countries to extend their legal U.S. residency under a temporary status for nine months while courts consider its…

Citizens without papers

Long-time TPS holders hope Biden will make them official Americans By Jonathan Greig People protest the possibility that the Trump administration may overturn the Temporary Protected Status for Haitians in…

Rising FC’s Ivan Gutierrez: I feel like Phoenix is the best team in the West

Bishop Deeley names new director of the Office of Hispanic Ministry

PORTLAND—Bishop Robert Deeley has appointed Fr. Michael Sevigny, OFM Cap. as the Diocese of Portland’s new director of the Office of Hispanic Ministry, effective immediately. A Sanford native, Fr. Sevigny…

Police: Nearly 30 found in Texas human smuggling operation

HOUSTON, TX (AP) — Police in Texas say more than two dozen people who were possibly being held as a part of a human smuggling operation have been removed from…

The man who was found clinging to his boat in Florida is safely on shore and heading home

The man who was found clinging to his capsized boat off the coast of Florida is safely back on shore with a story to tell. Stuart Bee, 62, was reported…

Immigration Advocates Warn Biden Restoring DACA Will Not Be Enough

Just because President Trump and his immigration polices won’t be around much longer, doesn’t mean immigration advocates will go easy on President-elect Joe Biden. Immigration advocates expect Biden to do…