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Poor water pressure and dry hydrants posed major obstacles to fighting the February fire that killed scores of people along the country's Pacific Coast. As a fast-moving wildfire swept through [...]

El incendio forestal que dejó 134 muertos y miles de casas destruidas fue impulsado por condiciones climáticas extremas. Según los bomberos y los residentes, la falta de agua en los [...]

Poor water pressure and dry hydrants posed major obstacles to fighting the February fire that killed scores of people along the country’s Pacific Coast. As a fast-moving wildfire swept through [...]

Across the U.S., migrant children are being put to work in roofing, even though it is banned by federal law. On social media, they call themselves ruferitos. They wake before [...]

They call themselves “ruferitos” on social media. In videos, the migrant child workers talk about being underage and pose on rooftops and ladders, often without the required safety gear. One [...]

Videos reveal increasing militarization as Gov. Greg Abbott orders more troops and concertina wire to try to stop illegal border crossings. Hundreds of migrants illegally crossing from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, [...]

A New York Times investigation found that the country's police and military fired lethal ammunition at unarmed civilians during protests in December and January. Over the course of five weeks, [...]

A New York Times investigation found that the country’s police and military fired lethal ammunition at unarmed civilians during protests in December and January. Over the course of five weeks, [...]

Una investigación de The New York Times revela que las fuerzas de seguridad dispararon municiones letales contra civiles desarmados, en las protestas de diciembre y enero. En el transcurso de [...]

The ''soccer mom'' was born a cliché. Americans were introduced to her during the 1996 presidential race, when she was heralded by campaign consultants and the media as the new [...]

Before-and-after images show the scale of destruction that the Ukrainian port city has suffered after nearly two months of near constant bombardment by Russian artillery, mortars and airstrikes. In late [...]

With savage artillery exchanges, the areas on the outskirts of the capital are the scenes of seesaw battles that have stalled the Russian advance for now. KYIV, Ukraine — A [...]

To battle the nearly one-million-acre Dixie fire, California launched a military-style operation. Some experts wonder whether the approach is sustainable. SUSANVILLE, Calif. -- One grew to a size larger than [...]

Some parents are opting to try, once again, the dangerous trek north to rejoin children who were kept in the United States by the Trump administration. HUEHUETENANGO, Guatemala -- In [...]

The president has struggled to balance the country's public health with its economic needs. Experts fear that reopening the economy while the disease is not under control will lead to [...]

Many people in Guayaquil, Ecuador, blame the government for failing to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, and to deal with the thousands of bodies that have piled up [...]

The leaders of the region's two largest nations -- Mexico and Brazil -- have largely dismissed the dangers and have resisted calls for a lockdown. RIO DE JANEIRO -- Most [...]

Tens of thousands demanded government action to halt the killing of ten women every day, on average. MEXICO CITY -- Tens of thousands of women vanished from streets, offices and [...]

The Mexican authorities used pepper spray on a caravan of 4,000 Central American migrants who tried to enter the country illegally, and dangled the possibility of jobs for those who [...]

The latest influx from Guatemala is testing Mexico's resolve to restrict the movement of undocumented migrants under pressure from the United States. CIUDAD TECÚN UMÁN, Guatemala -- After days of [...]

A bandaged eye is now so common among people protesting inequality in Chile that it has become a rallying symbol. SANTIAGO, Chile -- Brandon Gonzalez, 19, marched with a group [...]

CõCUTA, Colombia -- The first in a wave of defectors was a sergeant in Venezuela's national guard: He sneaked over the border into Colombia in early February and declared he [...]

The article reports on how the Ukrainian forces were able to defend the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine against the Russian invaders for 80 days. Topics include how Ukrainian Special Forces fighters have supplied weapons, medicine and satellite internet system to the encircled soldiers at the plant and comments from plant director Enver Tskitishvili on the fighting at the plant.

Body-worn cameras are reshaping perceptions of policing. The small devices, typically mounted on officers' shirts, provide a lens into law enforcement that is meant to build transparency and trust. But [...]

CAMPINA GRANDE, Brazil -- Marina Leite arrived at a hospital from her rural village in February, 28 weeks pregnant and struggling to speak or breathe. She was carrying double the [...]

There is a surprising diversity in the physical as well as the political landscape of Iowa's rural areas, which make up more than three-quarters of the state's 99 counties and [...]

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- They entered through the convention hall lobby -- a mounted menagerie of dead mammals, birds and fish whose owners paused in the natural light to primp them [...]

Five months after a Cleveland police officer shot and killed Tamir Rice, 12, his family and friends are still struggling to make sense of their loss. This video captures an [...]

FORT BERTHOLD INDIAN RESERVATION, N.D. -- Tex G. Hall, the three-term tribal chairman on this remote, once impoverished reservation, was the very picture of confidence as he strode to the [...]

FERGUSON, Mo. -- Late Wednesday, two nights after rioting left blocks of this suburban city in smoldering ruin, a small but angry crowd assembled at the police station on South [...]

CRESTON, Iowa -- Van Lucas flew F-16 fighter jets over Iraq and Afghanistan for the Air National Guard, but the idea of returning to Iowa to fly low-powered crop-dusters several [...]

GRAND PORTAGE, Minn. -- For moose, this year's winter-long deep freeze across the Upper Midwest is truly ideal weather. The large, gangly creatures are adapted to deep snow: Their hollow [...]

COTES DES ARCADINS, Haiti -- It was an immaculately clear midsummer morning, a perfect day for diving. No trash had yet washed up on the beach. A dozen volunteers, all [...]

With a friend videotaping, 27-year-old Christopher Lenzini of Dallas took a hit of Salvia divinorum, regarded as the world's most potent hallucinogenic herb, and soon began to imagine, he said, […]

The article focuses on the devastating wildfires in northern Quebec, Canada, which have destroyed large areas of spruce forest, cut off transportation to isolated Indigenous communities, and caused evacuations of residents. Topics include the impact of wildfires on Indigenous communities, the government's response, and the link between climate change and the frequency and intensity of the fires.

The article examines the efforts of the Harvard Business School's administration to improve gender relations among students graduating in the class of 2013. Details are provided on how Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust appointed Nitin Nohria as dean of the business school and created a standard of interaction among both male and female professors and students. Additional information is provided on the gender gap in the student body as well as the salary gap between genders.

The article reports on the political unrest in Nicaragua, wherein protesters are trying to force President Daniel Ortega to resign.

The article reports on the concerns that the city of Chicago, Illinois will no longer be an option to host The Barack Obama Presidential Library. A person close to the Barack Obama Foundation anonymously told local reporters that the foundation officials are concerned about the proposals from the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago., which alarmed several people including John J. Cullerton of the Illinois Senate, Joyce Robinson, and Torrey Barrett.

The article discusses the implications of a trend of increasing numbers of immigrant children migrating to the United States from Central America as of July 20, 2014, focusing on an accelerated process of initial screenings for the immigrants once they are detained by U.S. Border Patrol. Topics addressed include a 2008 U.S. anti-human-trafficking law, young immigrants who are eligible for special juvenile asylum status, and attempts to flee gang violence in Central America.

The article reports that Jerryl Christmas, lawyer of Jeffrey L. Williams, the accused in the shooting of two police officers during a demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri, doubt that his client take part in the incident.