Saturday’s Powerball is here. Since there was no jackpot winner last on Wednesday, when the winning numbers were:1, 25, 29, 31, 4, and 7, the money has once again rolled over and is now at $110 million with a cash value of $70.5 million.
On Thursday Maamoun Abdulkarim, a Syrian official, called upon the international community to help in protecting the 2,000-year-old ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra, which was being threatened by advancing Isis militants.
Colombian authorities recovered the prized first-edition copy of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" after it was plucked from a showcase at the International Book Fair in Bogota, said officials.
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was a creative genius, an intellect who was ahead of her time, a strong woman who was unabashedly herself and unafraid to show her true colors, her rawness and vulnerability with the world.
Yet the same time, there was another piece to her beautifully complex artistic realm where the enlightened yet tormented muse intensely connected with the natural world. A place where plants and animals represented innovative scientific, worldly and personal themes and personal connections.
When Spanish-born author Maria E. Andreu was five years old, she wrote what she thought was original stories. In retrospect, "Sleeping Beauty" as told by her wasn't quite an original composition. However, the young adult novel, "The Secret Side of Empty," which tells a candid and hard-boiled account of immigration, certainly is an original and powerful work.
Ariana Grande is set to headline New York City's 29th annual Dance on the Pier, in support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, this summer.
Have you ever envisioned a place that never existed?
One of Cuba's most prominent artists and the National Arts Club artist-in-residence, Carlos Quintana has -- and he's captured this bold and imaginative place on canvas through his first solo exhibition in New York called "Images of a Place that Never Existed." The exhibition will be on view to the public at the prestigious and historic gem, the The National Arts Club until May 30.
Americans are becoming less Christian and more secular, the Pew Research Center reported based on a massive study it conducted between June and September 2014.
"Noah" held on to the top spot as the most popular name for male newborns in the United States, the Social Security Administration revealed as it released its annual list of top baby names. The Biblical moniker had already topped the agency's ranking in 2013, after surging from fourth place the previous year.
More than 1,000 people marched in Havana this weekend in what the Associated Press called a "colorful gay rights march" led by Mariela Castro, the daughter of Cuban leader Raúl Castro.
Happy Mother's Day! For all the people out there who have a special woman to celebrate today, here are a few super last minute Mother's Day gift ideas.
There were no jackpot winners on Wednesday, when the winning numbers were: 23, 24, 27, 39, 41, and 30, so the money has rolled once again and is now at $90 million, with a cash value of $58.6 million.
Mother's Day is Sunday and some procrastinators are still wondering what to get her. There are a few last minute gift ideas to put together to make sure that the best mom in the world will know just how special you think she is.
Helen Chávez, a first generation Mexican-American, former labor activist for the United Farm Workers of America and wife of Mexican-American Latino Civil Rights activist, César Chávez knows firsthand the importance of mothers - after all she is a treasured mother to eight children.
So on Mother's Day, Sunday May 10, not only should Chavez be honored, but she's paying it forward and recognizing the many strong women farm workers at Gerawan Farming -- many who are also mothers themselves.
Childlessness is so passé. There have been increases in large families among highly educated women. Yet, there has been a decrease in the number of large families within the Latino population.
