The first earthquake was followed by another one the following day of equal magnitude. Another earthquake has hit a Latin American nation. Nicaragua experienced an earthquake on Thursday that shook the nation's capital and was followed by strong aftershocks.
Following months of protests and violent responses, the Venezuelan government and the opposition have agreed to hold talks on the future of Venezuela, deciding what will come of all the protesting. Yet, both sides have different goals for the discussions, engulfing them in a shadow of doubt. Although mediators have been called on to supervise the talks, their impartiality and involvement remains shaky. On Wednesday, the government of Nicolás Maduro asked the Vatican to send a moderator to mediate the talks between the government and opposition protesters.
A Delaware judge sentenced pediatrician Melvin L. Morse to at least three years in prison after being convicted on Feb. 13 of waterboarding his 11-year-old stepdaughter in 2012.
Woman threw shoe at Clinton during keynote speech. Hillary Clinton was delivering a keynote speech when, suddenly, what she thought was a bat fly across the air.
California man arrested arrested last year crossing the border from Mexico. After crossing into the United States from Mexico last year, Jose Manuel Martinez was arrested on one count of murder and sent to Alabama.
A brawl broke out Thursday afternoon on the campus of an elementary school in Columbus, Ohio and came to an end with two victims sustaining gunshot wounds at around the time that the school was dismissing its students for the day.
In a study released earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that Hispanics had the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in the U.S. in 2012. Per 1,000 Hispanic teens aged 15 to 17 years old, the birth rate was 25.5 percen,t while the total birth rate per 1,000 teens across all ethnicities in the same age group was 14.1 percent, according to the CDC Vital Signs study released Tuesday. Carla Galindo, behavioral scientist for the CDC, said the birth rate among Hispanic teens has decreased, but they still rank the highest in teen pregnancies based on ethnicity.
Chromecast continues to add new apps to the roster of services that support Google's $35 HDMI streaming dongle, but the latest addition is particularly interesting. Broadcast TV streaming service Aereo announced an upcoming update for its Android app on Thursday to bring live TV to Chromecast.
While the internet has become the place for young Americans to get all forms of entertainment and news, TV broadcasters are being left in the dust by online media. This week, the National Association of Broadcasters and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission both accused each other of being asleep at the wheel.
Ryan's budget plan would cut taxes and repeal Obamacare. Republican Paul Ryan's budget plan was approved along party lines by the House. His plan seeks to balance the budget in 10 years by cutting taxes, repealing President Obama's health care law and cuttting social programs in favor of the national defense.
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico was home to Bilingual ESPN anchor Alfredo Lomeli until he was 6 years old. That's when Lomeli, who's widely recognized for hosting and producing Tu Estilo, made the trip to San Antonio, Texas with his parents, and when he would first experience the fear of being undocumented in America.
The strict standards are part of the DHS' national security agenda When Obama took office for his second term as president, he received huge amounts of pressure from various immigrant rights advocates as well as progressive Democrats regarding his 4-year deportation spree.
Three men were detained. A boat with almost 2,000 pounds of marijuana was found beached on Monday in a popular surfing area. Officials found the boat near Malibu, Calif.
45 year-old Ana Trujillo was found guilty in the ‘stiletto-murder’ of her boyfriend, Dr. Alf Stefan Andersson on Wednesday.Trujillo reportedly showed no emotion during the reading of the verdict. However, her family left the courtroom in tears.
A new trial date has been set for a man infatuated with Jodi Arias who threatened the lives of two news anchors who covered the infamous Arias murder trial in 2013. On a related note, the next trial date involving Arias's own case will take place on Friday, April 11.
Former Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes took her life course on a dizzying descent toward mayhem last year, causing her to end up in an inpatient rehabilitation program while rumors about her antics and mental health status ran rampant. The starlet’s attorney Tamar Arminak spoke out to fans by way of an interview with People Magazine on Wednesday, after being asked by Bynes to “dispel certain rumors.”
A teenage boy who went on a brutal stabbing spree in his Penn. high school Wednesday morning was taken into custody by police officials and arraigned in court today. The student, who was charged as an adult, faces multiple charges.
What does community mean to you?A true sense of community is more than borrowing a cup of sugar, saying hello or holding the door, it's going the extra mile in a time of need. For East 'Harlemites' who are still reeling from the tragedy of the East Harlem explosion at 116th St./Park Ave on March 12, the community is pulling together to raise funds for displaced families and making sure their voices are heard well beyond the quadrants of their block.
