According to a Census Bureau study conducted primarily by researcher Eric Jensen, China was named the country of origin for 147,000 recent U.S. immigrants in 2013. India came in second with 129,000 immigrants. So both countries beat out Mexico which sent, according to the latest research, just 125,000 immigrants to the U.S..
On Saturday, during a homily at a Rome seminary for the training of future priests from North America, Pope Francis praised the work and spiritual qualities of Rev. Junipero Serra The Pontiff is set to elevate the Spanish native to sainthood in a ceremony in Washington, D.C. in Sept. 23.
On Friday in the Mexican state of Jalisco at least seven people were killed during a military operation that was meant to target an unnamed drug cartel.
Maria del Pilar Hurtado, the former head of Colombia's secret police, has just been sentenced to 14 years for spying on politicians, judges, and journalists.
"I fell into a burning ring of fire, I went down, down, down as the flames went higher. And it burns, burns, burns. The ring of fire, the ring of fire." - Johnny CashThe legendary Johnny Cash knew a lot about fire and its blazing burn, but if he had the chance to attend this year's Third Annual New York City Hot Sauce Expo in Brooklyn, he'd most likely pen a new tune for the array of burning flavors that are worthy of a hit song.
The Venezuelan government is set to implement a medicine-rationing system it hopes will ease shortages that have left many patients unable to treat ailments from hemorrhoids to cancer.
Surviving family members of the missing people are now hoping that Pope Francis, who hails from Buenos Aires, will order the opening up of files from that bloody time.
Addressing the economic concerns of the United States territory of Puerto Rico on Thursday, Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla pledged to negotiate with legislators after they voted down an overhaul of Puerto Rico's tax system.
In order to take extra measures so that people on the Southeast Asian island country get to enjoy the pugilists pounding away at each other, an officer at a Philippine electric company has asked customers to turn off major appliances to help prevent outages that have recently occurred in the area.
U.S. officials have announced that they have joined with Mexican authorities to arrest Paulino Ramirez-Granados, a man who is known to be one the leaders of a forced-prostitution ring that operated in the New York City area.
Top Brazilian executives from several large construction and engineering firms who have been linked to the Petrobras kickback scheme left prison on Wednesday and will now remain under house arrest.
For a third straight year in a row, statistics in Mexico logged a decline in the murder rate, a trend USA Today deemed "a sign the country is slowly stabilizing after gruesome drug wars." But in the shorter term, the data are still worrisome, Animal Político warned, noting that March was the country's deadliest month out of the last nine.
Can you imagine legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo walking through the streets of New York City, almost as if she was a vibrant Mexican painting that came to life - merging the past within a contemporary backdrop? Award-winning, Mexican-American cartoonist and illustrator Felipe Galindo/Feggo is bringing these illustrations to life with his "Frida Kahlo's New York" an exhibition at The Mark Miller Gallery this May.
Vega has opted to step back from the negotiations, telling reporters it is matter for the government to handle. Nonetheless, she hopes Colombia finally achieves peace soon.
Pope Francis talked about equal rights for women during his catechetical reflection on marriage and family at his weekly General Audience in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday, according to the Vatican Radio.
The Supreme Court of Honduras last week repealed two articles of the country's constitution that had banned presidential reelection, a hotly contested issue in the Central American nation that in 2009 had led to the ouster of then-President Manuel Zelaya.
