The US Supreme Court gave new hope Monday to the family of a Mexican boy shot on the American frontier, ordering a lower court to reconsider their lawsuit against the border patrol agent who killed him. Justices said the appeals court made a significant legal error when it ruled that the family of Sergio Hernandez … Read more
This newborn baby defied nurse’s belief, normal developmental goals and gravity to take to her tiny feet and walk in the hospital just minutes after being born. The stunned workers in the Brazilian maternity hospital were trying to bath the little girl with the very large will for the very first time. But the newborn … Read more
A rape at a Washington area high school has drawn intense scrutiny as part of the immigration debate launched under President Donald Trump, since the two alleged attackers are Latinos who entered the United States illegally. Under normal circumstances, a case like this would not make national headlines. But these are not normal times in … Read more
The US Supreme Court appeared divided Tuesday as it weighed a thorny cross-border case involving the death of a young boy shot on Mexican soil by an American border patrol agent standing on the US side of the frontier. At issue before the eight black-robed justices is whether the family of 15-year-old Sergio Hernandez Guereca … Read more
Guadalupe Guereca wants just one thing: “Justice.” In a choked voice, the 59-year-old woman recounts the death of her teenage son, fatally shot on Mexican soil by an American policeman standing on the US side of the border. “He was taken away from me forever,” the gray-haired mother said, sitting on the bed in her … Read more
Inmates have seized control of the largest prison in the north-eastern Brazilian city of Natal. Police say at least 10 prisoners have been killed at the Alcacuz jail. Many others are thought to have been killed in fighting between rival gangs at the prison in Rio Grande Do Norte state. This is the third major … Read more