From Mexico to Argentina, prosecutors have relied on the 'flotation test' to convict women of killing their babies. But the test is often wrong.

Some of the state’s largest coronavirus outbreaks have occurred in workplaces, but fear of retaliation is preventing employees from voicing safety concerns, workers and labor organizers say.

Under a law meant to crack down on violence against women, politicians obtain restraining orders to stop reporters from criticizing them or investigating corruption.

A prison correspondence and meeting between Trino Jimenez and Melvin Carroll, the man who murdered his brother, led to an almost unthinkable friendship.

Activists who speak indigenous languages reach out to keep Mexican and Central American indigenous communities informed on the coronavirus pandemic.

The farmworkers who called Francisco Pardo the morning after the Kincade fire began were more anxious than usual.

More than half of the youths in L.A. County’s juvenile detention facilities were in quarantine this week – a move that officials say was done out of an abundance of caution after a surge in positive...

Every year, Mexican immigrants in California and elsewhere return to their hometowns for the Day of the Dead — many from indigenous communities that celebrate the holiday with elaborate traditions.

Six-year-old Meybelin was separated from her father when they crossed the U.S. border. Since they were reunited, those who know her say she's different now.

Vanilla is deeply rooted in the identity of Papantla, a city in eastern Mexico where reinas of festivals are anointed with a vanilla-made crown.

Jesus Tovar Sanchez made his life in the United States. But he knew it was not where he wanted to end up.

Thousands across Mexico protested last week's major overhaul of the agency that oversees the country's elections.

Grasshopper hunters in Mexico are feeding a growing market for the insects, which are being turned into hamburgers, sauces and snacks — 'much healthier than some potato chips.'

California Labor Commissioner has fined a McDonald's franchisee for firing four employees who protested coronavirus safety conditions

The brother of Carolina Ramírez Pérez said she was fleeing domestic violence in Mexico before she died in a crash March 2 shortly after crossing the border.

The daughter of a Guatemalan dictator convicted of genocide is running for president, raising questions about the nation's memory of a brutal civil war.

For months, Father José Alberto Idiáquez has received threats on Twitter, on WhatsApp and in phone calls.

Women’s soccer has long struggled to gain a foothold in Mexico, where the men’s game is the national pastime.

A new map of Los Angeles County made by UCLA and CIELO, an Indigenous organization, seeks to document where Indigenous languages are spoken.

The protest, held on International Women's Day, focused on femicide — a term used to describe the killing of women because of their gender.

Desde México hasta Argentina, los fiscales se han basado en la prueba docimasia hidrostática para condenar a las mujeres por matar a sus bebés.

In the county jails, chaplains from particular faiths struggle or work long hours to meet the demand of inmates.

Ex-President of Peru Alberto Fujimori and three of his health ministers are facing prosecution for a program in which women were allegedly sterilized without consent.

Mexico election: The two women frontrunners in the race for president both invoke gender and a cracking glass ceiling. So why are some feminists skeptical?

At 16, Yoel Levy fled Lev Tahor, a fringe Jewish sect accused of child abuse that made its home in Guatemala. He's now fighting to get his family out.

Dr. Simi, the lab-coated cartoon mascot of Mexico's largest pharmacy chain, speaks to the failures of the nation's public health system.

A herd of cows got loose and wandered into a residential Pico Rivera neighborhood Tuesday night.

A Tijuana police officer imprisoned for killing her cop boyfriend shows how Mexico — struggling with femicides — reacts when a woman kills her abuser.

Anti-corruption crusader Bernardo Arévalo won Guatemala's presidency in a landslide, but now he faces what's widely considered to be election interference.

A little-known California prison program facilitates dialogues between prisoners and victims. Some have turned into friendships.

Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei has shown public interest in Judaism, incorporating shofars at campaign rallies and visiting a rabbi's tomb.

Mexicans on Sunday vote on whether to recall President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in an election that he himself pushed for.

Santa Barbara residents are struggling to make sense of a tragedy involving Matt Coleman, head of a local surf school, and the killings of his two young children.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has evoked traumatic memories for Holocaust survivors as rabbis turn synagogues into shelters.

In 2010, police killed a man who spoke an indigenous language and did not comply with orders in English and Spanish. Now, they're getting help to find interpreters and improve communication.

At least one Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy was captured on video punching a man multiple times during a DUI investigation in Palmdale.

Attorneys for Naason Joaquin Garcia, who prosecutors allege used his base to groom underage victims for his sexual pleasure, are granted a delay.

While enjoying high job approval ratings, Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been promoting a referendum that could result in booting him from office.

These Livingston Award finalists highlight excellence in reporting and storytelling by journalists under the age of 35. Here is the best work of 2023 from young reporters.

At a time of greater isolation, chaplains at L.A. County jails and state prisons say there's a greater need for their work.

Two brothers who left their homes in Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, were smuggled in the trailer found in San Antonio. Their families are now leaning on their faith.

Children across Mexico grow up learning the voladores ritual, where they fly around a 100-foot tree.

As President Trump redefines what it means to be a Republican, political scientists and pollsters say that criticism from inside the party has grown increasingly subdued.

A group of Los Angeles Police Department employees has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the city's mandate that all L.A. employees be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Confusion and anxiety has been building in Ciudad Juarez and El Paso over what appears to be the pending demise of Title 42.

In a rapidly growing wave, thousands of Ukrainian Jews have fled to Israel.

Recent protests outside the South L.A. sheriff's station have drawn longtime activists and others who have made attending rallies against police violence part of their weekly routine.

Two actresses who met during the filming of FRONTLINE's Weinstein have teamed up to combat sexual misconduct in Hollywood.

Mennonites are pious Christians who eschew much of the modern world. But in Mexico even they have not escaped the pull of the drug cartels.

The mention of the possible closure of Olympic station, amidst city budget cuts, sent Korean American leaders to the LAPD’s defense and rallying to keep a strong police presence in their community.

A judge has set a Sept. 27 trial date for Naason Joaquin Garcia, the head of La Luz del Mundo church, who faces several sex abuse charges.

Los cazadores de chapulines en México están alimentando un mercado creciente de estos insectos, que se convierten en hamburguesas, salsas y aperitivos, "mucho más saludables que algunas patatas...

A judge finds L.A. County Sheriff’s Department indiscriminately used projectiles and chemical agents against protesters, legal observers, journalists.

The deadly bombings came hours after Western intelligence agencies warned of a potential attack.

During a year of mandatory community service, Mexico's medical students are often sent to isolated towns where they face violence from cartels.

California residents facing high gas prices have been driving to Mexico to fill their tanks

At the southernmost tip of Argentina’s Patagonia sits 'the prison of the end of the world.' The country banished prisoners here in the early 1900s to colonize the region.

There are growing questions about whether the operator of the Conception regularly had roving watches on its boats.

Longboard dancing offers a refuge from an unraveling world. As viral skater Nathan Apodaca says, “It’s very freakin’ therapeutical.”

From Mexico to Argentina, prosecutors have relied on the 'flotation test' to convict women of killing their babies. But the test is often wrong.

It’s been 40 years since Iranians came together to topple the Shah.

Convicted of money laundering, Ricardo Martinelli, a conservative ex-president who had planned to run again, has sought refuge in the embassy of leftist and autocratic Nicaragua.

At 16, Yoel Levy fled Lev Tahor, a fringe Jewish sect accused of child abuse that made its home in Guatemala. He's now fighting to get his family out.

A watchdog panel that oversees the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department voted Thursday to ask county attorneys to determine whether Sheriff Alex Villanueva or his agency broke the law in their...

Children across Mexico grow up learning the voladores ritual, where they fly around a 100-foot tree.

La Luz del Mundo church has come under scrutiny after its leader, Naason Joaquin Garciawas, arrested last week on multiple charges of sex abuse. Garciawas is currently sitting in an LA County jail...

Mexico’s transparency institute, which has played a pivotal role in exposing corruption, is fighting President López Obrador to do its job.

Right-wing media helped to stoke outrage around an L.A. spa and its policy toward transgender customers.

In Argentina, the song 'Muchachos, Ahora Nos Volvimos A Ilusionar' has become the anthem of the country's run to the World Cup final.

Growing up, Sandra Martinez’s world revolved around La Luz del Mundo church.

Women’s rights groups and actresses who have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual abuse described feeling a wave of relief and camaraderie on Monday after a jury found the producer guilty of one count...