PHOENIX — On May 5, Mexico commemorates the anniversary of one of the most important battles in which the Mexican army ...

May 5 is Cinco de Mayo, a holiday rooted in Mexican history that has been adopted by millions of Americans, both Latino and ...

In the process of writing this column, the calendar often serves as a starting point. Our religious institutions do a fine job of preserving the meaning behind their high holy days, but many other ...

Cinco de Mayo marks Mexico’s 1862 Battle of Puebla victory over France, now celebrated mainly in Puebla with parades and ...

Cinco de Mayo festivities are underway across Mexico and the United States, honoring the 1862 Battle of Puebla while ...

A little Cinco de Mayo history goes a long way in making the celebration feel more thoughtful and real ...

Texas has executed a death row inmate who fatally stabbed his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son in a fit of rage before he turned the knife on her 12-year-old son, who miraculously survived the attack ...

Virgie Langford was ready for retirement. For five decades, the 70-year-old ran a mom-and-pop grocery store in Palmetto along Florida's Gulf Coast. The neighborhood had gotten dangerous, Langford got ...

STARKE, Fla. — A man convicted of fatally shooting two people outside a Florida bar in 1993 as part of an attempted revenge killing was executed Tuesday evening, the 26th person put to death in the ...