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High School Football Players Charged With Sexual Assault of 13-Year-Old
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Two Connecticut High School Football Players Charged With Sexual Assault of 13-Year-Old

By Sugey Palomares | 03/21/2013 - 09:50 | 0 Comments

Two Connecticut high school football players, Edgar Gonzalez and Joan Toribio, have been charged with the sexual assault of a 13-year-old. Due to the high-profile attention that the case has received, the teen girl has been bullied on social media pages and called “a snitch,” according to...

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Rush Limbaugh Compares Obama Nominee Thomas Perez to Hugo Chavez and KKK Member
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Rush Limbaugh Compares Obama Nominee Thomas Perez to Hugo Chavez and KKK Member

By Sugey Palomares | 03/19/2013 - 16:32 | 0 Comments

After a day since President Barack Obama announced his Cabinet nomination, he is already feeling the heat from conservatives about his pick. Dominican American Thomas Perez was offered the seat as the next Secretary of...

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Three Members of a Sex Bondage Ring to Stand Trial for Murder
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Three Members of a Sex Bondage Ring to Stand Trial for Murder

By Sugey Palomares | 03/19/2013 - 11:28 | 0 Comments

Superior Court Judge K. Michael Kirkman ordered three members of an alleged sex bondage ring to stand trial for the murder of Brittany Killgore, 22. After a six-day  preliminary hearing, Kirkman declared that the evidence suggests that Killgore, a Marine’s wife, was the victim of a sick sexual fantasy after she was kidnapped and...

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President Barack Obama and Thomas Perez; labor secretary nominee.

5 Things to Know About Obama Cabinet Nominee Thomas Perez

By Sugey Palomares | 03/18/2013 - 15:35 | 0 Comments

This morning, President Obama nominated Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez to succeed Hilda Solis' post as head of the Labor Department. Throughout his career as a civil rights lawyer, he has fought hard for working class families and vowed to continue on that path if confirmed. Perez would also become the first Dominican-American to...

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10 Things You Didn’t Know About 'DWTS' Contestant Victor Ortiz!

By Tom Castaneda | 03/18/2013 - 13:14 | 0 Comments

Victor Ortiz becomes the fifth professional boxer to trade in his gloves for color-coordinated costumes and dancing shoes on tonight's Dancing with the Stars. The 26-year-old Mexican-American former WBC welterweight champion, who is known for his boyish charm and a killer southpaw stance, will be the latest Latino luminary to hit...

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Coming Out

6 Gay Latino Celebs Who Are Out and Proud!

By Lee Hernandez | 03/15/2013 - 09:14 | 0 Comments

Same-sex marriage talk has been buzzing this morning after Republican Senator Rob Portman announced his support of it. According to NBC News, the GOP politician reversed his previous position on...

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EXCLUSIVE: 9 Latino Celebs Who Are Learning Spanish

EXCLUSIVE: 9 Latino Celebs Who Are Learning Spanish

By Lee Hernandez | 03/15/2013 - 00:50 | 0 Comments

Here are nine Latino celebs who are brushing up on the mother tongue! Viva Español!

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The Way We Worship: Why Latinos Are Leaving the Catholic Church

By Franziska Castillo | 03/14/2013 - 11:20 | 0 Comments

More Latinos than ever are leaving the Catholic Church for other religions and spiritual practices—whether it be Pentecostalism, Islam or no spiritual practice at all. What the way we worship says about us as a changing community.

Sunday morning around Manhattan’s West 107th...

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