AMERICAS

Botanists report in a new study that they've discovered a flower long believed to be extinct.

Megafires, melting permafrost and the massive emissions for which no nation is responsible.

He received an Academy Award in 1983 for “Just Another Missing Kid,” about a college student’s disappearance on a road trip.

Her struggle to uncover the fate of her disappeared son led her to become one of Mexico’s leading human rights activists.

Olga Mata de Gil, 72, shared a TikTok video naming arepas after Venezuelan politicians. She's been charged with "inciting hatred," which human rights experts say underscores the country's dwindling free speech.

Authorities believe the 32-year-old Mexican woman climbed to the top of the border wall using a ladder and a harness.

U.S. immigration officials detained more than 5,000 migrants from Ukraine at the nation’s land, sea and air borders in March, with a significant increase in those seeking refuge at the U.S.-Mexico boundary.

Since Javier Milei took office in December, 2.4 million Argentines have registered for a chance to win his $3,200 monthly paycheck. Of perhaps greater consequence: The previously obscure politician is now the leading candidate in polls for next year’s presidential election.

Critics say the legislation championed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador would move the country away from the production of clean energy, jeopardize foreign investment and deepen a rift with the United States.

After nearly a week of gridlock at the border and growing complaints, secondary “enhanced inspections” suspended.

In this remote Panamanian archipelago, the Guna are custodians of the region’s pristine natural beauty.

He was one of the most prolific goal-scorers in National Hockey League history and led the New York team to four consecutive Stanley Cup victories in the early 1980s.

For nearby countries, the war is a crisis of security and politics. But countries much further afield have been impacted, too.

Gov. Greg Abbott has kept many of his new inspection policies in place despite pleas from businesses for relief.

Under this controversial border policy, the United States turned away migrants before they could ask for asylum.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R) wants state officials to inspect each truck, and drivers are now backed up for miles with trucks full of produce and other goods.

The experimental musician will perform at Union Stage.

Gustavo Dudamel makes for a compelling subject in "¡Viva Maestro!," even if Theodore Braun's documentary struggles to address the sociopolitical strife in the conductor's native Venezuela.