Americas

Brazilian reggae band Natiruts, Jamaican musician Ziggy Marley and Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio hope a trilingual song causes the people of the Americas to unite in a more fair and loving world

Colombia’s defense minister resigned Wednesday after coming under fire for failing to disclose the deaths of several minors in a military operation against dissidents belonging to the nation’s once largest guerrilla. Guillermo Botero submitted a resignation letter to President Iván Duque, touting his achievements in reducing crime while stating that the current “political circumstances” had compelled him to step...

Lewis Hamilton secured his sixth Formula One championship with a second-place finish Sunday at the U.S. Grand Prix, a race won by his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas.

“Columbus enslaved, colonized, mutilated, and massacred thousands of Indigenous People in the Americas,” Council Member David Grosso said in a statement.

The eatery scene at Rockefeller Center is about to get a major cuisine overhaul, as it is set to welcome a variety of new dining options this fall.

Immigrant rights advocates and attorneys denounced President Donald Trump’s latest move on Monday to restrict asylum at the southern border as the “most egregious” and “extreme” policy targeting the form of protection by the administration yet, NBC News reports. “The administration has been trying to fight against asylum at the southern border for a long time now and if they...

Divers are in the waters of Biscayne National Park and trying to solve a mystery almost two centuries old. The underwater archeologists with the National Park Service are out to make rare find. They are on a hunt for a ship called the Guerrero that was carrying slaves to the Americas.

The toy retailer filed for bankruptcy protection last year, announced it was liquidating its business in March and then closed all its stores last month.

Some bad habits die hard when it comes to U.S. politicians traveling to Latin America. The latest faux pas came from the White House ahead of Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to Peru to attend the Summit of the Americas. Guidance sent to the press by Pence’s office on Thursday said the vice president would attend a Friday banquet hosted...

Several streets in midtown will be closed as organizers prepare for the annual Rockefeller Center tree lighting ceremony. Ray Villeda reports.

Several streets in midtown will be closed Wednesday afternoon as organizers prepare for the annual Rockefeller Center tree lighting ceremony, police say.

Linda Baquero talks to Valentina Glockner and Maite Basaguren about Dreaming up North: Children on the Move Across the Americas, a special exhibition in honor of the month of Migration at El Museo del Barrio.

Statues of Christopher Columbus in Middletown and New Haven were found vandalized Sunday.

The NYPD is looking for a man who beat another man on a Manhattan street while yelling anti-gay slurs.

A 12-year-old ventriloquist amazed audiences on “Americas Got Talent” Tuesday and punched her ticket all the way through to the live rounds.

If you happen to see a swarm of firefighters and other emergency personnel near Rockefeller Center Thursday night, there’s nothing to be worried about.  The FDNY plans to conduct a “full-scale emergency exercise” near West 49th Street and Avenue of the Americas between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m., the city said in an advisory. People may notice a heavy...

Hundreds of thousands of Irish people were not transported to the Americas as slaves, despite nearly decade-old claims circulating anew online in the run-up to St. Patrick’s Day.
The false articles, trending on social media as Ireland’s national holiday approaches Friday, typically reprint entire sections from a comprehensively debunked 2008 column posted on a website that promotes conspiracy theories.

Birth defects in Zika-affected pregnancies are 20-times higher than before the Zika epidemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.