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Who Put The 'Hispanic' In Hispanic Heritage Month?

As Hispanic Heritage Month gets under way, it's worth noting that the idea of people from the Latin American diaspora referring to themselves as 'Hispanic' or 'Latino' or 'Latinx' is a fairly new one.

Christine Garcia relaxes with her 8-year-old daughter Mia in the Channelview High School gym. It's been turned into an evacuation shelter for victims of flooding from Harvey.

Houston School Superintendent Says A Lot Of Work Ahead To Open Schools

School was supposed to begin this week in Houston, but Harvey's devastating flooding has made that impossible. Here's how the school district is coping and working to move forward.

Rodrigo Londoño, a onetime FARC guerrilla commander known as Timochenko, launches his candidacy for president of Colombia in the Ciudad Bolívar neighborhood of Bogotá on Saturday.

A FARC Rebel Commander Runs For President. Many Colombians Aren't Ready To Forgive

After more than 50 years of insurgency, Colombia's most notorious leftist militant group has handed over its guns and formed a political party that's now fielding its first election candidates.

Young women cosplay as the main characters of the mobile game Arena of Valor in Tianjin, China, in October. More than half the game's players in China are female.

Tencent's Arena Of Valor faces challenges coming into the U.S. market, including unbundling from the company's popular social app and American gamers' less-intense focus on mobile.

A rendering of the proposed Newland Sierra development in San Marcos.

Proposed North County Housing Development Moves Ahead

The proposed Newland Sierra master-planned community of more than 2,000 homes has a green light from the county’s planning commission. But the project could still face hurdles.

Only Gov. Abbott, pictured here with Obama, opened the package. But because it was not opened as designed, the homemade device did not explode.

Texas Woman Charged With Mailing Explosives To State's Governor And Obama

A 46-year-old woman in Texas has been charged with mailing explosives to Gov. Greg Abbott and then-President Obama. Authorities say the devices could have seriously injured or even killed someone.

Jayda Fransen, deputy leader of the far-right organization Britain First, tweeted: "GOD BLESS YOU TRUMP! GOD BLESS AMERICA!" after the president retweeted a video from the controversial group.

Trump Retweets Incendiary Anti-Muslim Videos From Controversial Group

The president's latest tweetstorm drew a rare rebuke from Britain's prime minister and from Muslim groups.

The game Buffalo prompts players to think of people that buck stereotypes, and subliminally challenges those stereotypes in the process.

Fighting Bias With Board Games

Buffalo is the sort of game you'd pull out at dinner parties when the conversation lulls. But the game's creators says it's good for something else — subliminally reducing prejudice.

Vevo was hacked by the group OurMine following the group's claimed attempt at warning the company.

Hacker Group OurMine Targets Vevo's Data (And Removes It By Request)

The hacker group, which posted hundreds of gigabytes of data it took from the music video site on Friday, said that it had alerted Vevo about the site's failure to protect itself.

'Flats Are For Quitters': RuPaul Talks Drag, 'All Stars' And Identity Politics

Guest judges on this season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars include designer Marc Jacobs and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

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