News
Fort Madison's Mexican heritage and legacy discussed
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (1004+ words) Alejandro Benavides, Ph. D, speaks about preserving and expanding Fort Madison's Mexican heritage at a coffee talk Tuesday at the CB&Q Depot Museum. (Angie Holland/The Daily Democrat) Attendees of Tuesday's coffee talk with Dr. Alejandro Benavides share their…...
Archaeologists stunned by a lost Maya city untouched for over 1, 000 years
34+ min ago (295+ words) Deep in the jungles of southern Mexico, archaeologists have walked into a city that no one had entered for more than a thousand years. Hidden in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in Campeche, the lost Maya center was so cut off…...
The Carrolls of America: Young men, educated in France, influenced a new nation
18+ hour, 13+ min ago (921+ words) July 2, 2026 By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Feature, Local News, News Unable to receive a Catholic education in the British colonies in North America, three young men from wealthy families were sent to Saint-Omer, France, to study…...
Commentary: 250 years? California was already going strong when the 13 colonies got their act together
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (1715+ words) Don't get all cocky, you 13 original colonies. Yes, yes, 250 years, congratulations, enjoy the cake. But here on the West Coast, a whole continent away from your powdered periwigs and your Philly bell-ringing, 1776 was a banner year, too. Unbeknownst to you…...
Deep in the Mexican jungle this June, archaeologists reached an intact Maya city hidden for more than a thousand years, where a pyramid temple, carved monuments and silent plazas had survived beneath the forest because there was literally "no road" to get there.
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (960+ words) Published July 2, 2026 The discovery being described is Ocomt'n, the Maya city announced after fieldwork in May and June 2023 in the Balamk' Ecological Conservation Zone of Campeche, Mexico. According to the Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies at ZRC SAZU, the…...
Democratic Republic of the Congo " Central Africa Province Celebrates the Day of Gratitude
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (47+ words) ANS - Agenzia i Nfo Salesiana Your browsing looks a bit unusual. To continue please complete this simple security check. Completing this check proves you are a human and gives you immediate access to the website....
Archaeologists Found a Lost Maya City in Mexico's Jungle, Complete With a 43-Foot Pyramid and a Fitting Name
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (297+ words) Archaeologists used Li DAR to locate a remote Maya city whose name means "there is no path," and what they found shocked them. Every few years, we discover that the ancient Maya world was much bigger than we thought. As…...
Venezuela Faces Another Emergency as Floods Hit Portuguesa State
14+ hour, 46+ min ago (300+ words) Intense rains in the Venezuelan state of Portuguesa, located in the central-western region of the country, caused the overflow of several rivers and streams, affecting more than 100 families in the town of Chabasqu'n. The downpour began around five in the…...
Father and son rescued after four days buried under rubble of Venezuela's earthquakes
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (308+ words) Thursday July 02, 2026 A father and his son were pulled out alive from the rubble of a collapsed building on Sunday, "four days after the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela. It was a "scene that gave hope to the French and…...
The people of Venezuela struggle after devastating earthquakes
4+ hour, 29+ min ago (425+ words) Venezuela earthquake 24 June 2026, CC 4. 0 Two devastating earthquakes struck Venezuela on 24 June. It was reported in late June that there had been two major earthquakes in Venezuela in South America. At least seven states of the country were reported by the…...