Writer Leonardo Padura chronicles life in Cuba as his detective ‘alter ego’ solves gripping crimes

HAVANA – His novels recount gruesome murders, thefts, scams, bribes and humiliating secrets. But those are not even the most important themes in the stories told by award-winning Cuban writer Leonardo Padura. For the last four decades, Padura, 68, has managed to turn his series of detective thrillers into a social and political chronicle of … Read more

Dozens of floats dazzled in Texas Cavaliers River Parade Monday

More than $8 Million has been raised to go towards the Alamo Texas Education Center. SAN ANTONIO — More than 250,000 people gathered downtown Monday night for the 79th Texas Cavaliers River Parade. The theme was Viva America: Great American Landmarks.  More than 60 floats demonstrating American landmarks made its way down the San Antonio … Read more

Without cameras to go live, the Trump trial is proving the potency of live blogs as news tools

NEW YORK – They watched from the courtroom or via closed-circuit television in an overflow room — roughly 140 reporters, most with laptops or other silenced electronic devices, serving up news at its most elemental and in rapid-fire fashion. There were utterances posted a few seconds after they left a lawyer’s mouth. Observations on how … Read more