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On a sidewalk in Los Angeles’ bustling piñata district, Enrique is using tongs to dip long, rosy strips of pig skin into a vat of boiling oil. When they’re blistering, crispy and slightly cool, he lays the chicharrones on the table for hungry passersby...

On a sidewalk in Los Angeles' bustling piñata district, Enrique is using tongs to dip long, rosy strips of pig skin into a vat of boiling oil. When they're blistering, crispy and slightly cool, he lays the chicharrones on the table for hungry passersby...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost as soon as George Zimmerman was pronounced “not guilty” in a Florida courtroom, the cry went up. The U.S. government must get “justice for Trayvon,” insisted protesters angry about the fatal shooting...

In the 2015 Wyoming Legislature gay and lesbian rights proponents got a major boost from new coalitions of the energy, tech, and tourism industries; local governments, educators, and several mainline religious denominations also joined the effort. This...

The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga Recommended by Marie Eckert Akhmatova witnessed the tumultuous years of the Russian Revolution and survived Stalin’s repression and terror. Her elegy, “Requiem” was written in secret over three decades and was created...