When it comes to the growing Latino population in the United States, many want to identify trends, or zone in on different groups' wants, needs and dreams, essentially they want to figure out how to crack the code -- well it's just not that simple.
A new poll of nearly 1,500 Latino Americans conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health took a closer look.
Imagine you are swimming alongside your family, and you are captured, corralled, wrestled, driven over, and harpooned, all while witnessing slaughter all around you as you swim frantically in a sea of crimson red, trying to escape.
Although this may sound horribly graphic and traumatizing, this is what's occurring to hundreds of pods of bottlenose dolphins every year in an annual hunt that takes place in a cove in Taiji, Japan.
The Pope's new Spanish Cardinal Fernando Sebastián, 85, is showing his age - and his ignorance.
Sebastián, who will take up his post in the Vatican as Spain's newest cardinal in February, is already making a dramatic entrance by reportedly calling homosexuality a physical "defect" that can be cured.
"I am breathless, I am so bloody happy," said the vivacious, 82-year-old, Rita Moreno, upon accepting The Screen Actors Guild's 50th SAG Life Achievement Award.
But the truth is, the Puerto Rican actress, singer and dancer has left audiences breathless for decades.
Nobel Peace Prize-winning, African-American Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. impacted many lives, but he also had a great influence on Latinos who also faced discrimination -- including Puerto Rican baseball legend Roberto Clemente, who was both black and Latino.
United Nations child protection experts are cracking down on Vatican delegates on how Roman Catholic officials handled the decades-long sexual abuse of minors by priests, saying they still need to speak up and reveal more information in order to put guilty priests behind bars.
Are you hungry for a Latin, home-cooked meal and some great conversation? Well if you happen to be visiting New York City, you're in luck!
There's a new food trend that's taking off in the Big Apple as well as other cities that lets food enthusiasts - or just regular people with appetites enjoy a meal entirely prepared by a perfect stranger in the comfort of their home, NPR's The Salt reports.
We all know want happens when you give a dog a bone, but what if you give him a paddle board and tell him to hit the water? Well, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, many canines apparently know how to "hang ten."
Does the size of your wallet make or break a healthy sex life? A study conducted in Spain says 'yes.'
According to the first Spanish National Sexual Health Survey carried out in 2009, "rich, Spanish women have better sex lives than poor ones."
Mexican writer/director Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity is representing Latinos in film worldwide by leading the pack for this year's Oscars nods -- with 10 Oscar nominations. But fellow Latino, Guatemala-born actor Oscar Isaac who stars in Inside Llewyn Davis isn't quite feeling the Oscar love that he and the Coen brothers deserve, according to many fans of the film.
What does it take to make Forbes' list of the world's most powerful couples -- alongside Michelle and Barack Obama, Melinda and Bill Gates and Beyonce and Jay Z?
Colombian-born superstar Shakira and FC Barcelona soccer star Gerard Pique, who made Forbes' 2013 list have an idea - and they are in on a secret that doesn't involve money or fame. The couple who have been together for four years, try to lead normal lives - as normal as you can when you're both international stars.
Nobel Peace Prize-winning, German-born American diplomat and political scientist, Henry Kissinger has had an extensive political career from serving as National Security Advisor to Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
According to Mother Jones' David Corn while Kissinger might have been recently seen dancing with Stephen Colbert in a funny bit on the latter's Comedy Central show, there's a different kind of funny business that's been going on that has been unearthed - and quite frankly it's nowhere near funny.
When it comes to strong story lines and great character development, Chilean director Sebastián Lelio knows how to capture an audience. His cinematic efforts haven't gone unnoticed in the U.S. or abroad, and the award-winning director has been selected to join Sundance 2014's World Cinema Dramatic Jury.
Not all fashion statements are alike -- but the idea of having the face of glorified Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, one of the world's most notorious and ruthless narco-traffickers of all time, painted across your T-shirt doesn't settle well with many -- even if there is a positive message behind it.
While there isn't a big Latino presence at Coachella, the three-day festival in Indio, Calif., Panamanian-American Singer Aloe Blaac will represent with his soulful voice.
Latin fashion designers Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta and Narciso Rodriguez continue to wow and dazzle with their designs, and top celebrities brought them to life on the red carpet at the Golden Globe Awards 2014.
Mexican writer/director Alfonso Cuarón will fondly remember the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards because it marks his first Golden Globe award for Best Director - Motion Picture. He beat out contenders Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips), Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), Alexander Payne (Nebraska) and David O. Russell (American Hustle).
With a growing Latino and an increasingly diversified population in the United States, there is a demand for interpreters and translators in 2014, among other occupations that make up the Top 12 high-wage, in-demand, skilled positions this year.
"Outstanding Ecuadorian-born, New York-based singer-songwriter Eljuri... Fusing socially conscious lyrics with blistering guitar rock, she blended missionary fervor with impeccable musicianship," said The Chicago Sun Times about the Guayaquil-born musician who's been dubbed "the female Carlos Santana, "otherwise known as "Carlita."
Is former Cuban President Fidel Castro becoming an art aficionado in his old age?
Inspired to show his support for the arts, Castro made his first public appearance in nine months, attending the opening of an art studio in the Cuban capital of Havana, according to The Associated Press.
Puerto Rican-born lawmaker Melissa Mark-Viverito made history on Wednesday as the first Latina and first person of color to serve as New York City Council Speaker.
On Jan. 5, scientists came upon a rare discovery - they found the bodies of two conjoined gray whale calves floating in Laguna Ojo de Liebre in the Mexican state of Baja California, which opens up to the Pacific Ocean.
While a female presence is predominant online, there is still a lot more work to do to encourage young women, including aspiring Latinas, to study in the field of computer science and later enter in the tech-related workforce.
Guatemalan actor Oscar Isaac and "Inside Llewyn Davis," a film loosely based on 1960s American folk singer Dave Van Ronk, were chosen as the best actor and best picture of 2013 by the National Society of Film Critics.
