According to a Census Bureau study conducted primarily by researcher Eric Jensen, China was named the country of origin for 147,000 recent U.S. immigrants in 2013. India came in second with 129,000 immigrants. So both countries beat out Mexico which sent, according to the latest research, just 125,000 immigrants to the U.S..
A roundup of all the week's social media news you may have missed. This week in social media, Facebook proposes "Instant Articles," a revenue-sharing plan aimed at news sites and publishers that are terrified of Facebook's popularity as a news destination.
On Saturday, during a homily at a Rome seminary for the training of future priests from North America, Pope Francis praised the work and spiritual qualities of Rev. Junipero Serra The Pontiff is set to elevate the Spanish native to sainthood in a ceremony in Washington, D.C. in Sept. 23.
The campaign of Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton on Thursday slammed a House Republican effort to overwrite a District of Columbia law that bans discrimination against employees who have had abortions.
Bigfoot hunter Matthew "Dr. J" Johnson claims to know why it's been impossible to find hard evidence that would prove that the mysterious Sasquatch is indeed real.
A tiger escaped its main enclosure on Thursday at the Oklahoma City Zoo, leading the institution to issue a "code red" and to shelter some visitors inside buildings.
As if school cafeteria lunches weren't bad enough, thousands of students in a Tennessee school district were served pork roast that expired 6 years ago.
A modest donation given to a North Carolina church last Sunday has touched an entire community. A modest donation given to a North Carolina church last Sunday has touched an entire community.
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao's boxing match is set for Saturday night, but the topic has made its way in the U.S. Senate. During an address on Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, acknowledged the Mayweather-Pacquiao match will generate "hundreds of millions" into the state's economy.
Sen. Cruz continues his attempts to appeal to Latino voters. He recently spoke at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce touting Latinos' conservative ideals.
Maria Bello has been openly gay and an activist for quite some time now. But it was an op-ed she did for The New York Times, "Coming Out as a Modern Family," that got her some stirring attention from the mainstream media.
Despite facing harsh criticism from his own Democratic Party, President Barack Obama doubled down on his push for Congress to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP,) a massive trade deal currently being negotiated between the US and 11 Latin American and Asian countries.
U.S. officials have announced that they have joined with Mexican authorities to arrest Paulino Ramirez-Granados, a man who is known to be one the leaders of a forced-prostitution ring that operated in the New York City area.
