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In this March 26, 2013 photo, Arroyo Hondo Land Grant heir Fernando Martinez is shown at the historical northern New Mexico Spanish land grant. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

Spanish land grant fight puts hundreds in limbo

By Russell Contreras, Associated Press

ARROYO HONDO, N.M. (AP) -- Fernando Martinez's family has lived on the Arroyo Hondo Land Grant for more than two centuries, passing property from generation to … Read More

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks during a press conference at MCSO offices in downtown Phoenix on Friday, April 12, 2013. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Wallace)

Recall bid against Arizona sheriff faces tough odds

By Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) -- Volunteers set up a table outside a music festival one day last month to gather signatures for a drive to oust the notoriously polarizing … Read More

The family of deceased pilot Miguel Perez Soto - who was flying the plane carrying Jenni Rivera and her entourage when it crashed - has come forward.

Family of Jenni Rivera’s pilot: “He was famous for adhering to safety measures”

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Just days after the announcement that Miguel Perez Soto’s two sons and wife filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Jenni Rivera’s company, the trio has come … Read More

Latin singer Jenni Rivera rehearses for the 2012 Billboard Latin Music Awards, from Miami, Florida at the BankUnited Center, University of Miami – April 25, 2012.

Family of 78-year-old pilot sues Jenni Rivera and plane’s company

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The family of the 78-year old pilot flying the plane carrying singer Jenni Rivera and members of her entourage has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Jenni … Read More

An U.S. Customs and Border Protection bike patrol agent assists Mexican's being returned to Mexico after they were apprehended for entering the United States illegally. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

U.S. Citizens and undocumented immigrants allege abuse by border patrol agents

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A group of U.S. Citizens and undocumented immigrants filed a series of lawsuits on Tuesday claiming abuse by Custom and Border Protection (CBP) agents around … Read More

A atheist police officer is filing a lawsuit alleging discrimination because he was not religious.

Atheist Puerto Rico police officer files discrimination suit

By The Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Lawyers filed a lawsuit Friday against some of Puerto Rico's top police officials, accusing them of discriminating against an … Read More

A Christian school sued two teachers for refusing to provide proof of faith to continue working for the school.

Teachers sued over proof of their faith may test Supreme Court’s ruling

By Linda Deutsch, Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A lawsuit by a Southern California Christian school against two former teachers who refused to provide proof of their faith could pose one … Read More

Carlos Galindo, a supporter of the Tucson ethnic studies program, protests Monday, May 9, 2011 outside the Arizona Department of Education in Phoenix. With the passage of Arizona House Bill 2281 in January 2011, some Mexican American studies courses would no longer be used to satisfy core-curriculum requirements. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Opinion: Temporary victory for Mexican-American studies in Arizona

By Stephen A. Nuño

After the defeat of the GOP in the last election, Republicans declared they are on a new mission to broaden their appeal to the middle class and to minorities. … Read More

Javier Contreras, 17, addresses a news conference at the Michigan American Civil Liberties Union headquarters in Detroit, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. Contreras and two others are suing the Michigan secretary of state over her refusal to grant driver's licenses to applicants who can stay in the U.S. under a new federal immigration policy. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Dreamers sue Michigan Secretary of State over driver’s licenses

By Ed White, Associated Press

DETROIT (AP) — A high school homecoming king and two other people who illegally entered the U.S. as children sued the Michigan secretary of state Wednesday … Read More

General view of the area where the plane where the mexican singer Jenni Rivera was flying crashed, close to the Tejocote Ranch, on December 09, 2012 in Monterrey, Mexico. (Photo by David Martinez/Clasos.com/LatinContent/Getty Images)

Mexican official: Jenni Rivera’s plane nose-dived from 28,000 feet

By Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — The plane carrying Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera plunged almost vertically from more than 28,000 feet and hit the ground in a … Read More