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Listen to this episode of The Times: Apple | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Just five months into the year, the U.S. is on track to break a troubling record. Last year, 44 transgender people were killed in the U.S. and its territories. So far this year, the count is close to two dozen — and those are just the cases that we know of. More than half the victims were black trans women. The region with the highest rate of killings is the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Today, we’ll speak with Marc Ra...

Don Julio’s grandson continues the family’s legacy with new tequila brand, LALO Eduardo “Lalo” González follows in his ancestors’ footsteps and is keeping tequila in the family. LALO is a blanco tequila made of 100 percent agave with no additives. Its distilled in the Jaliscan Highlands of Mexico.(Guerilla Suit) 11:46 AM on May 4, 2021 CDT You may recognize the name Don Julio, and chances are you’ve probably had the famous Mexican tequila at some point. Now, the family legacy cont...

If you are ever at a bar and a hip-hop artist in a chef coat and hat is selling Chilean empanadas — perhaps even willing to freestyle in order to entice you — say yes and get the “Pino” empanada if there are any left. Or better yet, have him deliver some empanadas to your door. Known as Kilo Art-of-Fact, musician Julio Cordonnier recorded an album in 2016 called Illegal Alien with a DJ called Buddha Fingers. Now a U.S. citizen, he puts on an intense live show and recently recorded some...

You may not have heard of fernet, an Italian bitter liqueur wildly popular in Argentina, where it’s mixed with Coca-Cola to create what’s become known as...

Half of new cases are in 5 states; UK variant becomes dominant strain in US; Brazil endures deadliest day: Live COVID-19 updates John Bacon, Doyle Rice and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY We aren’t at the finish line, Biden says COVID is dangerous despite vaccine rollout Replay Video Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states – a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sendi...

Spring break in Florida wont be anything goes this year; Wyoming becomes fifth state to drop mask mandate: Live COVID-19 updates John Bacon, Jorge L. Ortiz and Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY How to stay safe at the beach during the COVID-19 pandemic Replay Video UP NEXT As the CDC issued relaxed rules for the fully vaccinated on Monday and the pace of shots increased, concern mounted on another front: Young people eager to go on spring break. Florida is getting busy. Disney them...

CDC eases rules for vaccinated people, saying they can visit with other fully vaccinated people. Spring break concerns mount. Latest COVID-19 news.

CDC eases rules for vaccinated people, saying they can visit with other fully vaccinated people. Spring break concerns mount. Latest COVID-19 news.

Spring break in Florida wont be anything goes this year; Wyoming becomes fifth state to drop mask mandate: Live COVID-19 updates John Bacon, Jorge L. Ortiz and Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY How to stay safe at the beach during the COVID-19 pandemic Replay Video UP NEXT As the CDC issued relaxed rules for the fully vaccinated on Monday and the pace of shots increased, concern mounted on another front: Young people eager to go on spring break. Florida is getting busy. Disney them...

CDC eases rules for vaccinated people, saying they can visit with other fully vaccinated people. Spring break concerns mount. Latest COVID-19 news.