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Cuauhtémoc, a Mexican Navy academy training ship, struck Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, leaving at least 19 injured. All about ...
Nopal cactus grows where others wouldn’t dare. Resilient, versatile, and adaptive, it is one of the most widely recognized endemic plants of the Americas. Yet the cactus’s symbolism is especially deep ...
Every February 28, Mexican flags fly at half-mast throughout the country in honor of him, Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec emperor. Or rather, in commemoration of the anniversary of his death on that ...
The Mexican flag itself centers on an eagle devouring a serpent—derived from the Aztec foundation myth of Tenochtitlan—illustrating how serpent symbolism continues to define national identity. From ...
Boise Mayor Lauren McLean has added a new line of attack in her showdown with the state’s legislators and attorney general over the city’s display of an LGBTQ+ Pride flag outside City Hall.
It's common for airlines to emblazon national flags on aircraft, but there's something you might have noticed about the U.S. flag in that context. On some aircraft, it appears to be displayed the ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Mayor Erin Mendenhall unveiled a series of flags that appear to circumvent a new law that goes into effect banning "non-sanctioned" flags. During Tuesday's Salt Lake City ...
If you hold a modern device that supports the latest emojis (based on Unicode 16.0), you can now express your emotions through 3,790 different emojis. Every year, the latest Unicode iteration ...
A Mexican navy ship struck the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday, killing two crew members and injuring at least 19.
SALT LAKE CITY — Leaders of Utah's capital city voted to add three new city flags, all incorporating designs not allowed through a new state flag law, to sidestep the measure hours before it ...
The prickly pear evokes the story that the name Tenochtitlan means “place among the prickly pears.” Mexican artist José María Jara painted the scene in 1889. National Museum of Art ...
City leaders in Boise and Salt Lake City on May 6 introduced new official flags to support LGBTQ+ rights, sidestepping laws in both states that prohibit the display of pride flags and other so ...