Health These Maya women softballers defy machismo — from their mighty bats to their bare toes They call themselves Las Amazonas de Yaxunah. They've defeated gender stereotypes to become stars in Mexico. And these women and teens play the game wearing traditional Maya dresses — and no shoes., Mark Viales
Arts & Life 'Cassandro' honors the gay wrestler who revolutionized lucha libre The film pays homage to the real story of an unapologetically queer man in a male-dominated sport and society. Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Latin America A Mexican ufologist claims to show 2 alien corpses to Congress It's not the first time Jaime Maussan has claimed to discover "nonhuman" bodily remains, and scientists have previously dismissed them. Eyder Peralta
Latin America Mexico is on course to elect its first woman president Mexico's two main political groups have chosen women presidential candidates. Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Sen. Xóchitl Gálvez will face each other in next year's election. Eyder Peralta
National Who is sneaking fentanyl across the southern border? Hint: it's not the migrants We know that illicit fentanyl is flowing into the U.S. from Mexico. Yet we rarely hear from the couriers who smuggle most of it through legal ports of entry. This is one of their stories. Joel Rose
World Adrift for 3 months, a man and his dog lived on raw fish until rescued by fishermen An Australian sailor who was rescued by a Mexican tuna boat after being adrift at sea with his dog for three months said he is grateful to be alive after setting foot on dry land. The Associated Press
National Mexico files complaint over Texas' floating barriers on the Rio Grande Mexico has sent a diplomatic note to the U.S. expressing concern that barriers on the river may violate treaties on boundaries and water. Mexico has already asked that the barriers be removed. The Associated Press
National Supreme Court sides with the Biden administration in a fight over immigration The Supreme Court handed President Biden's administration a major victory in a long-running dispute over how to enforce the nation's immigration laws. Joel Rose
Latin America The mayor of a Mexican border city says she will live at an army base for safety The Tijuana city government said threats to Mayor Montserrat Caballero and bodies discovered in a truck were tied to her administration's results in weapons seizures and arrests of violent suspects. The Associated Press
National New U.S. immigration rules send asylum requests soaring in Mexico One of the new U.S. rules says you can't request asylum unless you've already been denied in another country. Mexico is getting more applications than ever, and crowded shelters have turn people away. James Fredrick
