• US retailers roll out foreign toilet paper amid COVID-19 pandemic

    US retailers roll out foreign toilet paper amid COVID-19 pandemic

    Toilet paper is back on store shelves. But you may not recognize some of the brands. Demand for toilet paper has been so high during the pandemic that in order to keep their shelves stocked, retailers are buying up foreign toilet paper brands, mostly from Mexico. Major chains, across the country, including CVS, Piggly Wiggly, …
  • Nina Dobrev and Shaun White’s relationship reaches its ‘PDA in Tulum’ phase

    Nina Dobrev and Shaun White’s relationship reaches its ‘PDA in Tulum’ phase

    Hot people find a way. The celebrity gossip industry was concerned when the pandemic threatened to halt the formation of new celebrity couples early in 2020. We were heartened in late March when “Vampire Diaries” actress Nina Dobrev and three-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White were spotted biking together in Malibu. The pair went Instagram …
  • Amazon’s ‘The Last Narc’ suggests CIA helped kidnap, murder DEA agent

    Amazon’s ‘The Last Narc’ suggests CIA helped kidnap, murder DEA agent

    When DEA narcotics agent ­Enrique “Kiki” Camarena was kidnapped and interrogated in 1985 by the leaders of Mexico’s Guadalajara Cartel, it was like a party. They allegedly held him in a house filled with spectators and depraved participants, including Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, then a foot soldier in the syndicate. “You had a bunch of …
  • Timothée Chalamet and new gal pal Eiza Gonzalez snapped poolside in Cabo

    Timothée Chalamet and new gal pal Eiza Gonzalez snapped poolside in Cabo

    We never would have pegged him for a Van Hagar fan. Hollywood’s wan boy-king of the moment Timothée Chalamet is bouncing back from his breakup with Lily Rose-Depp by living it up in Cabo San Lucas with a new ladyfriend, Mexican actress Eiza Gonzalez, 30, where he was snapped mid-PDA with the star. In pics …
  • U.S. Extends Mexico, Canada Border Closures for Additional 30 Days

    U.S. Extends Mexico, Canada Border Closures for Additional 30 Days

    Acting Department of Homeland Security director Chad Wolf announced Tuesday that the U.S. would be extending its border closures with Canada and Mexico by an additional 30 days. “The President has made it clear that we must continue to keep legitimate, commercial trade flowing while limiting those seeking to enter our country for non-essential purposes,” …
  • Mexico Has Deported Nearly All Illegal Immigrants from Shelters to Contain Coronavirus

    Mexico Has Deported Nearly All Illegal Immigrants from Shelters to Contain Coronavirus

    Mexico said it has just over 100 people remaining in its government migrant centers after removing thousands over the past five weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INM) said in a statement that it had removed migrants from 65 government facilities since March 21, following health and safety guidelines amid the …
  • Trump says he put Mexico ‘over the barrel’ to force oil deal

    Trump says he put Mexico ‘over the barrel’ to force oil deal

    President Trump says he put Mexico “over the barrel” to force a deal to reduce global oil production as the coronavirus tanks demand. Trump said Friday that Mexico will cut production and the US will “help Mexico along” by doing the same. In exchange, Mexico will repay the US, he said. Trump said Mexico’s president Andrés …
  • Data Shows U.S. Beginning to Deport Migrant Children under New Coronavirus Rules

    Data Shows U.S. Beginning to Deport Migrant Children under New Coronavirus Rules

    A member of the National Guard holds a boy of a Honduran migrant after she and her children were stopped from crossing illegally into El Paso, Texas, United States, June 26, 2019. The Trump administration has deported nearly 400 migrant children intercepted at the U.S.-Mexico border over the past two weeks as part of new …
  • Heineken halts production in Mexico as nation shuts down over coronavirus

    Heineken halts production in Mexico as nation shuts down over coronavirus

    Dutch brewer Heineken said on Friday that it will suspend production and distribution from its seven plants in Mexico, in response to the government’s decision to halt nonessential economic activity to contain the new coronavirus. Heineken Mexico, which employs 16,000 workers, followed Grupo Modelo, producer of the Corona, Modelo and Pacifico brands, which on Thursday …
  • Opera legend Placido Domingo feels ‘fine’ after contracting coronavirus

    Opera legend Placido Domingo feels ‘fine’ after contracting coronavirus

    MEXICO CITY — Tenor Placido Domingo said Monday he is resting at home after catching the new coronavirus. Domingo said in a statement that he is “at home and I feel fine.” The 79-year-old was reportedly hospitalized in Mexico after publicly acknowledging on March 22 that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and said he …