MEXICO

The candidates vying for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination agree that the first imperative is to halt the flow of illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border. But the relentless focus on the border obscures the fact that the rate of cross-border migrations is decreasing.

PepsiCo Inc. said company tests of its Tropicana orange juice showed low levels of a potentially dangerous fungicide, but that these levels did not pose a health risk.

PepsiCo Inc said company tests of its Tropicana orange juice showed low levels of a potentially dangerous fungicide, but levels were below federal safety concerns and did not pose a health risk.

With the Sundance Film Festival starting next Thursday and the Oscars not too far off, here's a look at some of the best film festivals across the globe.

Kate Gosselin, an American television actress who appeared on the reality show Kate Plus 8 with her eight children, is hosting a Caribbean Cruise this August.

The great white shark is lurking in cyberspace, in the form of an iPhone application launched this week that allows users to track a dozen of the predators as they roam around the Pacific Ocean.

The government estimated that about three-fourths of all homicides in the country are connected to the drug trade.

Daimler Trucks will hire 1,200 new workers by September in North Carolina to add a second shift at its largest Freightliner vehicle manufacturing plant and boost staff at a nearby components plant.

The FDA announced Wednesday that it would temporarily halt all imports of foreign orange juice because of fears of carbendazim traces found in oranges, especially those from Brazil. But what exactly is carbendazim?

Here's an economic riddle of sorts: Which economy grew faster over the last seven years? A) President Hugo Chavez's Venezuela, famous for its forced nationalizations and 21st century socialism, or B) Chile, long renowned as a capitalist paradise for investors.

The U.S. Treasury Department has named three people as drug traffickers with ties to Chapo Guzman, the Mexican drug lord, and banned Americans from having any dealings with them.

Since Deepwater Horizon, a longer permitting processes and the drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico is projected to cost the U.S. more than $24 billion in lost investment, says a report from the American Petroleum Institute.

Who is Joaquin Guzman (nicked named El Chapo and Shorty), the drug boss both praised by Mexican celebrities like Kate del Castillo and wanted by the FBI and the Federales?

Mexican actress Kate del Castillo shocked fans Tuesday by offering support to drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman who the U.S. Treasury Department has called the world's most powerful drug trafficker.

Gay tourism destinations - those which showcase liberal attitudes toward same gender couples and boast extensive gay infrastructure offering socializing opportunities - have been recognized as a lucrative niche tourism segment.

Rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested over the weekend after border control agents found what they said was a small amount of marijuana on his tour bus.

United States offshore petroleum regulators ruled this week that a Spanish rig headed to Cuban waters meets international safety standards.

A man kayaking in the Gulf of Mexico rescued a dog who was swimming in the water after its owner was killed in a car accident.

Here is an overview of Jon Huntsman's economic plan, as the former Utah governor scrambles to finish in one of the top spots in New Hampshire.

Compared to the year earlier period, silver production was up 25 percent for the quarter to 1.12 million ounces, while gold production was up 45 percent to 7,045 ounces.

Eighteen coastal states have varying degrees of protection against hurricanes, according to the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety.