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Izcan Ordaz, center, has been spending more time with his parents Simon Ordaz, left, and Xochitl Ortiz during the pandemic.

For this young Latino, spending more time with family is an upside to the pandemic

Izcan Ordaz, an 18-year-old college freshman, expected to move to campus at the University of Texas at Austin last month. Instead, he's taking classes virtually from home — and learning a lot more about his parents' upbringing.

For this young Latino, spending more time with family is an upside to the pandemic
Izcan Ordaz, an 18-year-old high school graduate in Fort Worth, Texas, will vote in his first US presidential election this November.

Black Lives Matter protests are shaking up how this young Latino voter views US politics

Black Lives Matter protests are shaking up how this young Latino voter views US politics
Izcan Ordaz, an 18-year-old high school senior in Fort Worth, Texas, poses for a photo while walking down steps wearing a navy blue Ralph Lauren polo.

This Latino teen voter worries about prom, graduation — and the economy

This Latino teen voter worries about prom, graduation — and the economy
Daniela Mack and Matthew Worth as John and Jackie Kennedy in the new opera “JFK”  (Nine Photography )

This opera explores JFK's last night alive

This opera explores JFK's last night alive
Fracking site in North Dakota

Fracking went on trial and a Texas family beat the industry

Fracking went on trial and a Texas family beat the industry

American evangelical collectors buy up Dead Sea Scroll fragments

A few fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls have made their ways into the hands of American evangelical Christians -- thanks to a man who was one of the first people to come into contact with the scrolls after Bedouin Arabs first found them in the late 1940s.

American evangelical collectors buy up Dead Sea Scroll fragments

Texas Abortion Bill Fails to Pass After Filibuster

Texas Abortion Bill Fails to Pass After Filibuster

Oil and Gas Disposal Wells May Be to Blame for Texas Quakes

Oil and Gas Disposal Wells May Be to Blame for Texas Quakes

Top of the Hour: Romney Secures Three More Primary Wins, Morning Headlines

Top of the Hour: Romney Secures Three More Primary Wins, Morning Headlines
The World

Lawmakers, doctors: Reps. Burgess and McDermott on health care reform

A televised bipartisan summit on health care will take place in Washington D.C. on Thursday. We bring together two lawmakers from opposite sides of the aisle who are also physicians to discuss health care reform.

Lawmakers, doctors: Reps. Burgess and McDermott on health care reform
The World

Schools close due to swine flu outbreak

Hundreds of schools nationwide received unexpected vacation days this week for thousands of school kids because of concerns about swine flu. In Fort Worth, Texas, all 144 schools were closed because of a suspected swine flu case.

Schools close due to swine flu outbreak