UNEWS, Top stories for U.S. Latinos in English

A rocket attack on the Green Zone in Baghdad leaves no casualties or apparent damage as tensions remain high between the US and Iran; Texas governor is accusing Iran of cyber attacks against state databases and websites; and officials in Puerto Rico continue assessing the damage after major earthquakes and hundreds of aftershocks rattled the island.

President Trump addressed the nation in response to Iran’s firing of more than a dozen missiles against two Iraqui military bases housing U.S. troops, saying Iran appears to be standing down and announcing new sanctions; Puerto Rico still reeling after a string of earthquakes that have rattled the U.S territory since December 28th; and dozens of police officers in Los Angeles have been suspended after allegations that they were falsifying records labeling black and Latinos as gang members.

Widespread power outages in Puerto Rico after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit the island on Tuesday, a day after a 5.8 tremor struck the U.S territory; tensions are rising between Iran and the U.S. after the assassination of Iran’s top general Soleimani as top US officials defend their decision for the deliberate attack; and massive fires continue burning across Australia as fire crews struggle to contain the historic blazes.

Tensions are rising in the Middle East after the deadly strike against Iran’s top commander Qassem Soleimani, congressional leaders meanwhile are denouncing what they call a reckless move by President Trump; and an American family returning home after a holiday visit in Mexico were ambushed by armed men, killing a 13-year-old and wounding three others.

Thousands of U.S. troops are now heading to the Middle East after a U.S. led airstrike killed Iran’s second most powerful man; Iran vows harsh revenge as cities in the U.S beef up security in the wake of the attack; Another foreign policy crisis for the Trump administration. North Korea releases new propaganda amid rising tensions with the U.S.

President Donald Trump starts off 2020 with a series of growing crises overseas, including major anti-American unrest in Iraq’s capital; Julian Castro, the only Latino candidate in the race for 2020, calls it quits; U.S. officials issue new warnings about cartel violence along the U.S.-Mexico border as an apparent attack is heard in Texas, just across the dividing line from the Mexican state of Nuevo Laredo.

The search for a missing mother and baby from Texas appears to come to an end with the discovery of a body. A one-month old baby was miraculously found alive; President Trump lashes out after Democrats threaten to delay sending impeachment charges to the Senate, while Senate leaders are at an impasse on how to proceed; The holiday travel rush is now underway and the weather may affect your travel plans.

President Donald J. Trump becomes the third sitting president to be impeached, and the only one in his first term; After last night’s vote in the House of Representatives, Trump rails against his political rivals, saying Democrats are filled with “deep hatred and disdain”; The Puerto Rican tradition of cockfighting is in jeopardy after the island’s Governor signs a new law that conflicts with a federal law ending the sport.

For the third time in our nation’s history, an American president faces an impeachment vote; The president’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani is speaking out again as more republicans are questioning his actions; Lawmakers’ accomplishments the House of Representatives and the Senate that have nothing to do with impeachment.

A House panel sets rules for impeachment debate, ahead of Wednesday’s critical floor-wide vote; President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani says he needed former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine “out of the way”; The asylum rate over the past year since the Trump Administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program began.