Queen Urraca of León-Castile was one of the most powerful and controversial figures in medieval Spain. The daughter of King Alfonso VI, she reigned during a time marked by political conflict, civil ...

Diamond Reynolds, Philando Castile’s girlfriend, at a gathering Thursday in St. Paul, Minnesota, to protest Castile’s fatal shooting by police during a traffic stop. Adam Bettcher/Reuters Philando ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --In the wake of two more high-profile incidents of young black men being shot and killed by police, Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez said it's time for Congress to do something to ...

NEW YORK – The Whitney Biennial may be over, but a large-scale painting of Philando Castile that was part of the show remains on view at the New York museum through July 16. Painted this year by Los ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A jury on Friday found a Minnesota police officer not guilty of manslaughter in the death of a black motorist. Defense attorneys contended the 29-year-old Latino officer was scared ...

There was a time when Spanish winemakers tossed small, dead animals in with their grapes to speed the fermentation process. That's the kind of attention-grabbing factoid one learns while touring the ...

Always on the look-out for interesting stories about local history, I recently stumbled upon a newsletter — Historical Wyoming. Dated April 1958, this issue featured “Chronicles of Castile.” While ...

Editor’s Note: Peniel Joseph is the Barbara Jordan Chair in Ethics and Political Values and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs ...

Jeronimo Yanez’s friends and family embraced while Philando Castile’s supporters cursed and angrily walked out of the courtroom Friday after a jury found the St. Anthony police officer not guilty of ...

For Clarence Castile, the death of George Floyd has felt all too familiar. In 2016, Castile's nephew, Philando Castile, was pulled over while driving in a suburb of St. Paul, Minn. The officer asked ...