Legendary Latin artists Vicente Fernández and Freddy Fender are among this year’s inductees into the National Recording Registry, a prestigious honor from the Library of Congress. Fernández’s ranchera anthem “El Rey” and Fender’s bilingual country crossover hit “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” join a select group of recordings recognized for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically…
Texas passed a bill requiring fathers to pay pre-birth child support. The legislation—known as SB 942—was approved by the state Senate last Wednesday. Sen. Bryan Hughes introduced the bill, which will mandate retroactive child support starting from the date of conception, not birth. RELATED STORIES: New Law in Kentucky? Bill Grants Right to Child Support…
Woman Accused of Trading Child for Monkey Faces Felony Charges in Missouri A woman accused of trading a child for a monkey is now facing felony charges following a chilling child abuse investigation. The suspect, Brenda Deutsch, is a longtime foster mother who’s taken in over 200 children—but her past is now under heavy scrutiny….
Apple reportedly flew in five cargo planes containing iPhones ahead of new U.S. tariffs that would have slapped major costs on its global supply chain. According to reports, this last-minute logistics play happened at the end of March. The company airlifted iPhones directly to the U.S., dodging President Trump’s April 5 tariff hike, which imposes…
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated with the artist’s passing. Conflicting reports about Rubby Pérez‘s condition circulated the Internet following the deadly roof collapse at the Jet Set nightclub in the Dominican Republic, where he was performing early on Tuesday (April 8). The artist’s death was confirmed just after 5 p.m. The 69-year-old Dominican…
Dominican merengue singer Rubby Pérez has died Tuesday afternoon (April 8) at 5pm E.T. after being trapped in the rubble of a nightclub in Santo Domingo whose roof collapsed in the early hours of the morning, confirmed Listín Diario, a Dominican newspaper. The artist was 69 years old. Billboard Español reached out to Pérez’s two…
Tony Buzbee is officially pushing back in court, filing a motion to shut down Jay-Z’s lawsuit against him—arguing they already had a deal in place. But Jay’s legal team isn’t buying it. They’re calling Buzbee’s claims nothing but fiction. This all ties back to the explosive case involving a Jane Doe who accused both Jay-Z…
Manuel Turizo is going on tour, the Colombian superstar announced Monday. The CMN and La Industria Inc-produced stint is set to kick off June 11 in Jalisco, Mexico, and he will tour other Latin American countries like Chile, Costa Rica and Argentina, before launching the North American leg of the trek. “I can’t wait to…
the White House announces 104% tariff on China will go into effect at midnight, sending shockwaves across Wall Street, Asia, and every American household that buys imported goods. Donald Trump Debuts $5 Million ‘Gold Card’ That Will Offer Path To Citizenship For Wealthy Foreigners: ‘It’s Like A ‘Green Card,’ But Better’ White House Press Secretary…
The Supreme Court Just Gave Trump a Green Light to Downsize: What That Means for 16,000 Federal Workers Just days after a federal judge said halted Trump’s efforts to gut the federal workforce, the highest court in the land flipped the script. The Supreme Court is now allowing Trump to terminate 16,000 probationary federal workers….
