Current Events/Online News Sources
To update you in English and Spanish

"What's black and white and red all over?"

     That old joke* really is true now, because almost every newspaper in every U. S. town has its own website. Selections here represent those most likely to help with educational activities.
     You are allowed to print items from these websites for personal use, but you may not copy and post to a website without getting publisher's permission.

The New York Times
(New York, U.S.A.)
The online edition of the best-known newspaper in the U.S. is unparalleled for its authority and depth of coverage. If you access it from home, you will have to register (It's free!). Currently there is no charge to read any article on its publiction date or seven days before. Many archived articles are free.

International Herald Tribune
(Regional Bureaus)
This premier international newspaper has gone online. If you're looking for articles with an international focus, check here first.

BBC
This premier online news source from the U.K. contains radio, television, and print news stories. Be sure to check out the links at the bottom of the page to individual stories in areas such as science, teens, lifestyle, and many more. You'll find world news at the lower right of the front page. Be sure to check dates on articles as the BBC maintains a massive archive or related articles for each lead story.

Reuters
This online news source is famous for its photo images. You must get prior approval from Reuters before you put images onto a webpage you have created. You may copy images to put ino a document you write for a school assignment.

Common Dreams News Center
Visit this website to read divergent viewpoints that balance conservtive or mainstream perspectives. Most useful "jumping off" site, because you can access dozens of international news websites. Just scroll down the left side of the screen.

CIC Parents Home & News
(CIC, Caracas, VE)
The most local of local news.

Spanish Language News Sources

Spanish is the original language of the first three websites. Many English-languages newspapers in Florida, the American southwest, and other American cities with large Spanish-speaking populations publish Spanish editions, as well. Check the site index or navigation bars on their online editions.

El Universal (Caracas)
This online edition of one of Caracas' many newspapers prints hourly updates on its front page.

Union Radio (Caracas)
You will find live radio broadcasts as well as an interesting section called, La Semana en Fotos.

El Tiempo (Bogota, Colombia)
News from Venezuela's western neighbor.

el nuevo herald (Florida, U.S.A.)
The Spanish edition of the Miami Herald is packed with news of Cuba, as well as Latin America. It occasionally prints articles about Venezuela.

La Opinion (California, U.S.A.)
Orignating from Los Angeles, this newspaper publishes in-depth coverage of Latin America.

How can you find Spanish newspapers from other parts of the world? Try using one of these search statements:

"Spanish newspaper" "New York City"        

The reason you want to put quotation marks around phrases like Spanish newspaper and New York City is to avoid getting hundreds of irrelevant hits that contain individual words rather than the whole phrase. "Spanish newspaper" brings in only hits with these two words together. Without the quotation marks you'll get websites that contain the word Spanish or the word newspaper but not both in proximty. You may want to use city, state, or country names. You may also search in Spanish, for example:

"noticias Madrid Spain"

* The newspaper is "read" all over.