A former US ambassador who pleaded guilty to spying for Cuba says he was radicalized while studying at Yale university. Victor Manuel Rocha, seen here, was arrested in December in Miami and accused of gathering intelligence for the rogue communist state since 1981 Rocha, seen here with his wife Karla, was arrested in December in Miami and accused of gathering …
“These are likely the last tamales I will ever make,” my aunt and godmother Vicky says as she hands me bags filled with four varieties. Each year, my family reaffirms this in the week leading up to Christmas, when we gather in my Tia Vicky’s kitchen — my mom, our neighbor Angela and whatever other cousins, friends and grandkids can …
Before she met Dr. Shayan Rab, Diana Silveria was the daughter of Elvis Presley, hanging out with Lynyrd Skynyrd on a skid row sidewalk. Dr. Shayan Rab, right, and Karla Bennett, mental health clinical supervisor with HOME, talk to client Diana Silveria, left, at the Russ Hotel on skid row in Los Angeles. When we work with an individual on …
There had been one too many forearm shivers, one too many elbows to the gut, one too many shoves, pushes, trips, and most of all, disparaging words. Just a nice kid.” IU assistant Tom Ostrom calls him “seriously one of the nicest, most kind-hearted human beings you’ll ever be around.” His mother, Karla, describes him as “so sweet.” The stepfather …
