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A Spanish documentary has made history-changing claims, but the science behind its conclusions remains unclear.

In connection to Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day, media from the BBC and Fox to Reuters and Haaretz reported on new DNA evidence about the holiday’s original namesake. According to research revealed in a recent Spanish documentary, Christopher Columbus was not Italian, as widely assumed, but Sephardic: of Spanish…

It’s a bank holiday, but you should be in decent shape for other errands.

We list the states that observe this irregularly celebrated holiday as well as which businesses will be open and closed.

The 15th-century explorer was a Sephardic Jew from western Europe, Spanish DNA experts reveal

Claim raises idea explorer was from community expelled by his Spanish patrons, but experts view it with caution

Scientists have ‘definitively’ proved identity of remains – with navigator’s precise origins to be revealed

This is the season of patriotism in Latin America as many countries commemorate their independence from colonial powers. From July to September, public plazas in countries from Mexico to Honduras and Chile fill with crowds dressed and painted in national colors, parades feature participants costumed as independence heroes, fireworks fill…

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