AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Cinco de Mayo festivities are taking place across the U.S. with music, tacos, tequila and colorful displays of Mexican culture — even if they're not always the most authentic.

Artists displayed their wares, children darted to and fro while Venezuelan reggae pop fusion duo Sobre Cuerdas filled the air ...

Cinco de Mayo was celebrated on Monday, May 5 — and through the preceding weekend — around Southern California, commemorating the historic victory in 1862 by a Mexican militia of 4,500 men who fought ...

Cinco de Mayo was celebrated on Monday, May 5 — and through the preceding weekend — around Southern California, commemorating the historic victory in 1862 by a Mexican militia of 4,500 men who ...

As we raised our margarita glasses and dipped into guacamole on Cinco de Mayo, most of us weren’t thinking about why this ...

Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Despite being outnumbered, General Ignacio Zaragoza led his troops to ...

WEST SIDE. IT’S CINCO DE MAYO, A DAY FILLED WITH VIBRANT COLORS, FESTIVE MUSIC, AND OF COURSE, DELICIOUS FOOD. BUT WHILE MANY PEOPLE THINK THIS HOLIDAY CELEBRATES MEXICO’S INDEPENDENCE ...

Cinco de Mayo is a holiday observed on May 5 that commemorates the Mexican army's victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. It is not Mexico's Independence Day, which actually ...

Cinco de Mayo festivities are taking place across the U.S. with music, tacos, tequila and colorful displays of Mexican culture — even if they're not always the most authentic. The day falls on a ...