ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - When journalist Aly Colón began his career, he always made the same request to his editors. Could he please have an accent? Colón, a Puerto Rican native, writes his name with an ...

María Brenes' first name has an accent on the letter “í” — but you wouldn't know that by looking at the Los Angeles resident's government documents. Since 1986, when Californians voted to make English ...

A bill in the California Assembly, known as CA Assembly Bill 77, seeks to allow residents of California to use diacritical marks — like accents— and the Spanish-language letter "ñ" on ...

A push at the State Capitol to include accents and other marks on vital records, like birth certificates in California has taken a solid step forward. And it goes beyond grammar."Being able to ...

Last year, I wrote about how to say foreign names and places on the air. I offered tips and resources on correct pronunciation in any language. But recently I heard a piece about a Central American ...