"A federal judge in Florida (March 8) agreed with the state's Republican attorney general that the policy of President Joe Biden's administration to release many people who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexican border rather than detaining them violates U.S. immigration law," Reuters reported March 8. "The administration has said it lacks the resources and detention capacity to process a recent surge of migrants." Guillermo del Toro won an Academy Award for his animated feature film "Pinocchio." It was del Toro's third Oscar. "Del Toro becomes the first filmmaker to win Oscars for best picture, director and animated feature." - The Hollywood Reporter, March 12, 2023 "In December 2020, Bad Bunny made history on the Billboard charts with the first No. 1 album performed entirely in Spanish ('El Último Tour del Mundo'). Now the Colombian pop star Karol G has set another record with the first Spanish-language LP by a woman to take the top spot." - The New York Times, March 8, 2023 Verónica Cruz Sánchez, a Mexican human rights activist, was among Time's "Women of the Year, 12 extraordinary leaders fighting for a more equal future." Sánchez was noted for "Standing up to abortion bans." - Time, March 13/ 20, 2023. "Trea Turner hit a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning that lifted the United States over Venezuela, 9-7 (March 18) and into the World Baseball Classic semifinals. The defending champion U.S. will face Cuba." - Los Angeles Daily News, March 19, 2023 "Reports from the Mexican border city of Matamoros say a splinter group of the Gulf Cartel, called the Scorpions Group, has apologized for kidnapping four U.S. citizens last week, killing two of them, and has turned over the men it says are responsible." - BBC News, March 9, 2023 "Since the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine, thousands of Russians have arrived in Argentina with a baby on the way, lured by the country's relatively easy and speedy path to a passport that will give their children and them more freedom than their Russian passports." - The New York Times, March 11, 2023