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 ...

From degree signs to accents, there are dozens of special characters that can be added to your text on a computer. This even includes emoji, which are more popular than ever these days. Here's how to ...

(DROP CAP) Some of us get a little crazier when actors in movies try on their Southern accents--and everybody sounds like they're from Augusta, Joe-Jah. That's not how it works, y'all. The ...

Many Latinos historically abandoned accent marks in their first and last names when immigrating to the U.S., and technology has often made it more complicated to use them, but a growing trend among ...

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 ...