The New York Times

Wander Franco’s conditional release ordered by D.R. judge as new details revealed in court documents

Wander Franco paid the mother of a teenage girl 100,000 Dominican pesos ($1,785) per month for seven months in order to maintain a dating relationship, the girl alleges in prosecution court documents ...
New York Post

Will Wander Franco, convicted of sexually assaulting a minor, play in MLB again?

Rays shortstop Wander Franco received a two-year suspended prison after being found guilty of sexually abusing a minor in the Dominican Republic. The ruling has raised questions about the ...
Soap Opera Digest

What Happened to Franco on General Hospital

Heather finally revealed that she was really Franco’s biological mother and that Scott Baldwin was his father. He also learned that Kiki wasn’t his daughter. Franco began to develop feelings for Carly ...
Los Angeles Times

Rays’ Wander Franco found guilty in sex abuse case, receives two-year suspended sentence

PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic — Wander Franco, the suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop charged in a sexual abuse case, was found guilty on Thursday but received a two-year suspended sentence. Franco ...
The New York Times

Wander Franco, one-time Rays star, convicted after underage sexual abuse trial

PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic — Wander Franco, the one-time franchise cornerstone of the Tampa Bay Rays, bowed his head in a courtroom on Thursday as a tribunal in his native Dominican Republic ...
USA Today

Rays' Wander Franco detained, admitted to mental health clinic per report

A new development has been made in the case regarding former Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco. The 24-year-old, who was found guilty of sexually abusing a minor earlier this year, was detained ...
Reuters

Far-right uptick in Spain raises spectre of Franco 50 years after his death

Franco nostalgia swells among disaffected Spanish youth amid cost-of-living and housing crises Social media spreads AI Franco clips and revisionist narratives Significant minority now view Franco era ...
People

The Franco Brothers: All About James, Dave and Tom Franco

Ilana Frost is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in Elite Daily, Bustle and The List. Randy Shropshire/Getty James Franco, ...
The Conversation

50 years after Franco’s death, giving a voice to Spanish dictator’s imprisoned mothers

Zaya Rustamova received funding to conduct this study from Radow J. Norman College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kennesaw State Unviversity. In the run-up to the 50th anniversary of Francisco ...
NPR

Sure, 'Encanto' has fun songs and a sweet story. But Germaine Franco made it groove

When Germaine Franco was a little girl, her fifth-grade music teacher gave her a choice. Presented with a picture of all the instruments in the orchestra, Franco pointed at her future. "I was only 10, ...
Los Angeles Times

A Southland tragedia

Early one morning last November, Emilio Franco and his wife awoke to the noise of men breaking into their Downey home. When the two intruders burst into the couple’s bedroom, Franco was prepared.