Alamo, Champagne among new World Heritage sites

The Associated Press BONN (AP) — The United States has succeeded in its bid to “Remember the Alamo,” after the U.N. cultural body approved its status as a World Heritage site Sunday. The Alamo was one of five Spanish Roman Catholic sites, known as the San Antonio Missions, to receive the coveted label likely to boost tourism. UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee approved the Missions’ status along with more than a dozen others from around the globe. Susan Snow, an archaeologist for San Antonio Missions National Historical Park,...