MIAMI (AP) — As registration opened Monday for an estimated 500,000 spouses of U.S. citizens to gain legal status without having to first leave the country, Karen and Xavier Chavarria had nothing to celebrate. Like many others, Karen left the United States voluntarily — in her case, for Nicaragua — as the price of living
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The first day of school was chaotic for many St. Louis families Monday after three bus vendors pulled out at the last minute, leaving hundreds of parents scrambling to get their kids to classes. St. Louis Public Schools has been struggling to devise a plan to get kids to classes since
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s new finance minister says some of the proposed taxes that led to weeks of deadly protests earlier this year will be reintroduced through a tax amendment bill as the country struggles to find revenue to pay off debts. The announcement by John Mbadi in a local television interview broadcast Sunday
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Three security guards are facing trial this week in the death of a man who was pinned to the ground during a fierce struggle more than 10 years ago at a suburban Detroit shopping mall. McKenzie Cochran, 25, was unarmed and repeatedly told guards, “I can’t breathe,” while face down, following
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces killed five militants in a remote northwestern area on Monday when they tried to sneak in from neighboring Afghanistan, the military said. Three soldiers were also killed in the exchange of fire in Bajur district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistan has long urged Afghanistan to ensure effective border
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Employees at Mexico’s federal courts went on strike Monday over reforms that would make all judges stand for election. Unionized court employees put chains and locks on the gates at several courthouses, saying the reforms proposed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador would threaten their working conditions, benefits and salaries .
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — The Malawian government has received an insurance payout of $11.2 million for a crippling El Nino-linked drought that led the southern African nation to declare a state of disaster earlier this year. The payout was given to Malawi this month, the African Development Bank said Monday. Malawi had a drought insurance
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — People in Pakistan reported a much slower internet over the past several days with some experts on Monday estimating its speed falling to almost half its usual capacity, affecting millions of users, disrupting businesses and drawing nationwide criticism despite authorities denying being behind it. Since February, netzines have been either unable
Hundreds of doctors protested near India’s Health Ministry to demand stringent laws to protect health care workers from violence and to seek justice for their colleague who was raped and killed in Kolkata. (AP video shot by Rishi Lekhi and Rafiq Maqbool) Hundreds of doctors protested near India’s Health Ministry to demand stringent laws to
