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Tensions simmer as newcomers and immigrants with deeper US roots strive for work permits

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HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — In New York, migrants at a city-run shelter grumble that relatives who settled before them refuse to offer a bed. In Chicago, a provider of mental health services to people in the country illegally pivoted to new arrivals sleeping at a police station across the street. In South Florida, some immigrants c ... (full story)


Biden's plan would raise salaries for Head Start teachers but could leave fewer spots for kids

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A new plan from the Biden administration could significantly increase salaries for thousands of low-paid early childhood teachers caring for the country's poorest children but might force some centers to reduce their enrollment.
The Health and Human Services agency's proposed federal rule would require He ... (full story)


Diplomas for sale: $465, no classes required. Inside one of Louisiana's unapproved schools

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SPRINGFIELD, La. (AP) — Arliya Martin accepted her high school diploma with relief and gratitude.
It was her ticket to better-paying work, she felt, after getting kicked out of high school and toiling for eight years at factory jobs to support her children.
But Martin didn't take any classes or pass any tests to receiv ... (full story)


Ohio voters just passed abortion protections. When and how they take effect is before the courts

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COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio's new constitutional protections for abortion access and other reproductive rights take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters resoundingly passed them. How and when their impacts are felt remains unclear.
Existing abortion-related lawsuits are moving again through the courts now that voters have decided ... (full story)


Rank-and-file Jehovah's Witnesses say goodbye to tracking proselytizing hours

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Jehovah's Witnesses are well-known for proselytizing door-to-door and handing out their literature on city streets. Less known to the general public, their adherents have been required for the past century to make regular reports to their congregation's leaders on how many hours they put into such ministry.
Those hourly reports ... (full story)