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Cities Strained by Migrant Surge at the Southern Border
2014 Getty Images McAllen, Texas — A recent surge of Central American migrants crossing illegally into the United States is testing the capacity of local service-providers. Church groups, community...
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Mass Graves in Texas Show Perilous Journey Continues in US
In a neglected cemetery an hour’s drive north of the Mexican border, the graves of unknown immigrants lay hidden among and beneath the marked gravestones of others. “They’re buried throughout the...
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Ben Panico, the only transgender staffer working for Congress, began his career on Capitol Hill on a different note than transgender politicos before him: he received a warm welcome. The 22-year-old...
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Only transgender Capitol Hill staffer pushes for LGBT rights
Ben Panico has experienced something other transgender Capitol Hill staffers haven’t in the past — a warm welcome. Trans staffers of years past remember feeling like pariahs, trying to fit into a...
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BREAKING: Alan Gross released from Cuba. US-Cuban relations on the mend?
AFP/Getty Images American contractor Alan Gross, held for five years in Cuba, has just been released and is heading home to the United States, a White House source tells ABC News and Fusion. Related:...
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Could Colombia play peacemaker between U.S. and Venezuela?
Photo Illustration by Elena Scotti/Fusion PANAMA CITY —President Barack Obama will meet privately with Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos today to discuss peace talks with the FARC and —...
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Raul Castro throws love at Obama, says U.S. president is blame-free for...
PANAMA CITY —Cuban President Raul Castro went off-script during his address today at the Summit of the Americas to throw love at Obama and tell the U.S. president that the U.S. embargo is not his...
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For Real? Castro says he’s game to talk human rights, press freedom at...
AP PANAMA CITY — Presidents Obama and Castro took a huge step towards normalizing bilateral diplomatic relations today by meeting face-to-face for a private chat in Panama City, but urged patience as...
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One LA cop’s beat: using hugs and hellos to help the homeless
Officer Deon Joseph hands out flyers, hugs and hellos as he walks through one of the biggest homeless encampments in the U.S., the Los Angeles area known as Skid Row. It’s a neighborhood seemingly far...
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Virtual reality takes you inside the news from Syria to Trayvon’s shooting
Some of the biggest news events of the past few years–the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the war in Syria, violence on the U.S.-Mexico border–can now be experienced from thousands of miles away, without...
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