Germany limits cash benefit payments for asylum-seekers. Critics say it's designed to curb migration
EICHSFELD, Germany (AP) — When Erdina Laca goes grocery shopping in Eichsfeld these days, she pulls out a special payment card that’s for asylum-seekers only. She no longer pays in cash for her apples, eggs and fish — like most of the Germans standing in line with her at the register. Laca, 45, came from Albania with her husband and three children and applied for asylum in Germany last September. The family lives in the county of Eichsfeld in the eastern state of Thuringia and has been a...
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- Pro-Palestinian protests dwindle on campuses as some US college graduations marked by defiant acts
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- Sleepy far-flung towns in the Philippines will host US forces returning to counter China threats
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- Trump suggests Chinese migrants are in the US to build an 'army.' The migrants tell another story
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Sun, 12 May 2024
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- A combustible Cannes is set to unfurl with 'Furiosa,' 'Megalopolis' and a #MeToo reckoning
- Pro-Palestinian protests dwindle on campuses as US college graduations are marked by defiant acts
- Israel moves deeper into Rafah and fights Hamas militants regrouping in northern Gaza
- Catalan separatists lose majority as Spain's pro-union Socialists win regional elections
- Trump tells Jersey Shore crowd he's being forced to endure 'Biden show trial' in hush money case
- Michael Cohen: A challenging star witness in Donald Trump's hush money trial
- Hawks win NBA lottery in year where there's no clear choice for No. 1 pick
- Controlled demolition at Baltimore bridge collapse site postponed due to weather
- Federal agency says a second, if weaker, solar storm surge is likely Sunday
- Blinken delivers some of the strongest US public criticism of Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza
- Election deniers: West Virginia voters must pick from GOP candidates who still dispute 2020 outcome
- An apartment building partially collapses in a Russian border city after shelling. At least 8 killed
- Caitlin Clark, much like Larry Bird, the focus of talks about race and double standards in sports
- A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes wakes people on the Mexico-Guatemala border
- More US parents than ever have paid leave this Mother's Day - but most still don't
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- US aims to stay ahead of China in using AI to fly fighter jets, navigate without GPS and more
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- Switzerlands Nemo wins 68th Eurovision Song Contest after event roiled by protests over war in Gaza
- Local governments struggle to distribute their share of billions from opioid settlements
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Sat, 11 May 2024
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- Experts say gun alone doesn't justify deadly force in fatal shooting of Florida airman
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- UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid
- Man pleads guilty in theft of bronze Jackie Robinson statue from Kansas park
- US says Israels use of US arms likely violated international law, but evidence is incomplete
- At least 1 dead in Florida as storms continue to pummel the South in a week of severe weather
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- In reversal, Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to 2 schools
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- Appeals court upholds Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction
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- For Israels contestant, the Eurovision Song Contest comes with tight security, boos and cheers
- 'Where's Ronald Greene's justice?': 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist's deadly arrest
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- Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence
- Pro-Palestinian protesters demand endowment transparency. But its proving not to be simple
Thu, 09 May 2024
- Airman shot by deputy doted on little sister and aimed to buy mom a house, family says
- Netanyahu on US threat to withhold arms: Israel will fight with its 'fingernails' if needed
- Stormy Daniels delivers shocking testimony about Trump, but trial hinges on business records
- Life after Florida Georgia Line: Brian Kelley ready to reintroduce himself with new solo album
- Body camera video shows fatal shooting of Black airman by Florida deputy in apartment doorway
- Senate passes bill improving air safety and service for travelers, a day before FAA law expires
- Trump is limited in what he can say about his court case. His GOP allies are showing up to help
- 2 skiers killed after being caught in Utah avalanche following late spring snowstorms, sheriff says
- Storm-battered South is again under threat. A boy swept into a drain fights for his life
- House Speaker Mike Johnson survived a motion to vacate. Here's why his job is far from safe
- Biden administration will seek partial end to special court oversight of child migrants
- US says Rafah offensive would jeopardize cease-fire talks as Biden threatens to halt more Israel aid
- Harvey Weinstein won't be sent back to California while he awaits New York rape retrial
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- Holy Year or holy mess, Vatican and Rome begin dash to 2025 Jubilee with papal bull, construction
- The Philadelphia Phillies are hot, loose and loving life as one of the best teams in baseball
- Torchbearers in Marseille kick off the Olympic flame's journey across France
- Trump-affiliated group releases new national security book outlining possible second-term approach
- TikTok to start labeling AI-generated content as technology becomes more universal
- Guns are being stolen from cars at triple the rate they were 10 years ago, a report finds
- Russia celebrates victory in World War II as Putin accuses the West of fueling global conflicts
- The Latest | First shipment of humanitarian aid leaves for US-built floating pier off Gaza
- Biden says US won't supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally
- Yemen's Houthi rebels claim 2 attacks in Gulf of Aden as Iran official renews nuclear bomb threats
- House rejects Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, but chaos lingers
Wed, 08 May 2024
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- Transitional council in Haiti embraces new changes following turmoil as gang violence grips country
- Biden administration will propose tougher asylum standards for some migrants at the border
- Ippei Mizuhara, ex-interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani, will plead guilty in betting case
- House rejects Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to remove Speaker Mike Johnson from office
- Southern Brazil is still reeling from massive flooding as it faces risk from new storms
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- The Rev. Al Sharpton calls for justice in eulogy for Ohio man who died last month in police custody
- Lawyers' coalition provides new messengers for Black voter engagement
- Police clear pro-Palestinian protest camp and arrest 33 at DC campus as mayor's hearing is canceled
- Olympic swimmer Florent Manaudou becomes first torch carrier in France as relay heads to Paris
- Biden lauds new Microsoft center on the same site where Trump's Foxconn project failed
- Dogs entering US must be 6 months old and microchipped to prevent spread of rabies, new rules say
- Fans are following Taylor Swift to Europe after finding Eras Tour tickets less costly there
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- Trump is in no hurry as he leans into the pageantry of vice presidential tryouts
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- Israel says it reopened a key Gaza crossing after a rocket attack but the UN says no aid has entered
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- US and Philippine forces sink a ship during largescale drills in the disputed South China Sea
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- Grit, humor, grief and gloom mix as Ukrainians face a dangerous new phase in the war
- Has Israel followed the law in its war in Gaza? The US is due to render a first-of-its-kind verdict
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- After deadly Oklahoma tornado, storms bring twisters to the Midwest
- Transgender activists flood Utah tip line with hoax reports to block bathroom law enforcement
- US paused bomb shipment to Israel to signal concerns over Rafah invasion, official says
- Spartz fends off Republican rivals to win contentious Indiana congressional primary
- Inside the courtroom where Trump was forced to listen to Stormy Daniels
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- TikTok sues US to block law that could ban the social media platform
- Israel seizes Gaza's vital Rafah crossing, but the US says it isn't the full invasion many fear
- Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trial
- Police investigating shooting outside Drake's mansion that left security guard wounded
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- Scientists are learning the basic building blocks of sperm whale language after years of effort
- Police break up a pro-Palestinian student protest in Berlin as demonstrations spread across Europe
- Inside the Met Gala: A fairytale forest, woodland creatures, and some starstuck first-timers
- Penske suspends Cindric and 3 others in the wake of a cheating scandal ahead of the Indianapolis 500
- From Marseille to Mont-Blanc: What to know about the journey of the Olympic torch to Paris
- India votes in third phase of national elections as Modi escalates his rhetoric against Muslims
- Putin begins his fifth term as president, more in control of Russia than ever
- China's Xi begins Serbia visit on the 25th anniversary of NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy
- Bernie Sanders says Gaza may be Joe Biden's Vietnam. But he's ready to battle for Biden over Trump
- Why voters in southern India are more resistant to Modi's Hindu-centric politics
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- American soldier was arrested in Russia and accused of stealing from a girlfriend, US officials say
- Donald Trump calls Joe Biden weak on antisemitism, ignoring his own rhetoric
- Lawsuit alleges decades of child sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers statewide
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