Tag: Special interest groups
Haitians in Mexico see bleak choices as they seek protection
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Adrián is trying to settle in to his third new city since 2016, when his wife was raped and mother...
Protesters slam choice of Syria for board of UN health body
BEIRUT — Dozens of medical workers in rebel-held northwest Syria on Monday protested a decision to grant President Bashar Assad's government a seat on...
Florida urges US to import less expensive Canadian drugs
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After two years of lobbying to lower prescription drug costs for Floridians, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday he's waiting for...
Tennessee to mandate bathroom signs about transgender use
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee will become the first state in the United States to require businesses and government facilities open to the public to...
Nurses, nonprofits, others take vaccine to homebound people
SAN FRANCISCO — For months, Victoria McAllister searched online to make a vaccination appointment. Unlike other people who can hop into a car, though,...
Democrats seek narrow path to rein in cost of medicines
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s call for authorizing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices has energized Democrats on a politically popular idea they've...
Immigration groups launch $50 million effort for citizenship
WASHINGTON — A coalition of immigration advocacy groups is launching a $50 million effort aimed at defending President Joe Biden on immigration and pressuring...
Groups push for easier student loan relief for the disabled
Advocates for the disabled are pressing the Biden administration to cancel student debt for hundreds of thousands of Americans who have disabilities that make...
Facility for teen immigrant girls in Houston being closed
HOUSTON — A facility in Houston that housed girls who crossed U.S. border unaccompanied is being closed and the girls immediately moved, the U.S....
After COVID, Swiss group plots future for science, diplomacy
GENEVA — With COVID-19, space exploration and climate change high on many minds, a “do tank” in Geneva bankrolled by Switzerland's government is gearing...