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Teddy bears and flowers sit on coffins of the dead migrants inside a hangar of Lampedusa's airport, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. A ship carrying African migrants towards Italy sank Thursday after a fire was set onboard to attract attention of any passing boats or people on shore when they ran into trouble. They had traveled for two full days and thought they had reached safety when they saw the lights of Lampedusa. Instead, at least 111 drowned and 155 survived, some of whom were in the water for three hours, clinging to anything buoyant, even empty water bottles. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Italian migrant death toll reaches at least 194

Pairs of divers plumbed calmer seas off the Italian island of Lampedusa on Sunday to recover the corpses of would-be asylum seekers who died when a fishing boat packed with 500 African migrants capsized within sight of land. By nightfall, 83 bodies had been retrieved, including one child, raising the ...

  • Updated: 6:22 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013
In this Sept. 19, 2013 photo, Irka Ducasse Blanes, a recent Cuban immigrant, smiles during an interview at a tax preparation office where she works in Miami. Since 2002, the number of Cubans leaving has hovered around 30,000 annually, making the last 10 years the largest exodus since the start of the revolution. The influx of new arrivals is evident throughout Miami, the heart of Cuba’s exile population. In 2007, Blanes came to America when she was six months pregnant, bringing with her a 7-year-old daughter, followed soon after by her husband. The family wanted a better future for their children, and today Blanes does identify with the term “exile.” (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Exodus of Cubans fuels clash of new and old

At a small store on Eighth Street near Miami's Little Havana, Armando Perez paid $25 to activate his daughter's cell phone in Cuba. Store owner Laura Benitez sat behind a glass window, typing in the phone numbers for Perez and others calling Cuba. "I call my daughter every week, even ...

  • Updated: 9:35 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013

Shutdown halts civil, immigration cases in courts

U.S. attorneys are shelving most civil prosecutions and immigration courts are closed except for the most pressing cases because of the federal government shutdown. The Justice Department issued a directive saying U.S. attorneys will continue to handle criminal cases without interruption "to maintain the safety of human life and the ...

  • Updated: 5:17 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, 2013
FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Jamesa Euler, delivers mail in the rain in the Cabbagetown neighborhood, in Atlanta. As many high-profile agencies sit idle because of the federal government shutdown, others are humming along just fine. Many of them have escaped the fiscal ax because they pay much of their own way, or enjoy a revenue stream that’s insulated from Congress. That means the cable bill and weekly grocery ads will still fill the mailbox, due to the stamps and other items the post office sells.(AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Not all federal agencies taking a hit in shutdown

As many high-profile agencies sit idle because of the federal government shutdown, others are humming along just fine, thank you. Many of them have escaped the fiscal ax because they pay much of their own way, or enjoy a revenue stream that's insulated from Congress. That means the cable bill ...

  • Updated: 3:35 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, 2013
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APNewsBreak: Shutdown affected border prosecutions

The top federal prosecutor in San Diego said prosecutions of immigrant and drug smuggling offenses would be fully restored Friday, three days after they were curtailed in response to the federal government shutdown. Laura Duffy, the U.S. attorney in San Diego, said late Thursday that prosecutions would return to normal ...

  • Updated: 1:11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 4, 2013
Ipolito Nurez celebrates outside City Hall after California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill AB 60, which allows immigrants in the country illegally to obtain driver licenses. Immigrant advocates have long lobbied for the change in the nation's most populous state so immigrants can drive without fearing being pulled over for a ticket, which could wind up getting them deported. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

California gives immigrants driver's licenses

California on Thursday joined the growing list of states that allow immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally to obtain driver's licenses — a measure supported not only by Latino activists but by police chiefs and insurance authorities. Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill in front of a cheering ...

  • Updated: 9:09 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013

AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT

Police probe car chase between White House and Capitol that ends with female driver shot dead WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement authorities were investigating why a Connecticut woman tried to breach a barrier at the White House, setting off a high-speed car chase that put the Capitol on lockdown and ...

  • Updated: 6:01 a.m. Friday, Oct. 4, 2013
An Italian Coast Guard boat carry rescued migrants as they arrive in the port of Lampedusa Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. A ship carrying African migrants to Europe caught fire and capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa on Thursday, killing at least 94 people as it spilled hundreds of passengers into the sea, officials said. Over 150 people were rescued but some 200 others were still unaccounted for.It was one of the deadliest recent accidents in the notoriously perilous Mediterranean Sea crossing from Africa for migrants seeking a new life in the European Union. (AP Photo/Nino Randazzo, Health Care Service, HO)

Ship capsizes off Italy; 114 African migrants die

The rickety fishing boat was the third of the night to head toward the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, overloaded with African migrants seeking a better life in Europe. Most never reached shore. After the boat started taking on water, someone on board set a fire to get the attention ...

  • Updated: 5:03 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013
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CA Gov. Signs Bill Giving Immigrants Licenses

CA Gov. Signs Bill Giving Immigrants Licenses

Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill Thursday adding California to the growing list of states that will grant driver licenses to immigrants in the country illegally. State officials estimate 1.4 million drivers will apply for licenses. (Oct. ...

  • 4:25 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013

Rights group protests Sochi workers detentions

Human Rights Watch says Russian authorities have rounded up hundreds of migrant workers in Sochi, the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics, and expelled some of them for alleged violations of migration or employment regulations. Jane Buchanan, HRW's Europe and Central Asia associate director, said in Thursday's statement that ...

  • Updated: 3:33 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013
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