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For Cuban asylum seekers, options dwindle after Serbia slaps restrictions on visas to curb migration 07/13/2023 02:28am • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ��� Fernando Almeyda Rodriguez and Remy Hernandez are two friends from Cuba, bound by a joint struggle for democracy in their country. But that comes at a price. The two men ��� Rodriguez is 31 and Hernandez 27 ��� were forced to flee Cuba in the aftermath of mass protests in 2 7 Housing Options for Seniors 07/12/2023 08:00pm • Today's housing options for seniors run the gamut, from at-home living arrangements to new communities that offer a full range of amenities and support services. "If your idea of senior living is a nursing home with linoleum floors and hallways lined with wheelchairs, think again," says Sue Johansen How to Find an Old 401(k) Plan 07/12/2023 08:00pm • Forgetting about an old 401(k) plan happens more often than you may think. It's also more costly than you may anticipate. As of May 2023, there were 29.2 million "left-behind or forgotten" 401(k) accounts in the U.S., holding approximately $1.65 trillion in assets, according to fintech company Capit Lawsuit by Buffalo supermarket shooting victims pins blame on Facebook, Amazon and other tech giants 07/12/2023 06:32pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) ��� Tech and social media giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google bear responsibility for radicalizing the Buffalo supermarket shooter, who was fueled by racist conspiracy theories he encountered online, the victim���s relatives said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday. ���They were the Roadway bombs planted by drug cartel in Mexico kill 4 police officers, 2 civilians 07/12/2023 06:30pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� A drug cartel set off a coordinated series of seven roadway bombs in western Mexico that killed four police officers and two civilians, officials said Wednesday. The governor of Jalisco state said the explosions were ���a trap��� set by the cartel to kill law enforcement personn Indiana authorities investigate deaths of 3 patients within a week at addiction treatment center 07/12/2023 05:39pm • MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) ��� The deaths of three patients within a week at a northern Indiana addiction treatment center are being investigated by local authorities, who are also looking into a suspected overdose involving a fourth patient. The St. Joseph County Police Department said Tuesday it was wor Editorial Roundup: United States 07/12/2023 02:15pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: July 10 The Guardian on the U.S. providing cluster bombs to Ukraine Twenty-thousand Laotians, almost half of them children, have been killed or injured by unexploded ordnance since the Vietnam war ended. It is half a century since the Kobe's legacy in the NBA lives on in a new way. Two players bear his name 07/12/2023 02:08pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� There���s Kobe, wearing the uniform of a team from Los Angeles. There���s Kobe, the last one on the court at practice and getting yelled at because the buses are waiting for him. How fitting. Just like old times. There will never be another Kobe Bryant, of course. And make no mist New Jersey man admits posting broad online threat to synagogues 07/12/2023 01:53pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ��� A New Jersey man has admitted posting a broad online threat that spurred heightened security at synagogues and Jewish schools in the state last year, Omar Alkattoul, 19, of Sayreville, pleaded guilty Wednesday to transmitting a threat in interstate and foreign commerce. He fac Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 07/12/2023 01:31pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov France's anti-immigration far right gets boost from riots over police killing of teen 07/12/2023 04:33am • PARIS (AP) ��� Widespread riots in France sparked by the police killing of a teenager with North African roots have revealed the depth of discontent roiling poor neighborhoods ��� and given a new platform to the increasingly emboldened far right. The far right's anti-immigration mantra is seeping th Today in History: Walter Mondale chooses Geraldine Ferraro as presidential running mate 07/12/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, July 12, the 193rd day of 2023. There are 172 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On July 12, 1909, the House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, allowing for a federal income tax, and Can You Collect Unemployment and Social Security? 07/11/2023 08:00pm • Amid the recent tech layoffs and other downsizing, older workers could face employment challenges. If you've recently lost your job and are nearing retirement age, you may be eligible to collect benefits. You could apply for unemployment and Social Security and receive both at the same time. Unemplo Mexico says protest was organized by a drug gang and a cartel car bomb killed National Guard officer 07/11/2023 05:30pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mexican security officials claimed Tuesday that a demonstration that blocked the main highway to the resort of Acapulco and led to the abduction of government officials was organized by a drug gang. They also said that a National Guard officer had been killed by a car bomb set b Election on constitutional amendments in Ohio could impact abortion rights measure 07/11/2023 05:02pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� Early in-person voting began Tuesday in an election in Ohio to determine whether to make it more difficult to amend the state's constitution, the results of which could have immediate consequences for an abortion rights amendment in the works. If approved, Issue 1 would raise