A partial move on immigration

November 20, 2014 - Daily News Briefing

An executive order easing deportations from the US won't solve the problem of 11 million people living in the shadows.

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A ferocious storm continued to dump massive piles of snow on parts of upstate New York, trapping residents in their homes and stranding motorists on roadways, as temperatures fell to freezing or below. Even hardened Buffalo residents were caught off-guard as 5-1/2 feet had fallen in parts of the city and surrounding areas by Wednesday afternoon. Authorities said snow totals could top 7 to 8 feet in the hardest-hit areas south of Buffalo, with another potential 2 to 3 feet expected by Thursday.

Burkina Faso's transitional government named Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida as prime minister on Wednesday, four days after he restored the country's constitution under pressure from the African Union and the West. Zida declared himself head of state on Nov. 1 after mass protests toppled President Blaise Compaore who then fled the West African country. The African Union gave Zida two weeks to restore civilian rule or face economic sanctions. As prime minister, Zida, a large, bespectacled man with a trademark red beret, will help Burkina Faso's newly appointed interim president, Michel Kafando, to appoint a 25-member government that will steer the country to new elections in 2015.

The federal government is demanding that the auto industry recall millions of additional cars equipped with faulty air bags that can injure – and even kill – a driver. The action Tuesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration covers driver's side air bags equipped with inflators made by Takata Corp. of Japan. The inflators can erupt and send metal fragments into the passenger compartment. Previously, cars with the inflators had been recalled only in regions with high humidity such as Gulf Coast states, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Takata has said that prolonged exposure to moisture can cause the air bag propellant to burn faster than designed, causing the problem.

Two bodies authorities believe to belong Miss Honduras 2014 and her sister have been found buried near the spa where they disappeared six days ago, the Honduras National Police director said Wednesday. Authorities are awaiting confirmation from forensic officials that the bodies are Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, and her sister, Sofia, 23, said Gen. Ramon Sabiillon. Plutarco Ruiz, boyfriend of Sofia, and an accomplice, Aris Maldonado, have been arrested, Sabillon said.

Chinese censors have newly blocked access to several popular websites as they target content delivery networks that serve much of the Internet, according to a US Internet service company. The action comes as China hosts the World Internet Conference, which brings together many of the world's top technology companies. EdgeCast, an affiliate of Verizon, says censors have taken down several networks that provide local servers to help speed website performance.

Starts for US single-family homes rose for a second straight month in October and overall building permits approached a 6-1/2-year high, suggesting the housing market was still on a recovery path. The Commerce Department said on Wednesday groundbreaking for single-family homes, which account for more than two-thirds of the housing market, increased 4.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual 696,000 unit pace, the highest since last November.

Hair salons do it, dry cleaners do it, and so do department stores selling health and beauty products. Now France wants to know why, for some goods and services, women seem to be paying more than men. The question was first taken up by a group of French activists inspired by a study that found American women overpay hundreds of dollars a year for the same products.

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The Daily News Briefing is published Monday through Friday by The Christian Science Publishing Society in Boston, Massachusetts.

“The object of the Monitor is to injure no man, but to bless all mankind.” – Mary Baker Eddy

The Daily News Briefing is published Monday through Friday by The Christian Science Publishing Society in Boston, Massachusetts.

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