| TPS: What it is and how it's changing Posted: 12 Dec 2017 01:41 PM PST ![TPS: What it is and how it's changing]( "TPS: What it is and how it's changing") The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is determining the future residency of more than 300,000 Central Americans and Haitians who have been in the United States under the Temporary Protected Status program. Q: WHAT IS TPS? TPS is meant to provide short-term protection from deportation for people who can't return to their home country because of natural disasters, civil unrest, or health crises.
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| Brexit: Could Britain change its mind? Posted: 12 Dec 2017 01:38 PM PST ![Brexit: Could Britain change its mind?]( "Brexit: Could Britain change its mind?") Britain's exit from the bloc. British Prime Minister Theresa May may be breathing a sigh of relief that London last week overcame the first major hurdle in its negotiating marathon – a deal on the practical aspects of the divorce. In a show of what the press has dubbed "Bregret," more voters now think Britain was the wrong choice to leave the EU than still think it was the right decision – 47 percent to 42 percent, according to a YouGov poll.
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| What foiled New York subway attack says about lone-wolf bombers Posted: 12 Dec 2017 12:18 PM PST ![What foiled New York subway attack says about lone-wolf bombers]( "What foiled New York subway attack says about lone-wolf bombers") When New York officials gathered outside the Port Authority in Manhattan on Monday to discuss the failed subway bombing a few hours earlier, they expressed a city's collective sense of relief. On a packed subway system that serves more than 5.6 million riders, its cars and platforms teeming with shoulder-to-shoulder commuters every workday, many New Yorkers have long been aware of the havoc a single explosion could wreak. "Let's be clear, as New Yorkers, our lives revolve around the subways," said Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday.
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