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San Antonio Woman Indicted After Newborn Was Found on Freezing Sidewalk

The grand jury decision moves the case to felony court, halting a planned hearing to test the accusations.

SNAP Cutoffs Hit Illinois Refugees as New Rules Take Effect

California Begins CalFresh Cuts for Many Non-Citizens Under Federal Law

Trieste Places Five Children in Care After Parents Fly to Sharm el‑Sheikh

Europe’s Human Rights Court Rejects Swedish Parents’ Case Over Daughters’ Removal

Chicago Man Gets 52 Months for $1.55 Million SNAP Trafficking Scheme

Mexico Accelerates Centros LIBRE Rollout to 1,001 Sites in 2026 With 48.6% Budget Increase

Disability Benefits Rise From April 6 as DWP Boosts Pension Credit and Pauses PIP Changes

Spain’s Dependency Care Report Shows Yearlong Waits, 32,704 Deaths Despite Record Funding

Calls Grow to Raise UK Cold Weather Payment as Heating‑Oil Costs Surge

Pension Credit Overpayments Hit Record £610 Million as DWP Readies Bank Data Checks

DWP Confirms Easter Bank Holiday Benefits Will Be Paid Early on 2 April

São Paulo Halts Closure of Homeless Services Center After Prosecutors Step In

Mattapan Store Owner Pleads Guilty in $6.7 Million SNAP Trafficking Scheme

Trussell Trust Reports 2.6 Million Food Parcels in 2025 as Need Persists Despite 12% Fall

Illinois Mother and Boyfriend Ordered Held in Case of 11-Year-Old’s Alleged Years-Long Abuse

HMRC Confirms Child Benefit Rise From April 6 to £27.05 for First Child, £17.90 for Additional Children

Peru Launches 2026 PIAS Missions to Deliver State Services to Remote Amazon and Highlands

Gauteng Tables R549.3bn Three-Year Budget Focused on Education and Health

Pensioners With Sight Loss Urged to Claim Up to £441.60 Every Four Weeks