LESBOS, Greece (AP) — A garbage-strewn hillside on this Greek island has become the European Union's testing ground for a new fast-track registration process for migrants. If it works, authorities plan rapid expansion to other refugee "hotspots" struggling to cope with the influx of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and poverty.
Thousands are camping out here in a tent city that has sprung up around the police registration center chosen for the pilot program, which includes translators and police interviewers who use a secret questionnaire aimed at helping to quickly determine the migrants' country of origin.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Election Day 2015 is Tuesday, which means we're a year away from the big Election Day to come — the one with the next president on the ballot. Here's a look at some of the milestones ahead before the end of the 2016 presidential campaign.
