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Spanish parliament votes to consider residency, work permits for migrants

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s parliament agreed Tuesday to consider legislation that could grant residency and work permits to hundreds of thousands of foreigners living in Spain without proper documentation.The proposal was brought to the Congress of Deputies in Madrid by citizen initiative after it obtained more than 700,000 signatures…

‘Satanic ritual murders’ result in lengthy prison sentences for 3 Russians

A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced three people to up to life in prison for leading people into the woods of northern Russia and murdering them in what were described as satanic rituals, Russia’s Investigative Committee said.A committee statement said Andrei Tregubenko was given a life sentence in connection with…