NEW YORK — The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents dropped by 9
The department's report for the 2014 fiscal year shows 6,441 adoptions from abroad, down from 7,094 in 2013 and about 74
Trish Maskew, chief of the State Department's Adoption Division, said it was difficult to predict when the number of foreign adoptions might start to rise again.
As usual, China accounted for the most children adopted in the U.S., but its total of 2,040 was far below the peak of 7,903 in 2005.
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The family of an Indian man who was killed after being hit by a truck in the US nearly two years ago has filed a lawsuit against the vehicle's driver and owner, a media report said.
Indian-American Rajesh "Raj" De has left his post as the top lawyer at the National Security Agency (NSA) to return to private practice as partner at the Washington law firm of Mayer Brown.
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At least 137 people were killed in three bombing attacks in Yemen's capital Sanaa and in Saada province during Friday prayers, with the Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical group claiming responsibility.
Nikhil Pal Singh, an Indian American professor, is leading a unique New York University initiative to bring college education to the inmates of a medium-security prison in New York state.