State Department orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications

By SUSAN HAIGH NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. State Department has ordered certain public libraries nationwide to cease processing passport applications, disrupting a long-standing service that librarians say their communities have come to rely on and that has run smoothly for years. Related Articles Brazilian au pair gets 10-year sentence for scheme to kill lover’s wife and another man Minnesotans welcome the immigration surge drawdown but remain vigilant Sex workers at Nevada brothel fight for the first-ever unionization Wendy’s closes US restaurants and focuses on value to turn around falling sales What can toughen Louisiana coast against worsening storms? 4 years and 30,000 trees The...