By Latitude News breaks down the barrier between domestic and international reporting. Today, we’re bringing you a few stories that show how news doesn’t stop at the border.
Traffic backs up at the Detroit-Windsor Ambassador bridge in Detroit. (Reuters)
1) Michigan’s governor says his state can’t afford to build a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. Not to worry: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants to pay for the whole thing, and says his nation is getting a good deal. (Detroit Free Press)
2) A prominent Texas family with connections to the state’s top officials has been implicated in Mexico’s drug cartel/horse racing scandal. (Texas Observer)
3) On the Jersey shore, employers hire foreign students to work the boardwalk. Are they taking jobs away from local teens? (Star-Ledger)
4) How did millions of Medicare dollars wind up in Cuba? (Miami Herald)
5) Manhattan’s “Little Syria” is almost gone. (New York Post)
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