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15 hurt in Virgin Atlantic emergency landing in UK

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
LONDON (AP) -- A Virgin Atlantic Airways plane flying from Britain to Florida returned to Gatwick Airport for an emergency landing Monday, forcing more than 300 people to evacuate the plane using slides. Fifteen people were taken to the hospital with injuries, ambulance officials said....

Thefts from Parliament itemised

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
A pair of spectacles, four beer barrels and a bicycle repair kit are among 23 items stolen from Westminster since June 2011, government figures reveal.
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Maine voters seek female senator. Enter Angus King

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- Independent Senate candidate Angus King of Maine has a woman problem. He's not one....

Maine voters seek female senator. Enter Angus King

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- Independent Senate candidate Angus King of Maine has a woman problem. He's not one....

Maine voters seek female senator. Enter Angus King

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- Independent Senate candidate Angus King of Maine has a woman problem. He's not one....

Maine voters seek female senator. Enter Angus King

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) -- Independent Senate candidate Angus King of Maine has a woman problem. He's not one....

Texas teen facing murder charges in van crash

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
PALMVIEW, Texas (AP) -- A 15-year-old South Texas boy charged with nine counts of murder after he crashed a minivan packed with illegal immigrants, killing nine of them, cried and expressed remorse before a judge Monday, police said....
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Texas teen facing murder charges in van crash

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
PALMVIEW, Texas (AP) -- A 15-year-old South Texas boy charged with nine counts of murder after he crashed a minivan packed with illegal immigrants, killing nine of them, cried and expressed remorse before a judge Monday, police said....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Texas teen facing murder charges in van crash

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
PALMVIEW, Texas (AP) -- A 15-year-old South Texas boy charged with nine counts of murder after he crashed a minivan packed with illegal immigrants, killing nine of them, cried and expressed remorse before a judge Monday, police said....
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Judges, journalists clash over courtroom tweets

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
CHICAGO (AP) -- Getting news from a big trial once took days, moving at the speed of a carrier pigeon or an express pony. The telegraph and telephone cut that time dramatically, as did live television broadcasts....
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East Timor holds run-off vote for new president

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
DILI, East Timor (AP) -- Two former guerrilla leaders vied for East Timor's presidency Monday, each hoping to help steer the region's newest and poorest nation after U.N. peacekeeping troops begin their planned withdrawal later this year....

Runners sit out Boston marathon

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
More than 4,000 runners drop out of the Boston marathon as unexpectedly warm weather prompts the defending champion to halt after 18 miles.
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GOP, Dems clash over Obama tax boosts on wealthy

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans accused President Barack Obama of pitting Americans against each other as they moved Monday toward blocking a Democratic attempt in the Senate to impose Obama's "Buffett rule" taxes on the rich. Democrats said it was time for the tax code to treat the wealthy and the middle class fairly....
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GOP, Dems clash over Obama tax boosts on wealthy

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans accused President Barack Obama of pitting Americans against each other as they moved Monday toward blocking a Democratic attempt in the Senate to impose Obama's "Buffett rule" taxes on the rich. Democrats said it was time for the tax code to treat the wealthy and the middle class fairly....

VIDEO: Life for unemployed in Newcastle

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
With the latest unemployment figures due to be released in the next few days, Anna Adams reports from Newcastle where the economic climate is being particularly felt hard by the city's jobless.
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Analysis: Syria's Assad unbowed by Annan plan

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
BEIRUT (AP) -- The U.N. insists a fragile truce it brokered in Syria is holding, even though regime forces have been hammering the rebellious city of Homs with artillery for days....

Analysis: Syria's Assad unbowed by Annan plan

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
BEIRUT (AP) -- The U.N. insists a fragile truce it brokered in Syria is holding, even though regime forces have been hammering the rebellious city of Homs with artillery for days....

3rd fatal fire in Philly in recent days kills 4

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Fire tore through a row house early Monday, killing two young children and two adults in the city's third fatal blaze in a week....
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Egyptian military moves to retain power after vote

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
CAIRO (AP) -- Islamist candidate Mohammed Morsi claimed a hollow victory Monday in Egypt's presidential vote just hours after the country's military rulers stripped the office of its most important powers....

NYC's Towns retiring after 30 years in Congress

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:24
NEW YORK (AP) -- Edolphus Towns, the Democratic congressman from New York City who was a longtime political stalwart for his working-class Brooklyn district, won't be running for a 16th term, his office said Monday....
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