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Republicans offer few details on Afghanistan plans

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Afghanistan seizes more of the political spotlight, the Republican presidential candidates are quick to criticize President Barack Obama's handling of the war but struggle to explain how they would change the strategy they would inherit....

Republicans offer few details on Afghanistan plans

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Afghanistan seizes more of the political spotlight, the Republican presidential candidates are quick to criticize President Barack Obama's handling of the war but struggle to explain how they would change the strategy they would inherit....

Republicans offer few details on Afghanistan plans

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Afghanistan seizes more of the political spotlight, the Republican presidential candidates are quick to criticize President Barack Obama's handling of the war but struggle to explain how they would change the strategy they would inherit....

PSNI receive freedom of borough

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
The Police Service of Northern Ireland is awarded the Freedom of North Down in a ceremony in Bangor on Saturday.
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AP Enterprise: FAMU emails detail hazing warnings

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The father of a freshman in Florida A&M University's famed marching band emailed the school's president in 2007 after getting a series of panic-stricken phone calls. The son never described exactly what was happening, but he made it clear he feared getting beaten....
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AP Enterprise: FAMU emails detail hazing warnings

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The father of a freshman in Florida A&M University's famed marching band emailed the school's president in 2007 after getting a series of panic-stricken phone calls. The son never described exactly what was happening, but he made it clear he feared getting beaten....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Man's death in park 'suspicious'

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
Lothian and Borders Police are investigating the suspicious death of a man at Saughton Park in the west of Edinburgh.
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Remploy campaign gathers petition

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
Campaigners claim support is growing in a bid to save the Wrexham Remploy factory, one of seven in Wales facing closure.
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Chelsea 0-0 Tottenham

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
Tottenham maintain their five-point advantage over Chelsea in the fourth Champions League place after shading a poor draw at Stamford Bridge.
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6 children, 2 adults killed in W.Va. fire

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
Six children and two adults, who all just participated in a birthday party the night before, were killed in a Saturday morning house fire in Charleston, West Virginia, the fire department said.
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Tsunami ship drifting off Canada

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
An empty Japanese fishing vessel washed out to sea by the March 2011 tsunami is spotted drifting off the west coast of Canada.
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Egypt court rules Mubarak ex-PM can stay in race

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's highest court has ruled that Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister can stay in the presidential race and that a third of lawmakers in the Islamist-dominated legislature were illegally elected....

Lawmakers, US agency favor Hatch Act changes

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jon Greiner's election to the Utah Senate caused his firing as Ogden police chief. Philadelphia transit cop Matthew Arlen was barred from a local school board race in Pennsylvania. And New York state port official Terrence Hurley was knocked out of a county race....

Lawmakers, US agency favor Hatch Act changes

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jon Greiner's election to the Utah Senate caused his firing as Ogden police chief. Philadelphia transit cop Matthew Arlen was barred from a local school board race in Pennsylvania. And New York state port official Terrence Hurley was knocked out of a county race....

Lawmakers, US agency favor Hatch Act changes

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jon Greiner's election to the Utah Senate caused his firing as Ogden police chief. Philadelphia transit cop Matthew Arlen was barred from a local school board race in Pennsylvania. And New York state port official Terrence Hurley was knocked out of a county race....

6 kids, 2 adults killed in W.Va. house fire

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia mayor says no smoke detector was working when a fire erupted inside a home, killing six children and two adults in what he says is the city's deadliest fire in six decades.

Charleston Mayor Danny Jones tells the Associated Press only one smoke ...

6 kids, 2 adults killed in W.Va. house fire

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A fire tore through a two-story home that had no functioning smoke detectors Saturday in West Virginia's capital city, killing eight family members, including six children, the city's mayor said....
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How health care case will unfold before the court

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on Monday over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, derisively labeled "Obamacare" by its opponents. A look at how the case will unfold before the court in question-and-answer form:...

How health care case will unfold before the court

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on Monday over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, derisively labeled "Obamacare" by its opponents. A look at how the case will unfold before the court in question-and-answer form:...

How health care case will unfold before the court

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 12:12
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on Monday over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, derisively labeled "Obamacare" by its opponents. A look at how the case will unfold before the court in question-and-answer form:...
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