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VIDEO: New Doctor Who companion unveiled

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:54
Former Emmerdale actress Jenna-Louise Coleman has landed the role of the Time Lord's new companion in Doctor Who, the BBC has confirmed.
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San Francisco mayor suspends sheriff, seeks removal

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco mayor said he's suspending the city's embattled sheriff and intends to remove him from office following a domestic violence conviction involving the law enforcement official's Venezuelan actress wife.

Mayor Ed Lee said Tuesday that Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi rejected his suggestion to resign after pleading guilty ...

Man dismissed for Facebook abuse

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:54
An industrial tribunal rules that a Belfast call centre worker who was sacked for posting obscene comments on Facebook was fairly dismissed.
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VIDEO: British hostage first interview

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:54
British hostage Judith Tebbutt, who has been released after more than six months in captivity in Somalia, speaks of her sadness at the fatal shooting of her husband David by a gang who attacked the couple at a Kenyan holiday resort in 2011.
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Uni disbands 'racist' rugby club

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:54
The University of East Anglia disbands its men's rugby club after a large number of complaints, including of racism and sexism.
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Day in pictures: 21 March 2012

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:54
24 hours of news photos: 21 March 2012
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Mancini warned on Tevez selection

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:54
Rodney Marsh warns Roberto Mancini selecting Carlos Tevez for Manchester City may get him sacked if they don't win the title.
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De Niro says meant no offense with first lady joke

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:54
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Robert De Niro says he meant no offense when he joked at a presidential fundraiser featuring Michelle Obama that America might not be ready for a white first lady....

De Niro says meant no offense with first lady joke

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:54
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Robert De Niro says he meant no offense when he joked at a presidential fundraiser featuring Michelle Obama that America might not be ready for a white first lady....

Nonprofit: North Korea orchestra coming to US

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:54
ATLANTA (AP) -- An Atlanta-based nonprofit is planning to bring North Korea's national orchestra to the U.S. for a tour that would start in Atlanta, according to the group's president....
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Nonprofit: North Korea orchestra coming to US

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:54
ATLANTA (AP) -- An Atlanta-based nonprofit is planning to bring North Korea's national orchestra to the U.S. for a tour that would start in Atlanta, according to the group's president....
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UK woman kidnapped in Kenya freed

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:54
The family of a British hostage pay a ransom to secure her release in Somalia, six months after she was captured and her husband killed in Kenya.
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De Niro says meant no offense with first lady joke

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:54
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Robert De Niro says he meant no offense when he joked at a presidential fundraiser featuring Michelle Obama that America might not be ready for a white first lady....

Deal gives Holyrood new tax power

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:54
Holyrood is to be given new income tax and borrowing powers as part of a deal struck between the Scottish and UK governments.
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Prince returns from the Falklands

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:54
Prince William has returned to Britain after being deployed to the Falkland Islands, Clarence House says.
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New report details increase in `open' adoptions

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:54
NEW YORK (AP) -- The secrecy that long shrouded adoption has given way to openness, and only about 5 percent of infant adoptions in the U.S. now take place without some ongoing relationship between birth parent and adoptive family, according to a comprehensive new report....
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New report details increase in `open' adoptions

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 09:54
NEW YORK (AP) -- The secrecy that long shrouded adoption has given way to openness, and only about 5 percent of infant adoptions in the U.S. now take place without some ongoing relationship between birth parent and adoptive family, according to a comprehensive new report....
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