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Death of consul's daughter spurs Venezuela outcry

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:26
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- The killing of a Chilean diplomat's teenage daughter by police is reigniting concerns among Venezuelans about excessive force by officers and their frequent involvement in violent crimes....

VIDEO: Bangkok's celebrity taxi tweeter

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:26
A motorcycle taxi driver has found celebrity after tweeting scoops on the city's news events.
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Second vigil held for Coptic pope

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:26
Crowds of Egyptian Coptic Christians are holding a second all-night vigil to mourn the death of their spiritual leader Pope Shenouda III.
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Republican Catholics cool so far to Rick Santorum

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:26
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- At El Sendero De La Cruz evangelical church, Rick Santorum sought prayers along with votes. He told the San Juan congregation that he felt "very blessed" to be with people of faith and said he can withstand the demands of campaigning because of the many people like them he meets while running for president....

Israelis agree Iran hasn't decided on atom bomb

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:26
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Despite saber-rattling from Jerusalem, Israeli officials now agree with the U.S. assessment that Tehran has not yet decided on the actual construction of a nuclear bomb, according to senior Israeli government and defense figures....

4 GOP-appointed justices control health law's fate

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:26
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Here's a thought that can't comfort President Barack Obama: The fate of his health care overhaul rests with four Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices....
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Many willing to cut Afghan shooting suspect slack

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:26
He is accused of the kind of crime that makes people shiver, the killing of families in their own homes under cover of night, the butchery of defenseless children. Under normal circumstances, Americans would dismiss such an act as worthy of only one response: swift and merciless punishment....
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New wrinkle in pot debate: stoned driving

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:26
DENVER (AP) -- Angeline Chilton says she can't drive unless she smokes pot. The suburban Denver woman says she'd never get behind the wheel right after smoking, but she does use medical marijuana twice a day to ease tremors caused by multiple sclerosis that previously left her homebound....
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Alternate juror disagrees with Rutgers verdict

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:26
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- An alternate juror in the trial of a former Rutgers University student convicted in a webcam spying episode that ended in his gay roommate's suicide said he disagrees with the verdict....
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Yemen battles kill 16 al-Qaida militants, 7 troops

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:26
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemeni warplanes pounded al-Qaida fighters on Monday, killing at least 16, while seven soldiers died in clashes with militants in the country's troubled south where the army is trying to uproot the terror group, military officials said....

UK journalists are freed by Libya

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:26
Two British journalists detained in Libya after admitting entering the country illegally have been released, the Foreign Office confirms.
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NYC activists differ on Occupy's direction

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:26
NEW YORK (AP) -- A day after police broke up a rally at Manhattan's Zuccotti Park and arrested dozens, Occupy Wall Street protesters said Sunday that their movement for economic justice would pick up momentum with the spring....
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Belarus executes 2 men convicted of subway bombing

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:26
MINSK, Belarus (AP) -- Two men convicted of carrying out a deadly subway bombing last year in Belarus' capital have been executed, drawing strong condemnation from activists and the European Union....

Belarus executes 2 men convicted of subway bombing

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:26
MINSK, Belarus (AP) -- Two men convicted of carrying out a deadly subway bombing last year in Belarus' capital have been executed, drawing strong condemnation from activists and the European Union....

Historic black church faces foreclosure from minority-owned bank

In a dispute that some are calling a modern-day updating of the biblical Parable of the Ungrateful Servant, a minority-owned bank that benefited from federal bailout funds is threatening to foreclose on one of the nation’s oldest black churches.

The 194-year-old Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Boston's ...

Dozens of Cuban protesters held

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:26
Dozens of Cuban opposition activists are arrested in Havana, a week before Pope Benedict XVI is due to visit the Communist island.
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Uruguay probes possible hospital homicides

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:26
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- An investigation into dozens of possibly induced deaths at two Uruguayan hospitals has led to the detention of at least two nurses, officials said Sunday....

St Patrick's Day riot in Ontario

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:26
Crowds of Canadian youngsters battle with police and set fire to a van in Ontario, after St Patrick's Day parties spill on to the streets.
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Everton could face Liverpool semi

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 08:26
Everton will face a Wembley meeting with Liverpool if they can beat Sunderland in their FA Cup quarter-final replay.
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