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Body parts found at plane crash site in Sweden

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Police called off the search for survivors of a plane crash Saturday after discovering body parts on the site where the Norwegian military cargo aircraft slammed into Sweden's highest mountain....

Irish premier celebrates St. Pat's Day in Chicago

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago dyed its river green, bagpipes sounded on New York's 5th Avenue, and in Georgia, crowds waited for 30 minutes to buy beer for breakfast before watching Savannah's 156-year-old St. Patrick's Day parade....
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NJ spycam case stirs debate over hate crime laws

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
NEW YORK (AP) -- There was a verdict in the wrenching Rutgers webcam spying case, but no resolution to a broader question that hovered over it: To what extent are hate crime laws a help or a hindrance in the pursuit of justice?...
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Vatican launches criminal probe into leaks

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican has launched an internal, criminal investigation into the leaks of confidential documents that alleged corruption and financial mismanagement and exposed power struggles among Holy See officials, a Vatican prelate said Saturday....

Report: US sent detainees to banned Afghan prisons

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A report by two rights groups says the U.S. sent some detainees to Afghan prisons where torture was found despite an announced suspension of such transfers....

Obama asks Congress to act on 'to-do' list

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Obama is asking Democrats and Republicans to act on his "to-do list" for Congress, a five-point plan he says would create jobs and help restore middle-class security....
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England 30-9 Ireland

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
England produce a dominant forward display to steamroller Ireland and finish second in the Six Nations table in coach Stuart Lancaster's first campaign in charge.
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People rescued from burning bus

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
Passengers are led to safety when a double decker bus catches fire in south-east London.
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Bolton's Muamba 'critically ill'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba is critically ill after collapsing during an FA Cup quarter-final against Tottenham.
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Veterans salute third Grand Slam

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
Wales veterans Gethin Jenkins and Ryan Jones celebrate their third Grand Slam by paying tribute to their team-mates.
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Egypt Coptic Christian Pope dies

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
The head of Egypt's Coptic Christian Church, Pope Shenouda III, has died at the age of 88, Egyptian state TV announces.
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Thai billionaire who created Red Bull dies

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
BANGKOK (AP) -- Chaleo Yoovidhya, the self-made Thai billionaire who introduced the world to "energy drinks" and co-founded the globally popular Red Bull brand, has died. He was in his 80s....

Hundreds rally to welcome Chavez home in Venezuela

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Hundreds of Venezuelans rallied Saturday to welcome President Hugo Chavez home from Cuba, where he underwent cancer surgery to remove a tumor....

Pope of Egypt's Coptic Christian Church dies

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt's Christian minority for 40 years during a time of increasing tensions with Muslims, has died. He was 88....

Pope of Egypt's Coptic Christian Church dies

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt's Christian minority for 40 years during a time of increasing tensions with Muslims, has died. He was 88....

Thai billionaire who created Red Bull dies at 89

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
BANGKOK (AP) -- State media in Thailand say the self-made Thai billionaire who created the renowned Red Bull energy drink three decades ago has died. He was 89....

VIDEO: 'Diplomacy with Syria has failed'

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
Sunday Times photographer Paul Conroy, injured in an attack on the Syrian town of Homs, says he believes diplomatic efforts to establish peace in Syria have failed.
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VIDEO: Hundreds at PC Rathband's funeral

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
Hundreds of people have attended the funeral service in Stafford for PC David Rathband, who was shot and blinded by Raoul Moat.
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Syria says opposition must give up arms first

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Syria has told international envoy Kofi Annan in a letter obtained Saturday by The Associated Press that it is "keen to end violence" but insists that armed opposition groups give up their weapons first....

John Demjanjuk, convicted death camp guard, dies

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 02:32
BERLIN (AP) -- John Demjanjuk was convicted of being a low-ranking guard at the Sobibor death camp, but his 35-year fight on three continents to clear his name - a legal battle that had not yet ended when he died Saturday at age 91 - made him one of the best-known faces of Nazi prosecutions....
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