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Rutgers defendant won't testify

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
A jury should soon decide the fate of a former Rutgers student after his trial for allegedly spying on and intimidating his gay roommate, who killed himself by jumping off New York's George Washington Bridge.
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Argentine-Falklands conflict touches both to core

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
STANLEY, Falkland Islands (AP) -- Ever since seafaring explorers happened upon these uninhabited islands in the 16th century, people have been fighting over them....

Argentine-Falklands conflict touches both to core

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
STANLEY, Falkland Islands (AP) -- Ever since seafaring explorers happened upon these uninhabited islands in the 16th century, people have been fighting over them....

British court: Right-to-die case can proceed

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
LONDON (AP) -- In a case that challenges Britain's definition of murder, a severely disabled man who says his life has no "privacy or dignity" will be granted a hearing on his request that a doctor be allowed to give him a lethal injection....

UK in final bid to keep dopers off Olympic team

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's attempt to keep drug cheats off its Olympic teams reached world sport's top court on Monday, less than five months before the London Games....

Turkey coup trial reporters freed

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
Four Turkish journalists accused of involvement in a plot to topple the government are freed by an Istanbul court.
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Red meat 'increases health risks'

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
A diet high in red meat can shorten life expectancy, according to researchers at Harvard Medical School.
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Letters reveal Nixon as young Romeo

YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Long before Richard Nixon rose to power and fell from grace, the future president was just another man in love.

Decades before he became known to some as "Tricky Dick," Nixon was the one coining nicknames (sweet ones) for his future bride, in gushy love notes ...

Police: ex-Md. student reported rampage threat

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- Police at the University of Maryland say three Internet users alerted them that a current student was planning a shooting rampage on campus....
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Frum: Israel's 'Iron Dome' isn't enough

CNN - Top Stories - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
David Frum says 90% protection is useful in fending off Gaza rockets but isn't enough to protect against a nuclear threat.
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Law on euthanasia challenged

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
Right-to-die case is fundamental challenge to the law
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NATO: Afghanistan rampage won't affect timeline

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
BERLIN (AP) -- The alleged slaying of 16 civilians by a U.S. soldier in southern Afghanistan will not affect plans to turn over security operations to local troops, NATO and member countries said as they called for a quick investigation into the deaths....

Egypt's parliament wants Israel's ambassador out

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament unanimously voted on Monday in support of expelling Israel's ambassador in Cairo and halting gas exports to the Jewish state....

Foo Fighters top Reading festival

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
Dave Grohl's band will play alongside The Cure, Florence & The Machine and The Black Keys at the August festivals.
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White House: No change in Afghan strategy

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration said Monday the war strategy in Afghanistan remains intact despite the mass killing of Afghan civilians on Sunday, allegedly by an American soldier. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called the episode "inexplicable" but insisted it won't force the U.S. to change course....
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Lost mural by Leonardo may have been discovered

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) -- Researchers may have discovered traces of a lost mural by Leonardo da Vinci by poking a probe through cracks in a 16th-century fresco painted on the wall of one of Florence's most famous buildings....

Why is 'literally' such a troublesome word?

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
Nick Clegg's remark that people who are paying incredibly low rates of tax are "literally in a different galaxy" has highlighted what is arguably one of the most commonly misused words in the English language.
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US and Russia clash over Syria at UN

AP - World News - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United States and Russia clashed over Syria at the U.N. Monday after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the divided Security Council to speak with one voice and help the Mideast nation "pull back from the brink of a deeper catastrophe."...

Homeless hotspot plan controversy

BBC - News - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
An experiment using homeless people equipped with mobile wi-fi devices as hotspots leads an advertising agency to claim it has been "villainised".
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Police: ex-Md. student reported rampage threat

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2026-05-01 14:40
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- A former student who worked at the campus police department tipped officers off to a current student's online threats of a shooting rampage, police said Monday....
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