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Obama vows to protect benefits for veterans

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama honored the nation's military heroes in a pair of Memorial Day ceremonies, vowing to protect the benefits earned by veterans and their families in an election year marked by the nation's transition from war....

Ancient Mayan workshop for astronomers discovered

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:23
NEW YORK (AP) -- Archaeologists have found a small room in Mayan ruins where royal scribes apparently used walls like a blackboard to keep track of astronomical records and the society's intricate calendar some 1,200 years ago....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Bomb plot raises questions over European security

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:23
LONDON (AP) -- A shimmy toward the body scanner, a step into the booth and a wave of the arms - routine procedure now at U.S. airports, but not necessarily in Europe....

Bomb plot raises questions over European security

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:23
LONDON (AP) -- A shimmy toward the body scanner, a step into the booth and a wave of the arms - routine procedure now at U.S. airports, but not necessarily in Europe....

Bomb plot raises questions over European security

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:23
LONDON (AP) -- A shimmy toward the body scanner, a step into the booth and a wave of the arms - routine procedure now at U.S. airports, but not necessarily in Europe....

Bomb plot raises questions over European security

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:23
LONDON (AP) -- A shimmy toward the body scanner, a step into the booth and a wave of the arms - routine procedure now at U.S. airports, but not necessarily in Europe....

RAF accused over Voyager contract

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:23
The RAF may be paying billions of pounds too much for its new, air-to-air refuelling Voyager aircraft, BBC Newsnight has discovered.
Categories: BBC, News

Change to top of WTC raises questions over height

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:23
NEW YORK (AP) -- A change to the design of a needle that will sit atop One World Trade Center is raising questions over whether the building will still be America's tallest when completed....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Obama to require regular reviews of federal rules

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is changing or eliminating a handful of regulations - from uniform street sign requirements to outdated hospital reporting rules - that it says could have cost the economy $6 billion over five years, part of a regulatory overhaul that will require agencies to periodically scrub their rule books in search of unnecessary mandates....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Postal Service loses $3.2B in 2nd quarter

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drowning in red ink, the U.S. Postal Service on Thursday reported a quarterly loss of $3.2 billion and blamed Congress for blocking the agency's cost-cutting efforts to offset declining mail volume and mounting costs for future retiree health benefits....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Romney counters notion he bullied gay classmates

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney apologized Thursday to classmates he may have offended by "hijinks and pranks during high school" and insisted he didn't know that some were gay....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Romney counters notion he bullied gay classmates

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney apologized Thursday to classmates he may have offended by "hijinks and pranks during high school" and insisted he didn't know that some were gay....
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