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Hopes rise for Greece power-sharing talks

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:49
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Hopes rose slightly Thursday that Greece could end its post-electoral deadlock without having to hold new elections, as international partners warned that Athens must stick to its hugely unpopular austerity program or abandon the euro....

Hopes rise for Greece power-sharing talks

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:49
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Hopes rose slightly Thursday that Greece could end its post-electoral deadlock without having to hold new elections, as international partners warned that Athens must stick to its hugely unpopular austerity program or abandon the euro....

Hopes rise for Greece power-sharing talks

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:49
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Hopes rose slightly Thursday that Greece could end its post-electoral deadlock without having to hold new elections, as international partners warned that Athens must stick to its hugely unpopular austerity program or abandon the euro....

Civil rights lawsuit filed against Ariz. sheriff

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:49
PHOENIX (AP) -- As defiant as ever, get-tough Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio faces a federal court showdown over charges that deputies on his trademark immigration patrols racially profiled Latinos in violation of civil rights law....
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Change to top of WTC raises questions over height

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:49
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 be America's tallest when completed....
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2 N.Y. sites recall Benedict Arnold's early heroics

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Benedict Arnold is a hero again, at least temporarily, at two upstate New York historic sites where his pre-treason exploits are being remembered.

Arnold's heroic actions in the Revolutionary War's Battles of Saratoga are detailed in a new exhibit opening Thursday at Saratoga National Historical Park, ...

Top drivers call for rule clarity

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:49
McLaren team-mates Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton join a chorus of drivers calling for clarity on overtaking rules.
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Postal Service loses $3.2B in 2nd quarter

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:49
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....
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GOP plan cuts social programs to protect Pentagon

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:49
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Moving to protect the Pentagon, Republicans controlling the House are pressing for cuts to food stamps, health care and pensions for federal workers as an alternative to an automatic 10 percent cut to the military next year....
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Tsipras says Greek euro exit bad for Europe

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:49
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The head of Greece's Radical Left Coalition says a Greek exit from the euro would damage both the country and Europe, but insists the austerity measures imposed by international creditors are too harsh and must be changed....

Tsipras says Greek euro exit bad for Europe

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:49
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The head of Greece's Radical Left Coalition says a Greek exit from the euro would damage both the country and Europe, but insists the austerity measures imposed by international creditors are too harsh and must be changed....

Tsipras says Greek euro exit bad for Europe

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:49
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The head of Greece's Radical Left Coalition says a Greek exit from the euro would damage both the country and Europe, but insists the austerity measures imposed by international creditors are too harsh and must be changed....

Woman held over ferry baby search

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:49
A 37-year-old woman is arrested on suspicion of wasting police time, after reports of a baby falling from a ferry turned out not to be true.
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PM's ex-aide denies he was hired for Murdoch ties

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:49
LONDON (AP) -- The secretive spin doctor who helped bring Prime Minister David Cameron to power made a rare public appearance Thursday at Britain's media ethics inquiry - denying that he got the job to boost Cameron's clout with Rupert Murdoch's powerful media empire....

Expat-votes fight could go to UN

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 20:49
A 90-year-old British expat's campaign for permission to vote in UK elections moves on a step as he prepares a submission for UN.
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