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Yemen: Airstrike kills 5 al-Qaida militants

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- An airstrike killed five al-Qaida militants in the south of Yemen on Thursday, officials said, days after details emerged about a Saudi mole within the network who reportedly provided information allowing the CIA to target one of its key leaders....

APNewsBreak: Suspect billings at 2,600 drugstores

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Medicare paid $5.6 billion to 2,600 pharmacies with questionable billings, including a Kansas drugstore that submitted more than 1,000 prescriptions each for two patients in just one year, government investigators have found....
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APNewsBreak: Suspect billings at 2,600 drugstores

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Medicare paid $5.6 billion to 2,600 pharmacies with questionable billings, including a Kansas drugstore that submitted more than 1,000 prescriptions each for two patients in just one year, government investigators have found....
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Report: Suspect billings at 2,600 drugstores

WASHINGTON (AP) — It would take a mighty big pill box to hold them.

A pharmacy in Kansas billed Medicare for more than 1,000 prescriptions each for two patients in a single year, part of a pattern of questionable billings at 2,600 drugstores nationwide uncovered by federal investigators in a ...

Algeria votes for new parliament

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
Algerian have voted in parliamentary elections billed by the authorities as historically transparent, but marred by a low turnout.
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Relative: Suspect thought kidnapped girls were his

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
GUNTOWN, Miss. (AP) -- The Mississippi man on the run from a double-slaying thought he might be the father of the two girls he's now accused of kidnapping, his mother-in-law said....
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A slo-mo evolution for Obama on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's evolution on gay marriage unfolded at a Darwinian pace, like that of the giant tortoise. For more than a year - eons in politics - he danced up to the edge of endorsing it, always stopping short, still "evolving."...

A slo-mo evolution for Obama on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's evolution on gay marriage unfolded at a Darwinian pace, like that of the giant tortoise. For more than a year - eons in politics - he danced up to the edge of endorsing it, always stopping short, still "evolving."...

Beastie Boys return to US top 20

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
The Beastie Boys have returned to the US album charts following the death of band member Adam Yauch last week.
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Argentina backs 'dignified death'

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
The Argentine Senate passes a law that gives terminally ill patients the right to refuse treatment.
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Putin pulls out of US summit, meeting with Obama

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's President Vladimir Putin will skip a planned visit to the United States this month for a key global summit and a much-anticipated meeting with President Barack Obama, the Kremlin confirmed Thursday, as he faced pressure from protests and opposition criticism at home....

Obama making cultural waves, or just a ripple?

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- He gave no speech, issued no call to action. He spoke of changing alongside the nation's people, not of leading them into uncharted territory. He made sure to say what so many so passionately believe - that states should decide such issues on their own....

Obama making cultural waves, or just a ripple?

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
WASHINGTON (AP) -- He gave no speech, issued no call to action. He spoke of changing alongside the nation's people, not of leading them into uncharted territory. He made sure to say what so many so passionately believe - that states should decide such issues on their own....

Ofcom investigates Wright Stuff

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
Matthew Wright's Channel 5 show is being investigated by the media regulator over a survey of offensive words.
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Dozens killed in Damascus blasts

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
Two strong explosions rocked Damascus, Syria, on Thursday, killing more than 40 people and leaving residents dashing through bloody streets littered with debris, state media reported.
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Manufacturing output up in March

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
UK manufacturing output bounced back in March, figures show, but overall industrial output fell due to a drop in oil and gas production.
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Indians held for live baby burial

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
Police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh arrest the father and uncle of a two-month-old girl for allegedly trying to bury her alive.
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VIDEO: Nine-year-old's cardboard arcade

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
A nine-year-old boy from Los Angeles has created a cardboard arcade, complete with miniature football and even ticket dispensers.
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Minn. Vikings a vote away from new stadium

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- The Minnesota Vikings' hopes of a new stadium are one affirmative vote away from becoming reality....
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Hunt after sex offender absconds

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 23:25
An arrest warrant is issued for a convicted child sex offender who failed to attend the last day of his trial.
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