News

Romney inches closer to magic number of delegates

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney added to his big lead in the race for convention delegates Tuesday by sweeping Republican presidential primaries in North Carolina, Indiana and West Virginia, inching closer to the number of delegates needed to clinch the GOP nomination....

Romney inches closer to magic number of delegates

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney added to his big lead in the race for convention delegates Tuesday by sweeping Republican presidential primaries in North Carolina, Indiana and West Virginia, inching closer to the number of delegates needed to clinch the GOP nomination....

Romney inches closer to magic number of delegates

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney added to his big lead in the race for convention delegates Tuesday by sweeping Republican presidential primaries in North Carolina, Indiana and West Virginia, inching closer to the number of delegates needed to clinch the GOP nomination....

Against Obama, even a jailbird gets some votes

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Just how unpopular is President Barack Obama in some parts of the country? Enough that a man in prison in Texas is getting 4 out of 10 votes in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary....

PM's plans 'will rebuild Britain'

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
David Cameron says the economy is his top priority in the Queen's Speech - but Labour say the plans will do nothing to kickstart growth.
Categories: BBC, News

McCrory, Dalton win NC governor's primaries

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's Democratic lieutenant governor and the former Republican mayor of Charlotte will square off in November to succeed one-term Democratic incumbent Gov. Beverly Perdue after primary race victories Tuesday....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Wife, mother of kidnap-slaying suspect arrested

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
GUNTOWN, Miss. (AP) -- As the hunt continued for a Mississippi man suspected of killing a Tennessee woman and her teenage daughter before fleeing with her two younger girls, his wife and mother were charged Tuesday in connection with the abduction, authorities said....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Libya PM brands attackers outlaws

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
Libyan Prime Minister Abdurrahim al-Keib denounces gunmen who attacked his offices in the capital Tripoli as "outlaws".
Categories: BBC, News

Arthritis cases 'set to double'

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
Cases of osteoarthritis look set to double to over 17 million by 2030, according to experts.
Categories: BBC, News

Rothko work hits record $86.9m

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
The artwork Orange, red, yellow by Mark Rothko fetches $86.9 million (£53.8m), the highest ever price for a piece of post-war art sold at auction.
Categories: BBC, News

Obama 'disappointed' with NC ban on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign says he's "disappointed" with North Carolina's constitutional amendment banning gay marriage....

Obama 'disappointed' with NC ban on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign says he's "disappointed" with North Carolina's constitutional amendment banning gay marriage....

Obama 'disappointed' with NC ban on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's campaign says he's "disappointed" with North Carolina's constitutional amendment banning gay marriage....

Obama team trumpets new polling on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is beginning to express some confidence that the president's historic, yet politically risky, embrace of gay marriage may not hurt him in the November election....

Panel discusses AP reporter's WWII surrender scoop

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
NEW YORK (AP) -- Speakers at a panel on Tuesday disagreed over whether a correspondent for The Associated Press who defied military censors by reporting that the Germans had surrendered unconditionally in World War II had acted properly....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Gun parts found in stuffed animals at RI airport

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
WARWICK, R.I. (AP) -- Police at Rhode Island's T.F. Green Airport said Tuesday that a domestic dispute was behind an incident in which gun components and ammunition were found hidden inside a child's stuffed animals, including a Mickey Mouse....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Cheesy tune wanted as 'anthem'

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
Songwriters are being invited to create a "national anthem" for the UK's most popular cheese, Cheddar, in a national competition organised by industry bosses.
Categories: BBC, News

Analysis: Lugar's grassroots withered

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
Richard Lugar had it all -- a sterling global reputation, bipartisan respect, a fat campaign bank account and 36 years of Senate experience.
Categories: CNN, News

Hurdler warns over rail shortcuts

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
Olympic gold medal hopeful Dai Greene is leading a Network Rail campaign aimed at young people who risk their lives by crossing train tracks.
Categories: BBC, News

N.C. passes same-sex marriage ban, CNN projects

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:28
Passage of Amendment 1 largely prevents the state's judiciary from overturning the bill by enshrining its language into the state constitution.
Categories: CNN, News
Syndicate content