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The next health care overhaul? Look to employers

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama's health care law, employers and insurance companies - not the government - will be the main drivers of change over the next decade and maybe even longer....
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The next health care overhaul? Look to employers

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama's health care law, employers and insurance companies - not the government - will be the main drivers of change over the next decade and maybe even longer....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

AUDIO: The legal perils of Twitter

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
Solicitor Jonathan Armstrong outlines the offences that can be committed on Twitter after a footballer revealed the identity of a rape victim on the social networking site.
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Troopers suspended over reports of car 'escorts'

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey's attorney general has suspended two state troopers without pay, one of them a 25-year veteran, following reports they served as escorts last month for a group of high-performance luxury cars on a 100-mph trip down the Garden State Parkway, alarming other motorists....
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Troopers suspended over reports of car 'escorts'

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey's attorney general has suspended two state troopers without pay, one of them a 25-year veteran, following reports they served as escorts last month for a group of high-performance luxury cars on a 100-mph trip down the Garden State Parkway, alarming other motorists....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

VIDEO: On board the restored Cutty Sark

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
Five years after she was gutted by fire, London's famous 19th century tea clipper the Cutty Sark will reopen to the public this week.
Categories: BBC, News

VIDEO: Marathon runner donations still rising

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
Donations to a fund-raising page set up by a 30-year-old woman who collapsed close to the London Marathon finish line have surged since her death.
Categories: BBC, News

Fred West drama leads Bafta race

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
Appropriate Adult, ITV1's dramatisation of the investigation into serial killer Fred West, leads the nominations for this year's Bafta TV Awards.
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Novartis sees profit fall sharply

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
Swiss drugmaker Novartis reports a sharp fall in profits, due in part to manufacturing problems at a US plant and to currency moves.
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Expert backs one question ballot

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
An elections expert who reviewed the 2007 Holyrood voting shambles says a two question independence referendum would "muddy the waters".
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The next health care overhaul? Look to employers

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama's health care law, employers and insurance companies - not the government - will be the main drivers of change over the next decade and maybe even longer....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Measles strategy misses targets

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
Global efforts to cut the number of deaths from measles have fallen short of World Health Organization (WHO) targets.
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Parties face off in court over OH legislative maps

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a suit that seeks to scrap the state's new legislative district map....
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VIDEO: Cruelty cases 'stretching RSPCA'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
The number of people convicted of animal cruelty in England and Wales rose by nearly a quarter last year, according to the RSPCA.
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Search called off after tug sinks

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
The search for a sailor lost off the coast of Cornwall after a tug sank is abandoned.
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China pledges N Korea friendship

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
China's President Hu Jintao stresses friendship with Pyongyang, as the US asks China to explain the origins of North Korea's missile launcher.
Categories: BBC, News

New York City portrayed online in 870,000 images

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
NEW YORK (AP) -- Some 870,000 images of New York City and its municipal operations, going back to the mid-1800s, are now available to the public for the first time online....
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Profits rise 3% at Primark owner

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
Associated British Foods announces a 3% rise in half-year profits thanks to strong performances from retailer Primark and its sugar business.
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Ancient virus DNA thrives in us

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
Traces of ancient viruses which infected our ancestors millions of years ago are more widespread in us than previously thought.
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Animal cruelty convictions rising

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 06:18
The number of people convicted of animal cruelty rises by more than a third, but the RSPCA pledges "zero tolerance" against culprits.
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