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Prosecutor in FL shooting known as victim advocate

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
MIAMI (AP) -- When special prosecutor Angela Corey met the parents of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, one of the first things she did with them was pray....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Rose declines Hall of Fame honour

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose declines his entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame saying he does not feel wanted or respected at the ceremony.
Categories: BBC, News

Ecclestone set for Bahrain talks

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone will meet the sport's 12 teams on Friday to discuss the Bahrain GP, BBC Sport has learned.
Categories: BBC, News

VIDEO: Memory stick that self-destructs

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
Technology has now created the ultimate USB stick - used by the secret service. If you lose it you can track its location and even remotely scramble content on it if you are worried it could fall into the wrong hands.
Categories: BBC, News

Is North Korea serious about its race to space?

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- According to North Korea's official version of things, commemorated on postage stamps and re-enacted in mass performances, the country's first venture into space was 14 years ago, when the "Bright Shining Star 1" satellite roared into orbit and began broadcasting marching music praising Kim Il Sung....

Is North Korea serious about its race to space?

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- According to North Korea's official version of things, commemorated on postage stamps and re-enacted in mass performances, the country's first venture into space was 14 years ago, when the "Bright Shining Star 1" satellite roared into orbit and began broadcasting marching music praising Kim Il Sung....

Chavez: Cancer battle advancing

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his battle against cancer is "advancing" after he returns home from his latest treatment in Cuba.
Categories: BBC, News

Mass. man faces sentence in plot to help al-Qaida

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
BOSTON (AP) -- A Massachusetts man will learn his sentence in a Boston court after being convicted in federal court last year of conspiring to help al-Qaida....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Mass. man faces sentence in plot to help al-Qaida

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
BOSTON (AP) -- A Massachusetts man will learn his sentence in a Boston court after being convicted in federal court last year of conspiring to help al-Qaida....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Texas A&M Cadets to be led by 1st black commander

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- Nearly a half-century after African-Americans were admitted to predominantly white Texas A&M University, a black student has finally reached the pinnacle of one of its signature organizations....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Texas A&M Cadets to be led by 1st black commander

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- Nearly a half-century after African-Americans were admitted to predominantly white Texas A&M University, a black student has finally reached the pinnacle of one of its signature organizations....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

FACT CHECK: Romney's skewed case on women's jobs

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney has come up with an "amazing statistic" and Republicans inside and outside his presidential campaign are doing their utmost to spread it around: "92.3 percent of all the jobs lost during the Obama years have been lost by women."...

FACT CHECK: Romney's skewed case on women's jobs

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney has come up with an "amazing statistic" and Republicans inside and outside his presidential campaign are doing their utmost to spread it around: "92.3 percent of all the jobs lost during the Obama years have been lost by women."...

FACT CHECK: Romney's skewed case on women's jobs

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney has come up with an "amazing statistic" and Republicans inside and outside his presidential campaign are doing their utmost to spread it around: "92.3 percent of all the jobs lost during the Obama years have been lost by women."...

VIDEO: Coffee shop stirs etiquette debate

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
A coffee shop in Norwich is refusing to serve any customer who places an order whilst talking on a mobile phone.
Categories: BBC, News

Cutting-edge Navy warship being built in Maine

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
BATH, Maine (AP) -- An enormous, expensive and technology-laden warship that some Navy leaders once tried to kill because of its cost is now viewed as an important part of the Obama administration's Asia-Pacific strategy, with advanced capabilities that the Navy's top officer says represent the Navy's future....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Grainger aims to turn silver into gold

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
Rowing's three-time silver medallist Katherine Grainger is on course for the top of the podium this summer - at last
Categories: BBC, News

Sony sheds 10,000 staff in revamp

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
Sony is shedding 10,000 staff worldwide in a major reorganisation announced by the company's new chief executive Kazuo Hirai.
Categories: BBC, News

Hilary Rosen: 'Spare me the faux anger'

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
My Twitter feed was on fire after an appearance Wednesday night on CNN's AC360, where I said that I thought it was wrong for Mitt Romney to be using his wife as his guide to women's economic struggles when she "had never worked a day in her life."
Categories: CNN, News

VIDEO: Mother's level crossing safety fight

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:59
Since the death of her daughter on a level crossing at the end of 2005, Tina Hughes has been working to improve their safety.
Categories: BBC, News
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