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No damage, injuries in 5.1-magnitude Chile quake

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- A 5.1-magnitude temblor has shaken awake residents of Chile's capital, but no damage or injuries have been reported....

Gove says more reforms are needed

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
The education secretary Michael Gove has told head teachers he plans to accelerate the pace of reform in England.
Categories: BBC, News

Trayvon Martin, my son, and the Black Male Code

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- I thought my son would be much older before I had to tell him about the Black Male Code. He's only 12, still sleeping with stuffed animals, still afraid of the dark. But after the Trayvon Martin tragedy, I needed to explain to my child that soon people might be afraid of him....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

US warning on North Korea rocket

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
A senior US official says a North Korean rocket launch may affect an area between Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines, an Australian newspaper reports.
Categories: BBC, News

Syrian military defectors unite

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
A top defector from the Syrian military is urging armed rebel groups to align and follow the leadership of the Free Syrian Army.
Categories: CNN, News

Kazakhstan angry spoof anthem played at event

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
MOSCOW (AP) -- Kazakhstan has labeled the playing of a spoof of its national anthem at an international sporting event "a scandal," and demanded a probe into the incident....

Parishioners comfort relatives of WV fire victims

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- As Talma Isabell coped with the crushing heartache of losing her daughter and five grandchildren in a house fire that killed nine people in all, several dozen people surrounded the woman and her family at church Sunday with their arms raised and their heads bowed in prayer....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

France questions gunman's brother

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
The brother of a gunman killed in a siege in southwestern France was transferred Saturday to the country's counter-intelligence headquarters near Paris for questioning, a police union leader told French TV.
Categories: CNN, News

Republicans offer few details on Afghanistan plans

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Afghanistan seizes more of the political spotlight, the Republican presidential candidates are quick to criticize President Barack Obama's handling of the war but struggle to explain how they would change the strategy they would inherit....

VIDEO: Doctor Who fans enjoy convention

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
Thousands of Doctor Who fans are in Cardiff for the first ever official convention in the series' long history.
Categories: BBC, News

Santorum seeks Louisiana rebound

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
Voting is under way in Louisiana in the race to pick a Republican White House contender, with Rick Santorum expected to do well.
Categories: BBC, News

Afghans skeptical of U.S. military justice

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
It began with scant details released by the military about a heinous allegation: A soldier slipped away from a remote outpost in southern Afghanistan and went on a shooting rampage at nearby villages that left 17 people dead.
Categories: CNN, News

Syria rebellion encroaches on Turkey

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
Turkey's Syrian refugees try to keep revolution alive
Categories: BBC, News

Images arrest of cliff death man

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
A Cardiff man found dead at the foot of Beachy Head cliffs in Sussex near an elderly woman's body had been arrested on suspicion of possessing indecent images.
Categories: BBC, News

Lawyer says French gunman's mother is released

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
PARIS (AP) -- Authorities investigating France's deadly shooting rampage have released the mother of the Islamist fanatic blamed for the killings but continue to hold his older brother and the older brother's girlfriend, officials said Saturday....

Mali coup leader 'is in control'

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
The leader of the coup in Mali denounces looting in the capital, Bamako, telling the BBC he is in "complete control" of the country.
Categories: BBC, News

Four injured after head-on crash

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
Four people have been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a head-on crash in Huntly, Aberdeenshire.
Categories: BBC, News

Greece's deputy prime minister is retiring

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's deputy prime minister, who made headlines by saying that ordinary citizens are just as responsible as politicians for his nation's economic crisis, announced Saturday that he will not seek re-election....

Greece's deputy prime minister is retiring

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 05:31
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's deputy prime minister, who made headlines by saying that ordinary citizens are just as responsible as politicians for his nation's economic crisis, announced Saturday that he will not seek re-election....
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