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Pope arrives in Mexico, denouncing violence

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
SILAO, Mexico (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI began a pilgrimage to the New World on Friday calling on Mexicans to conquer an "idolatry of money" that feeds drug violence and urged Cuba to leave behind a Marxism that "no longer responds to reality."...

Romney: Obama's health law an 'unfolding disaster'

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
METAIRIE, La. (AP) -- Mitt Romney on Friday looked to pre-empt Supreme Court arguments that will shine a spotlight on a key vulnerability for him in the Republican primary - health care reform....

After Pope criticizes Marxism, Cuba diplomatic

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba will listen with respect to Pope Benedict XVI during his visit next week even if he differs with island leaders, the country's foreign minister said Friday after the pontiff described Marxism as out of step with the times....

Cash spills on the highway: What would you do?

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- You're cruising along the highway when you see a bunch of green bills fluttering around like flakes in a snow globe. You get closer and you realize it's cash. Other drivers are pulling over to snatch what they can. What do you do?...
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

VIDEO: Mozart score discovered in attic

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
A previously unknown piece by Mozart, believed to have been written when he was as young as 10, has been uncovered in Austria.
Categories: BBC, News

Best of the Web Today: Contempt of Court

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
How to lose friends and alienate justices.


Organ recipient testifies at trial in Kosovo

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) -- A Canadian man testified Friday that he paid $105,000 ((EURO)80,000) to an Israeli citizen in 2008 to organize a kidney transplant in a Kosovo clinic allegedly used by an international organ trafficking network for dozens of illegal operations....

Watchdog: Labor board member broke ethics rules

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Republican member of the National Labor Relations Board improperly revealed information about the agency's private deliberations to outside parties who had cases pending before the board, an internal government watchdog said Friday....

Watchdog: Labor board member broke ethics rules

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Republican member of the National Labor Relations Board improperly revealed information about the agency's private deliberations to outside parties who had cases pending before the board, an internal government watchdog said Friday....

Watchdog: Labor board member broke ethics rules

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Republican member of the National Labor Relations Board improperly revealed information about the agency's private deliberations to outside parties who had cases pending before the board, an internal government watchdog said Friday....

Watchdog: Labor board member broke ethics rules

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Republican member of the National Labor Relations Board improperly revealed information about the agency's private deliberations to outside parties who had cases pending before the board, an internal government watchdog said Friday....

Watchdog: Labor board member broke ethics rules

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Republican member of the National Labor Relations Board improperly revealed information about the agency's private deliberations to outside parties who had cases pending before the board, an internal government watchdog said Friday....

Watchdog: Labor board member broke ethics rules

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Republican member of the National Labor Relations Board improperly revealed information about the agency's private deliberations to outside parties who had cases pending before the board, an internal government watchdog said Friday....

Watchdog: Labor board member broke ethics rules

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Republican member of the National Labor Relations Board improperly revealed information about the agency's private deliberations to outside parties who had cases pending before the board, an internal government watchdog said Friday....

Indictment unsealed in LA Coliseum contracts probe

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A felony indictment unsealed Friday accused former executives and concert promoters of a scheme to embezzle millions of dollars from the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the once venerable site of Olympics, Super Bowls and political events was reduced to hosting rave concerts....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Slain teen's friends say he never picked a fight

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
MIAMI (AP) -- Wearing a hoodie. Listening to music and talking on his cellphone. Picking up Skittles for his soon-to-be stepbrother. Friends say that's how they would have imagined 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on a Sunday afternoon....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

M1 open again after chemical fire

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
A section of the M1 reopens after being closed because of chemical fumes from a nearby fire.
Categories: BBC, News

Sheriff: Suspect studied mass killers

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
An East Texas man accused of killing his mother, father and brother in what may have been a prelude to a mass shooting -- possibly at a school -- had a penchant for studying the work of serial killers, law enforcement officials said Thursday.
Categories: CNN, News

Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon'

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Urging Americans to "do some soul searching," President Barack Obama injected himself into the emotional debate over the fatal shooting of a teenager in Florida, turning the racially charged case into a personal matter for the nation's first black president....

Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon'

AP - Politics - Wed, 2026-05-06 04:07
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Urging Americans to "do some soul searching," President Barack Obama injected himself into the emotional debate over the fatal shooting of a teenager in Florida, turning the racially charged case into a personal matter for the nation's first black president....
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