news aggregator

Lincoln Hall, mountaineer left on Everest, dies

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
SYDNEY (AP) -- Mountaineer Lincoln Hall, who was rescued a day after being given up for dead near the summit of Everest in 2006, died Wednesday of cancer in Australia. He was 56....

GOP targets new cost-cut board in Obama health law

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans are revamping their strategy against President Barack Obama's health care law: If they can't repeal the whole thing, they'll try to pick off pieces. Even better if it's a new and unfamiliar bureaucracy....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Egyptian desert patrol 'lost'

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
The Egyptian army says it has "lost contact" with a desert patrol close to its remote southern border with Sudan.
Categories: BBC, News

Mass Effect 3 row prompts change

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
Mass Effect 3 developer Bioware says it will provide extra game content for fans left unhappy by the series' conclusion.
Categories: BBC, News

NYPD says Iran has conducted surveillance in NYC

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A senior New York Police Department official says law enforcement has interviewed at least 13 people since 2005 with ties to Iran's government who were seen taking pictures of New York City landmarks. Police consider the activity to be pre-operational surveillance....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Nielsen: Obama campaign site draws most traffic

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
NEW YORK (AP) -- More adults visited President Barack Obama's campaign website in January than the four Republican hopefuls combined....

Nielsen: Obama campaign site draws most traffic

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
NEW YORK (AP) -- More adults visited President Barack Obama's campaign website in January than the four Republican hopefuls combined....

Nielsen: Obama campaign site draws most traffic

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
NEW YORK (AP) -- More adults visited President Barack Obama's campaign website in January than the four Republican hopefuls combined....

Nielsen: Obama campaign site draws most traffic

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
NEW YORK (AP) -- More adults visited President Barack Obama's campaign website in January than the four Republican hopefuls combined....

Nielsen: Obama campaign site draws most traffic

AP - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
NEW YORK (AP) -- More adults visited President Barack Obama's campaign website in January than the four Republican hopefuls combined....

French police in standoff with suspected shooter

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
vi TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- After a pre-dawn raid erupted into a firefight, French riot police pressed Wednesday for the surrender of a holed-up gunman who is suspected in seven killings and claiming allegiance to al-Qaida. A prosecutor said the man was planning to kill another soldier imminently....

High court hears suit over Cheney event arrest

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court seems inclined to shield federal agents who are protecting government officials from claims of free speech violations, in a case that began with the arrest of a man who confronted Vice President Dick Cheney....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

O'Connell: Will high gas prices doom Obama?

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
Ford O'Connell says that popular opinion could take a strong turn against the president if the situation is not rectified by summer
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Colombian military: 39 rebels killed

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombian troops have killed 39 rebels, most of them in a bombardment of a guerrilla camp, the defense minister said Wednesday....

Suspect claims to be part of al Qaeda

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
Mohammed Merah, a 23-year-old man described by French authorities as a self-styled al Qaeda jihadist, has been named as the chief suspect in a series of shootings that have left seven people dead.
Categories: CNN, News

Zimbabwe activists avoid prison

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
Six activists convicted by a Zimbabwe court of inciting public violence by discussing the Arab Spring avoid prison sentences.
Categories: BBC, News

Romney adviser: Fall campaign like shaking an Etch A Sketch

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
Romney campaign's Eric Fehrnstrom says voters know Mitt Romney stands best chance at beating President Obama in November.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Soldier's lawyer known for `humanizing' clients

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
SEATTLE (AP) -- A day before the public learned the name of the soldier accused of methodically slaughtering 16 civilians in Afghanistan, his lawyer called a news conference and sketched a different portrait of Robert Bales: that of a loving father and devoted husband who had been traumatized by a comrade's injury and sent into combat one too many times....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Opinion: Gas prices could doom Obama

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
Ford O'Connell says that popular opinion could take a strong turn against the president if the situation is not rectified by summer
Categories: CNN, News

Romney looks to seal the deal

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2026-05-05 11:40
Mitt Romney prepared for another Southern showdown in Saturday's Louisiana primary after a convincing victory in Illinois padded his delegate lead and increased the air of inevitability surrounding his campaign for the GOP nomination.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics
Syndicate content