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Court throws out Prometheus drug patent

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court unanimously tossed out medical patent claims for Prometheus Laboratories on Tuesday for a test that could help doctors set drug doses for autoimmune diseases like Crohn's disease, a decision that could affect the burgeoning field of personalized medicine....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Secretary Chu hammered on gas prices

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
A committee hearing Tuesday on the Department of Energy's use of stimulus funding kept returning to rising gas prices as Republicans hammered Secretary Steven Chu over the pain at the pump.
Categories: CNN, News

Once Upon A Time, a Radical

Opinion Journal - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
Before he became a beloved children's book author, Arthur Ransome went off to Russia and cheered on the Bolshevik Revolution. David Pryce-Jones reviews "The Last Englishman."


Court wary of life without parole for juveniles

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to say anew that young people who commit even the most brutal crimes should not be punished as harshly as adults, taking up a pair of cases in which 14-year-olds convicted of murder are serving life sentences with no chance of parole....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Court wary of life without parole for juveniles

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to say anew that young people who commit even the most brutal crimes should not be punished as harshly as adults, taking up a pair of cases in which 14-year-olds convicted of murder are serving life sentences with no chance of parole....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Court wary of life without parole for juveniles

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to say anew that young people who commit even the most brutal crimes should not be punished as harshly as adults, taking up a pair of cases in which 14-year-olds convicted of murder are serving life sentences with no chance of parole....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Court wary of life without parole for juveniles

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to say anew that young people who commit even the most brutal crimes should not be punished as harshly as adults, taking up a pair of cases in which 14-year-olds convicted of murder are serving life sentences with no chance of parole....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Court wary of life without parole for juveniles

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to say anew that young people who commit even the most brutal crimes should not be punished as harshly as adults, taking up a pair of cases in which 14-year-olds convicted of murder are serving life sentences with no chance of parole....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Russia criticises Syrian 'errors'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
Syria's leadership is making "a lot of mistakes", says Russia, in a sign Moscow may be hardening its stance towards Damascus.
Categories: BBC, News

Lawyer: Cuban agent happy can visit brother

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
HAVANA (AP) -- A lawyer for a Cuban agent serving probation after a long jail term in the United States said Tuesday that his client is elated with a Miami judge's decision to let him visit his ailing brother on the island, and says the man will keep his word and return to serve out the remainder of the punishment....

Lawyer: Cuban agent happy can visit brother

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
HAVANA (AP) -- A lawyer for a Cuban agent serving probation after a long jail term in the United States said Tuesday that his client is elated with a Miami judge's decision to let him visit his ailing brother on the island, and says the man will keep his word and return to serve out the remainder of the punishment....

Lawyer: Cuban agent happy can visit brother

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
HAVANA (AP) -- A lawyer for a Cuban agent serving probation after a long jail term in the United States said Tuesday that his client is elated with a Miami judge's decision to let him visit his ailing brother on the island, and says the man will keep his word and return to serve out the remainder of the punishment....

Lawyer: Cuban agent happy can visit brother

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
HAVANA (AP) -- A lawyer for a Cuban agent serving probation after a long jail term in the United States said Tuesday that his client is elated with a Miami judge's decision to let him visit his ailing brother on the island, and says the man will keep his word and return to serve out the remainder of the punishment....

VIDEO: Jack White on 'mean' UK celebrities

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
American musician Jack White, best known for being one half of the White Stripes, but now going solo talks to Newsnight's Stephen Smith about the effect of programmes like the X Factor on music and television.
Categories: BBC, News

AP: Carbon monoxide likely culprit in 3 Pa. deaths

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
FORKSTON, Pa. (AP) -- State police say they now believe that carbon monoxide poisoning likely killed three cousins inside a mountain cabin in 2006 after new tests were conducted in the wake of a story by The Associated Press that raised questions about suspicions it might have been a triple homicide....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

AP: Carbon monoxide likely culprit in 3 Pa. deaths

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
FORKSTON, Pa. (AP) -- State police say they now believe that carbon monoxide poisoning likely killed three cousins inside a mountain cabin in 2006 after new tests were conducted in the wake of a story by The Associated Press that raised questions about suspicions it might have been a triple homicide....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

AP: Carbon monoxide likely culprit in 3 Pa. deaths

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
FORKSTON, Pa. (AP) -- State police say they now believe that carbon monoxide poisoning likely killed three cousins inside a mountain cabin in 2006 after new tests were conducted in the wake of a story by The Associated Press that raised questions about suspicions it might have been a triple homicide....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

AP: Carbon monoxide likely culprit in 3 Pa. deaths

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
FORKSTON, Pa. (AP) -- State police say they now believe that carbon monoxide poisoning likely killed three cousins inside a mountain cabin in 2006 after new tests were conducted in the wake of a story by The Associated Press that raised questions about suspicions it might have been a triple homicide....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

AP: Carbon monoxide likely culprit in 3 Pa. deaths

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
FORKSTON, Pa. (AP) -- State police say they now believe that carbon monoxide poisoning likely killed three cousins inside a mountain cabin in 2006 after new tests were conducted in the wake of a story by The Associated Press that raised questions about suspicions it might have been a triple homicide....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Obama campaign: De Niro's joke 'inappropriate'

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-04 12:47
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Actor Robert De Niro opened a fundraiser starring Michelle Obama by listing her Republican rivals and jokingly suggesting that America isn't "ready for a white first lady." Newt Gingrich was not amused, and the Obama campaign says the quip was inappropriate....
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