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Ill. primary decides fate of 2 veteran congressmen

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:22
CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois voters casting ballots in Tuesday's primary election will determine the matchup for the state's only open seat for the U.S. House, solidify who will face a tea party firebrand and potentially end the careers of two longtime congressmen....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:22
SEATTLE (AP) -- When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Pakistani parliament says no to US drones

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:22
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A Pakistani parliamentary commission has demanded an end to American drone strikes inside the country....

High court has options on health care law

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:22
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has several options in ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety. The court also could avoid deciding the law's constitutionality at all, if it finds the lawsuits challenging the law are premature....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

High court has options on health care law

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:22
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has several options in ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety. The court also could avoid deciding the law's constitutionality at all, if it finds the lawsuits challenging the law are premature....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Fly-half Cipriani signs for Sale

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:22
Former England fly-half Danny Cipriani will leave Melbourne to join Premiership side Sale Sharks next season.
Categories: BBC, News

Flooding feared after storms sock south-central US

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:22
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Residents and businesses from southeast Texas north through western Missouri were bracing for flooding Tuesday after a violent band of storms brought heavy rain, hail and at least one tornado, with more of the same forecast for the next several days....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

'Abuses' in Burma's Kachin state

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:22
Burma is accused of "serious abuses" against the ethnic Kachin people in a report by the US campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Categories: BBC, News

Storied Army unit moving into Afghanistan's east

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:22
FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) -- With the Afghanistan war's endgame approaching, the Army's storied 1st Infantry Division is preparing to take command in the eastern provinces, where the strategy calls for a renewed push this year even as U.S. and allied forces draw down in less violent parts of the country....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Concern over changes to legal aid

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:22
The family of a girl who suffered brain injuries after complications before her birth fear changes to the legal aid system will deny others justice.
Categories: BBC, News

Rights group: Abuses in Myanmar despite reforms

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:22
BANGKOK (AP) -- It sounds a lot like the old, military-run Myanmar, and not much like the reform-minded new one: A feared army firing on civilians indiscriminately, razing homes and raping women while the government prevents international aid from reaching tens of thousands of displaced survivors....

Could a US Demjanjuk grave become neo-Nazi shrine?

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:22
CLEVELAND (AP) -- If relatives of convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk get what they want, their patriarch will be buried in suburban Cleveland - a prospect not sitting well with Jewish advocates who argue the retired autoworker could, in death, become a magnet for neo-Nazis....
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Could a US Demjanjuk grave become neo-Nazi shrine?

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:22
CLEVELAND (AP) -- If relatives of convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk get what they want, their patriarch will be buried in suburban Cleveland - a prospect not sitting well with Jewish advocates who argue the retired autoworker could, in death, become a magnet for neo-Nazis....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Top Chinese politician's ouster tied to nepotism

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:22
BEIJING (AP) -- A leaked transcript on China's biggest political scandal in years claims that one of the country's most high-profile politicians interfered in an investigation involving a family member before he was fired last week....

Toddler's TSA screening fuels outrage

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:22
A 2010 video of an airport screener patting down a 3-year-old boy in a wheelchair has become the latest Rorschach test of the public's attitude toward the TSA.
Categories: CNN, News

Crimewatch appeal on Tang murder

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:22
The murder of a Chinese businessman in Carrickfergus 16 years ago is to feature on BBC Crimewatch later.
Categories: BBC, News

Group cites Syrian opposition abuses

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:22
The Syrian regime launched a new assault on Rastan early Tuesday, shelling a city already marred by rockets in recent weeks, an opposition group said.
Categories: CNN, News

Charity charts NI child neglect

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-04 08:22
Northern Ireland has the highest proportion of children in the UK registered because of neglect, says a charity.
Categories: BBC, News
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