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Opinion: How Breitbart changed news

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2026-04-29 00:55
Polarizing and brazen, the conservative activist and blogger, who died today, showed how the Internet could be used to get around the echo chamber of mainstream media
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California judges asked to say if they are gay

LOS ANGELES — It used to be considered bad form to out gay public figures - but now California judges are being asked to reveal their sexual identities in the name of diversity.

The Judicial Applicant and Appointment Demographics Inclusion Act, which took effect Jan. 1, requires the state ...

Natural-gas producers fear rules blitz

With the Obama administration ramping up the pressure on natural-gas drilling companies, industry leaders fear a looming wave of federal regulations could strangle what has become one of the most vibrant sectors of the economy.

At least 10 federal departments and agencies are investigating or crafting new rules to govern ...

Republicans say court overreached in putting deportations on hold

A decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in California to put several deportation cases on hold in light of Obama administration immigration directives was criticized Thursday by two senior Republican lawmakers who said the court ruling was an "overreach of its authority."

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar ...

Olympics - if not strikes, then protests?

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-04-29 00:55
Nick Robinson on Len McCluskey's Olympian call-to-arms
Categories: BBC, News

Greece hostage-taker surrenders to police

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-04-29 00:55
KOMOTINI, Greece (AP) -- A former plastics factory employee who took two hostages in this northern Greek city surrendered after nearly 12 hours early Friday, police said. He had previously shot and wounded three people....

Greece hostage-taker surrenders to police

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-04-29 00:55
KOMOTINI, Greece (AP) -- A former plastics factory employee who took two hostages in this northern Greek city surrendered after nearly 12 hours early Friday, police said. He had previously shot and wounded three people....

Guatemala judge denies ex-dictator's amnesty claim

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-04-29 00:55
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- A former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war has no amnesty from charges he ordered the murder, torture and displacement of thousands of Mayan Indians, a judge ruled Thursday....

Guatemala judge denies ex-dictator's amnesty claim

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-04-29 00:55
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- A former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war has no amnesty from charges he ordered the murder, torture and displacement of thousands of Mayan Indians, a judge ruled Thursday....

Guatemala judge denies ex-dictator's amnesty claim

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-04-29 00:55
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- A former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war has no amnesty from charges he ordered the murder, torture and displacement of thousands of Mayan Indians, a judge ruled Thursday....

Buying Off North Korea (Again)

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2026-04-29 00:55
Washington pays for promises from another Kim.


Greece factory gunman surrenders

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-04-29 00:55
A siege at a wheelie bin factory in northern Greece ends after a gunman surrenders, having injured two people and taken another two hostage.
Categories: BBC, News

Romney's luck

It's been a wild ride, but the storyline of the Republican race remains remarkably simple and constant...

Ohio man accused of prostituting adopted boy

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 00:55
TROY, Ohio (AP) -- A 10-year-old boy shook when asked about being prostituted to two other men by an adoptive father who regularly had sex with him, according to police, who said the boy was fearful of talking because he didn't want to be taken from his home or separated from his new siblings....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Poor numeracy 'is ruining lives'

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-04-29 00:55
Poor numeracy is hitting Britain's economic performance and ruining lives, according to a new charity launched to champion better maths skills.
Categories: BBC, News

Baby dropped in field by tornado dies; toll at 39

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 00:55
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Fifteen-month-old Angel Babcock seemed to be the miracle survivor of a deadly tornado that killed her parents and two siblings when she arrived Friday night at Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Ky. Though critically injured, she was opening her eyes, and hospital workers said that was a hopeful sign....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Forecasters say Saturday storms 'life threatening'

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 00:55
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- An outbreak of fierce storms, some of which could spawn large and violent tornadoes, are expected to develop across the nation's midsection on Saturday in a band running from Texas north to Minnesota....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Experts: Toyota memo shows acceleration issues

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2026-04-29 00:55
Toyota engineers found a software problem that caused "sudden unintended acceleration" in a test vehicle during trials, according to a document translated for CNN.
Categories: CNN, News

Crane safety law changes assured

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-04-29 00:55
Assurances that changes to road safety laws will go ahead - following the death of a mother and her children - have been made, an MP says.
Categories: BBC, News

City prepares for more tram works

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-04-29 00:55
Final preparations start for the next phase of tram works in Edinburgh, which are scheduled to begin at the weekend.
Categories: BBC, News
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