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Airline seat firm sheds 62 jobs

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-04-28 22:26
An airline seat manufacturer is to cut 62 jobs at a factory in Torfaen.
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Md. gay marriage could hinge on black churches

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-04-28 22:26
BELTSVILLE, Md. (AP) -- With Maryland poised to legalize gay marriage, some conservative opponents and religious leaders are counting on members of their congregations, especially in black churches, to upend the legislation at the polls this fall....
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Europe's relief from Greek vote likely fleeting

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-04-28 22:26
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's election result has eased fears of imminent financial disaster for Europe, but the continent's leaders are still searching for a way to contain a debt crisis that threatens the global economy....

CCTV released in hunt for raider

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-04-28 22:26
Police hunting a robber who targeted an insurance company in the Shawlands area of Glasgow release CCTV footage.
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Arrest in buttocks-injection case

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-04-28 22:26
A Philadelphia woman, who allegedly gave illegal buttock-enhancement injections and may be linked to the 2011 death of a British woman, is arrested.
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S.C. Senate panel advances inmate sex surgery bill

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill that would prohibit state money from being used for sex change surgeries for prison inmates is one step closer to becoming law.

The Senate Corrections and Penology Committee on Thursday approved the bill that now goes to the Senate.

Under current policy, the South ...

Venezuela's Chavez on state TV: 'I am doing well'

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-04-28 22:26
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made his first live communication with his country's news media in nearly a week Thursday, saying he was in good shape and recovering quickly from tumor surgery in Cuba....

More violent weather ahead for damaged communities

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-04-28 22:26
HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) -- Crews cleared splintered plywood and smashed appliances from small-town neighborhoods Thursday, a day after tornadoes killed 13 people in the Midwest and South. But the forecast held a menacing possibility: More twisters may be coming, and they could be even stronger....
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Romney gets Michigan delegate victory

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2026-04-28 22:26
Mitt Romney won the Wyoming caucuses as the Republican presidential campaign headed toward next week's Super Tuesday showdown, with one candidate acknowledging Thursday he needs a victory to keep his campaign alive.
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Contraception fight on Capitol Hill

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2026-04-28 22:26
Witnesses speak at a hearing on the HHS mandate that requires health insurers to provide contraceptive coverage.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

South Sudan to disarm cattle men

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-04-28 22:26
Sudan Sudan is to begin the disarmament of rival cattle-herding groups in Jonglei state this week, by force if necessary, the army says.
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Police: Philly woman gave illegal butt injections

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-04-28 22:26
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A woman arrested in connection with an illegal buttocks-enhancement injection that left a patient sickened last month is considered a "person of interest" in the death of a tourist who underwent a similar procedure last year, police said Thursday....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

7 American pro-democracy workers fly out of Egypt

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-04-28 22:26
CAIRO (AP) -- A plane carrying seven American pro-democracy workers took off from Cairo airport after sunset Thursday, airport officials said, easing a deep crisis in relations over charges that their groups funded and promoted anti-government protests in Egypt....

NJ governor says NYPD spying ignored 9/11 lessons

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-04-28 22:26
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- The New York Police Department ignored one of the key lessons of Sept. 11 by not sharing information with New Jersey law enforcement agencies when it conducted secret surveillance of Muslim communities, Gov. Chris Christie said Thursday....
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David Ford backs supergrass laws

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-04-28 22:26
The justice minister tells MLAs he sees no need for changes to the law in the light of the outcome of the UVF supergrass trial.
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Conservative blogger Breitbart dead at 43

CNN - Politics - Tue, 2026-04-28 22:26
Andrew Breitbart, a well-known conservative blogger, has died, his attorney confirmed Thursday. He was 43.
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Polls open in France's overseas territories

AP - World News - Tue, 2026-04-28 22:26
PARIS (AP) -- Voters in France's overseas territories began casting ballots for Nicolas Sarkozy or Francois Hollande on Saturday in a presidential election that could affect everything from Europe's efforts to fight its debt crisis to how long French troops stay in Afghanistan....
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