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Peterson, Howell and West: Teachers Unions Have a Popularity Problem

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2026-04-29 05:02
Only 22% of Americans think unions have a positive effect on schools.


Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2026-04-29 05:02
Columnist Janet Daley on what's undoing the European Union—not the dream of unity, but of universal welfare and 'social solidarity.'


Nato signs Afghan exit route deal

BBC - News - Wed, 2026-04-29 05:02
Nato signs deals with three key Central Asian countries to evacuate military equipment and vehicles from Afghanistan, as the mission there winds down.
Categories: BBC, News

Hospitals add palliative teams at feverish pace

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 05:02
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Fighting stage-four ovarian cancer, Carol Delzatto has more doctor appointments than she cares to count. But this day, she is beaming as Dr. Pamela Sutton comes into sight, greeting her patient and calling her beautiful. Delzatto looks forward to her monthly meeting with the palliative care doctor, where she won't be pricked and won't be rushed, just listened to and offered help....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Hospitals add palliative teams at feverish pace

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 05:02
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Fighting stage-four ovarian cancer, Carol Delzatto has more doctor appointments than she cares to count. But this day, she is beaming as Dr. Pamela Sutton comes into sight, greeting her patient and calling her beautiful. Delzatto looks forward to her monthly meeting with the palliative care doctor, where she won't be pricked and won't be rushed, just listened to and offered help....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Early Lessons in Extravagance

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2026-04-29 05:02
"America's First Great Depression" tells the story of how the U.S. dealt with the economic and political crisis that followed the Panic of 1837. Roger Lowenstein reviews.


High school grads heading to military get a salute

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 05:02
VOORHEES, N.J. (AP) -- It struck Christine Zinser a year ago, as her son Philipp was finishing high school and heading into the Marine Corps: At all the season's award banquets, while there were honors for those heading to military academies and college ROTC programs, the graduates who were enlisting were not recognized....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

High school grads heading to military get a salute

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 05:02
VOORHEES, N.J. (AP) -- It struck Christine Zinser a year ago, as her son Philipp was finishing high school and heading into the Marine Corps: At all the season's award banquets, while there were honors for those heading to military academies and college ROTC programs, the graduates who were enlisting were not recognized....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Prince Philip in hospital, misses jubilee concert

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-04-29 05:02
LONDON (AP) -- Elton John sang "I'm Still Standing," Stevie Wonder crooned "Isn't She Lovely," and Paul McCartney sent "All My Loving" as musical royalty celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's 60-year reign with a concert outside Buckingham Palace on Monday. But the joy was tempered by news that the queen's husband, Prince Philip, had been hospitalized with a bladder infection....

Prince Philip in hospital, misses jubilee concert

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-04-29 05:02
LONDON (AP) -- Elton John sang "I'm Still Standing," Stevie Wonder crooned "Isn't She Lovely," and Paul McCartney sent "All My Loving" as musical royalty celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's 60-year reign with a concert outside Buckingham Palace on Monday. But the joy was tempered by news that the queen's husband, Prince Philip, had been hospitalized with a bladder infection....

Prince Philip in hospital, misses jubilee concert

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-04-29 05:02
LONDON (AP) -- Elton John sang "I'm Still Standing," Stevie Wonder crooned "Isn't She Lovely," and Paul McCartney sent "All My Loving" as musical royalty celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's 60-year reign with a concert outside Buckingham Palace on Monday. But the joy was tempered by news that the queen's husband, Prince Philip, had been hospitalized with a bladder infection....

Prince Philip in hospital, misses jubilee concert

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-04-29 05:02
LONDON (AP) -- Elton John sang "I'm Still Standing," Stevie Wonder crooned "Isn't She Lovely," and Paul McCartney sent "All My Loving" as musical royalty celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's 60-year reign with a concert outside Buckingham Palace on Monday. But the joy was tempered by news that the queen's husband, Prince Philip, had been hospitalized with a bladder infection....

By the numbers: Latino voters

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2026-04-29 05:02
Because of their growing numbers and presence in some of the key battleground states, Latinos are expected to play a prominent role in this year's battle for the White House between President Barack Obama and presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Peru court: Can extradite Dutchman after prison

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-04-29 05:02
LIMA, Peru (AP) -- U.S. prosecutors who want to try Joran van der Sloot for extortion related to the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway will have to wait until he finishes serving a murder sentence in Peru, this nation's Supreme Court has ruled....

Peru court: Can extradite Dutchman after prison

AP - World News - Wed, 2026-04-29 05:02
LIMA, Peru (AP) -- U.S. prosecutors who want to try Joran van der Sloot for extortion related to the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway will have to wait until he finishes serving a murder sentence in Peru, this nation's Supreme Court has ruled....

Web of doubt over India spider attack

CNN - Top Stories - Wed, 2026-04-29 05:02
A swarm of poisonous spiders has wreaked havoc in a remote town in northeast India, scaring its inhabitants and possibly killing two people.
Categories: CNN, News

Sandusky accuser: I screamed in vain from basement

AP - U.S. News - Wed, 2026-04-29 05:02
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- The prosecution's case in Jerry Sandusky's sex abuse trial neared its conclusion on Thursday after just four days of testimony, with three more accusers taking the witness stand, including a young man who said the former Penn State assistant football coach raped him as a teen guest in Sandusky's home....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US
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