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Bad Breaks, Good Works

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-03 13:52
Tainted blood, through transfusions, infected thousands of hemophiliacs with both HIV and hepatitis C. The author was among them. Diane Cole reviews Bob Massie's memoir, "A Song in the Night."


Man becomes 3rd to survive plunge at Niagara Falls

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A man plunged at least 180 feet over Niagara Falls and survived — only the third person known to have gone over without a safety device and live.

Niagara Parks Police say witnesses reported seeing the man climb over a railing at 10:20 a.m. Monday and "deliberately ...

“Baby Steps” To US Agents On Canadian Soil: RCMP

TruthNews.US - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 13:52
Canadian Awareness Mag | 'Mounties have spent $3 million on cross-border policing pilot projects; day-to-day threat is organized crime, not terrorism. '

Nasa chief hails new era in space

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 13:52
The head of Nasa has hailed a "new era" in exploration after the launch of the first cargo delivery to the space station by a private company.
Categories: BBC, News

We won't desert Afghans - Cameron

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 13:52
Britain will not desert the people of Afghanistan when troops end their combat role there in 2014, David Cameron says at a Nato summit in Chicago.
Categories: BBC, News

Police: Monday NATO protests calm

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 13:52
Protesters vowed to carry out disruptive demonstrations Monday in Chicago, a day after baton-wielding police clashed with demonstrators in a violent confrontation that left dozens injured just blocks from where NATO leaders were gathered.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Best of the Web Today: Centrist Censor

Opinion Journal - Sun, 2026-05-03 13:52
We've now been Schoen the true face of "campaign finance reform."


Interim president of Mali injured by protesters

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 13:52
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Demonstrators forced their way into the office of Mali's interim president on Monday and attacked the elderly leader, who was later brought to a local hospital unconscious, a witness and an associate of the president said....

Interim president of Mali injured by protesters

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 13:52
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Demonstrators forced their way into the office of Mali's interim president on Monday and attacked the elderly leader, who was later brought to a local hospital unconscious, a witness and an associate of the president said....

NATO accepts Obama Afghanistan timetable

CNN - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 13:52
President Obama called for NATO countries to sign off on his exit strategy from Afghanistan that calls for an end to combat operations next year and the withdrawal of the U.S.-led international military force by the end of 2014.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Romney to raise about $10 million in NY, Conn.

AP - Politics - Sun, 2026-05-03 13:52
NEW YORK (AP) -- Chasing President Barack Obama's cash advantage, Republican challenger Mitt Romney expects to raise $10 million during a three-day fundraising swing through the New York area that included a video meeting with donors in China....

2 priests out over sex abuse allegations

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2026-05-03 13:52
The troubled Archdiocese of Philadelphia said Monday that it has ousted two priests due to allegations of sexual abuse of minors.
Categories: CNN, News

CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart risk

ATLANTA (AP) — Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research shows.

And an even larger proportion of obese adolescents have such a risk, according to the alarming ...

Prosecutor launches new Strauss-Kahn rape probe

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-03 13:52
PARIS (AP) -- A French prosecutor on Monday opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by former IMF chief and one-time French presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn....

Man held over Italy school bomb

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-03 13:52
Italian PM Mario Monti is among mourners paying their last respects to Melissa Bassi, as a man is questioned over the attack.
Categories: BBC, News
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