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In pictures: Diamond Geezer exhibition

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:00
Gallery stages 'ironic' Diamond Geezer exhibition
Categories: BBC, News

Obama's 'Vampire' Capitalists

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:00
Write the President a check and escape eternal damnation.


Protect NHS, Labour urges nurses

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:00
Patients and NHS staff are being urged to help Labour gather information on how front-line care is being affected.
Categories: BBC, News

Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:00
Fraser Nelson on the gay-marriage debate in the U.S. and Britain.


Michael Oren: What Happened to Israel's Reputation?

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:00
How in 40 years the Jewish state went from inspiring underdog to supposed oppressor.


Jonathan Macey: Losing Money Isn't a Crime

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:00
J.P. Morgan lost $2 billion. They'll learn from experience. Regulators rarely do.


Queen Church role backed in poll

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:00
As the Queen celebrates 60 years as the supreme governor of the Church of England, a BBC poll indicates almost 80% of people in England support a religious role for the monarch.
Categories: BBC, News

Figure in brokerage failure out as adviser to EPA

Bradley I. Abelow, a key figure in the collapse of brokerage house MF Global Holdings Ltd., has left his post as chairman of an outside board providing financial advice to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The move comes months after Mr. Abelow, chief operating officer at MF Global, appeared before ...

Edwards trial judge limits key defense testimony

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:00
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The federal judge overseeing the criminal trial of John Edwards will sharply curtail the testimony of a key defense witness who could have raised doubt about whether the former presidential candidate broke campaign finance laws....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Stephens: Europe's Brain-Dead Right

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:00
Nobody should be surprised if voters also give Angela Merkel and David Cameron the boot at the next ballot.


Tougher sentences for dog cases

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:00
Owners of dangerous dogs who are convicted in England and Wales will face tougher punishment under new guidelines.
Categories: BBC, News

NJ airport: Security supervisor used dead man's ID

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:00
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A Nigerian man used the identity of the victim in an unsolved murder to hide his status as an illegal immigrant while working undetected for two decades as a security guard and then a security supervisor at one of the United States' busiest airports, authorities said Monday in announcing his arrest....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

NJ airport: Security supervisor used dead man's ID

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:00
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A Nigerian man used the identity of the victim in an unsolved murder to hide his status as an illegal immigrant while working undetected for two decades as a security guard and then a security supervisor at one of the United States' busiest airports, authorities said Monday in announcing his arrest....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Brady and DeMint: Saying No to State Bailouts

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:00
Congress must make plain that American taxpayers will not protect states from the consequences of their policies.


Nature protection 'must improve'

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:00
Environmentalists say leaders at June's Rio+20 summit must urgently step up nature protection, as a report confirms a 30% fall in wildlife since 1970.
Categories: BBC, News

McGurn: Jerry Brown vs. Chris Christie

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:00
More states are realizing that the road to fiscal hell is paved with progressive intentions.


Jon Kyl: Missile Defense Is Self-Defense

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:00
Obama may be 'flexible.' But the U.S. owes Russia nothing.


Bill offers benefits to gay partners

In the wake of President Obama's shift last week in support for gay marriage, a Senate panel announced plans to mark up a bill Wednesday that would extend marital and retirement benefits to federal employees in same-sex domestic partnerships.

This bill is "the next step to achieving equality for the ...

The Union Pension Bomb

Opinion Journal - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:00
Multi-employer plans look to be in big trouble.


Shark attacks: A magnetic solution?

BBC - News - Tue, 2026-05-05 09:00
Why sharks don't like some metals and magnets and how these might be used to save them, and even some of us.
Categories: BBC, News
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