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Google 'breached Java copyright'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
A US jury finds Google breached copyright in a case brought by Oracle over Java programming language but cannot agree whether it constitutes "fair use".
Categories: BBC, News

Hours After CIA Drone Strike, al-Qaeda Attacks Yemeni Base, Kills 20

TruthNews.US - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
Associated Press | Al-Qaeda militants stage surprise attack on Yemeni base killing 20 soldiers, capture 25, hours after U.S. drone strike killed senior al-Qaeda member.

Austerity is a dirty word in Europe but what next?

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
PARIS (AP) -- The day after Francois Hollande rode to power in France on a slogan of "change now" the conversation in Europe is already different: Austerity has become a dirty word....

Small-town Ill. official pleads not guilty to stealing $53 million

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — The former comptroller of a small northern Illinois city pleaded not guilty Monday to charges alleging she stole more than $53 million of the public's money to fund a lavish lifestyle and create one of the nation's foremost horse-breeding operations.

Rita Crundwell and her attorney, Paul ...

Samaras Greek coalition bid fails

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
Greece's centre-right leader, Antonis Samaras, says he cannot form a coalition, amid warnings from the EU that austerity measures must continue.
Categories: BBC, News

Abbott Labs agrees to pay $1.5B over Depakote

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Abbott Laboratories has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.5 billion over allegations that it promoted the anti-seizure drug Depakote for uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

UAE squeezes Islamist group on Arab Spring fringe

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
RAS AL-KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Morning prayers had just ended. Worshippers streamed out, squinting into the rising sun and paying no attention to the knot of men wearing the traditional white robes of the Gulf standing nearby....

UAE squeezes Islamist group on Arab Spring fringe

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
RAS AL-KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Morning prayers had just ended. Worshippers streamed out, squinting into the rising sun and paying no attention to the knot of men wearing the traditional white robes of the Gulf standing nearby....

UAE squeezes Islamist group on Arab Spring fringe

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
RAS AL-KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Morning prayers had just ended. Worshippers streamed out, squinting into the rising sun and paying no attention to the knot of men wearing the traditional white robes of the Gulf standing nearby....

UAE squeezes Islamist group on Arab Spring fringe

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
RAS AL-KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Morning prayers had just ended. Worshippers streamed out, squinting into the rising sun and paying no attention to the knot of men wearing the traditional white robes of the Gulf standing nearby....

Video of crash opens Pa. trial in duck boat deaths

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Video footage played Monday at the opening of a trial stemming from the boat crash that killed two Hungarian tourists shows the teenage girl killed in the collision toss a deckhand her life jacket moments before the doomed vessel is driven under by an unmanned barge....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Syrians vote in election dismissed as a sham

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Syrians voted in parliamentary elections Monday that the government praised as a milestone in promised political reforms, but the opposition boycotted the polls and said they were designed to strengthen President Bashar Assad's grip on power....

The Dawning of Desire

Opinion Journal - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
The bisexual narrator of John Irving's "In One Person" tells the story of his own sexual history. Sam Sacks reviews.


Ill. official pleads not guilty to stealing $53M

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) -- The former comptroller of a small northern Illinois city pleaded not guilty Monday to charges alleging she stole more than $53 million of the public's money to fund a lavish lifestyle and create one of the nation's foremost horse-breeding operations....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

New video of US aid worker kidnapped in Pakistan

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 18:10
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A 70-year-old American aid worker kidnapped nine months ago in Pakistan said in a video released by al-Qaida that he will be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the militant group's demands. The White House called for his immediate release....
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