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Kidnap-slaying suspect kills himself; 2 girls OK

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
GUNTOWN, Miss. (AP) -- A man wanted by the FBI for killing a mother and daughter and kidnapping two other girls shot himself to death as officers closed in, but the two children were rescued without injuries and released from a hospital Friday....
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Nigeria island prison offers nation's dark history

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
ITA OKO ISLAND, Nigeria (AP) -- The prison, cut out of the dense jungle that engulfs this island outside Lagos, never officially existed in records, though critics of Nigeria's military rulers were locked up here decades ago in harsh conditions....

Obese Ohio boy, 9, sheds 50 lbs, is returned home

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- A 9-year-old boy removed from his mother's custody after his weight ballooned to more than 200 pounds has slimmed down enough to return home....
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Video: Walker explains divide, conquer strategy

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Newly-released documentary film footage from January 2011 shows Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker describing a "divide and conquer" strategy for going after the state's public employee unions that would begin with going after their collective bargaining rights....

Iraq arts fest: more words, less song and dance

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
BABYLON, Iraq (AP) -- Poetry has returned to the Triangle of Death. But dancing and singing are being left behind....

Algerian government parties dominate elections

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- Algeria's two government-allied party dominated parliamentary elections and achieved an absolute majority, the Interior Ministry announced Friday, prompting cries of fraud from an Islamist alliance that had thought it would do well....

Shoe-thrower interrupts Breivik trial

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- An Iraqi man whose brother was killed in Norway's worst peacetime massacre hurled a shoe at the confessed killer and urged him to "go to hell" in a rare outburst Friday that briefly interrupted the terror trial of Anders Behring Breivik....

Shoe-thrower interrupts Breivik trial

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- An Iraqi man whose brother was killed in Norway's worst peacetime massacre hurled a shoe at the confessed killer and urged him to "go to hell" in a rare outburst Friday that briefly interrupted the terror trial of Anders Behring Breivik....

Shoe-thrower interrupts Breivik trial

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- An Iraqi man whose brother was killed in Norway's worst peacetime massacre hurled a shoe at the confessed killer and urged him to "go to hell" in a rare outburst Friday that briefly interrupted the terror trial of Anders Behring Breivik....

Russian crash shows risks of informal demo flights

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- The crash of a Russian-made passenger jet into the flanks of an Indonesian volcano has put a spotlight on the notoriously informal atmosphere aboard new aircraft during manufacturer demonstrations - known here as "joy flights."...

Russian crash shows risks of informal demo flights

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- The crash of a Russian-made passenger jet into the flanks of an Indonesian volcano has put a spotlight on the notoriously informal atmosphere aboard new aircraft during manufacturer demonstrations - known here as "joy flights."...

AP Exclusive: Vatican eyes Legion priests on abuse

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican is investigating seven priests from the troubled Legion of Christ religious order for alleged sexual abuse of minors and another two for other alleged crimes, The Associated Press has learned....

Biden proves catalyst for Obama on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sorry, Mr. President....

Biden proves catalyst for Obama on gay marriage

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sorry, Mr. President....
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Biden proves catalyst for Obama on gay marriage

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sorry, Mr. President....

Cambodian villagers honor slain environmentalist

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- A prominent environmentalist who was fatally shot last month by a policeman after investigating illegal logging was mourned Friday by more than 500 villagers who gathered in a forest that the activist had sought to protect....

Egyptians abroad vote in presidential elections

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian expatriates in 166 countries are heading to the polls for elections to replace ousted leader Hosni Mubarak that are hoped to be the first genuinely contested presidential vote in the country's history....

AP Exclusive: Vatican eyes Legion priests on abuse

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican is investigating seven priests from the troubled Legion of Christ religious order for alleged sexual abuse of minors and another two for other alleged crimes, The Associated Press has learned....

EU observers suggest more transparency for Algeria

AP - World News - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- The European Union observer mission Saturday called Algeria's elections an important step toward reform, even as the opposition denounced the overwhelming win by government parties as resulting from fraud....

Obama calls on lawmakers to end gridlock

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2025-05-22 03:58
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to end partisan gridlock and pass proposals he says would put Americans back to work....
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