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Greece's deputy prime minister is retiring

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's deputy prime minister, who made headlines by saying that ordinary citizens are just as responsible as politicians for his nation's economic crisis, announced Saturday that he will not seek re-election....

UN observers enter mountainous enclave in Syria

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- A team of United Nations observers entered the Syrian town of Haffa Thursday after government troops overran the area near the Mediterranean coast, seizing the territory back from rebels after battles that raged for eight days....

Chinese website: Dalai Lama has 'Nazi' policies

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
BEIJING (AP) -- A state-run Chinese website has launched a bitter attack on the Dalai Lama, accusing the exiled Buddhist leader of "Nazi"racial policies and of inciting Tibetans to set themselves on fire....

Woman to wed slain French soldier posthumously

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
PARIS (AP) -- The pregnant girlfriend of a French soldier killed in a dramatic gun rampage will wed her partner posthumously, a family lawyer said Saturday....

Lawmakers, US agency favor Hatch Act changes

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jon Greiner's election to the Utah Senate caused his firing as Ogden police chief. Philadelphia transit cop Matthew Arlen was barred from a local school board race in Pennsylvania. And New York state port official Terrence Hurley was knocked out of a county race....
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Lawmakers, US agency favor Hatch Act changes

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jon Greiner's election to the Utah Senate caused his firing as Ogden police chief. Philadelphia transit cop Matthew Arlen was barred from a local school board race in Pennsylvania. And New York state port official Terrence Hurley was knocked out of a county race....

5 ways GOP could finally settle presidential race

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Are we there yet? Not quite. Mitt Romney's two steps forward, one flub back campaign continues its tantalizing progress toward a total victory that always seems just ahead....

How health care case will unfold before the court

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on Monday over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, derisively labeled "Obamacare" by its opponents. A look at how the case will unfold before the court in question-and-answer form:...
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How health care case will unfold before the court

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on Monday over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, derisively labeled "Obamacare" by its opponents. A look at how the case will unfold before the court in question-and-answer form:...

Egypt soccer fans, troops clash; 1 killed

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian soldiers and police clashed with thousands of angry soccer fans in a Suez Canal city over the suspension of their club following a deadly riot last month, witnesses said Saturday. A medical official said a teenager was killed....

Kazakhstan angry spoof anthem played at event

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
MOSCOW (AP) -- Kazakhstan has labeled the playing of a spoof of its national anthem at an international sporting event "a scandal," and demanded a probe into the incident....

Egypt soccer fans, troops clash; 1 killed

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian soldiers and police clashed with thousands of angry soccer fans in a Suez Canal city over the suspension of their club following a deadly riot last month, witnesses said Saturday. A medical official said a teenager was killed....

Obama calls for end of transportation showdown

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama wants Congress to end a showdown that threatens to cut off federal highway and transit aid to states just as the spring construction season starts....
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Obama calls for end of transportation showdown

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama wants Congress to end a showdown that threatens to cut off federal highway and transit aid to states just as the spring construction season starts....

Obama calls for end of transportation showdown

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama wants Congress to end a showdown that threatens to cut off federal highway and transit aid to states just as the spring construction season starts....
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Obama calls for end of transportation showdown

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama wants Congress to end a showdown that threatens to cut off federal highway and transit aid to states just as the spring construction season starts....

Iraq prison staff detained over jailbreak

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) -- An Iraqi police official says prison officials and guards have been detained after 17 prisoners including 10 al-Qaida-affiliated detainees broke out of jail in a northern Iraqi city....

Bombs target pilgrims in Iraq, killing scores

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Car bombs ripped through Shiite and Kurdish targets in Baghdad and other cities Wednesday, killing at least 66 people, wounding more than 200 and feeding growing doubts that Iraq will emerge as a stable democracy after decades of war and dictatorship....

UN chief urges NKorea to reconsider rocket launch

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging North Korea to reconsider its plan to launch a long-range rocket....

How the case will unfold before the court

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-17 09:09
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on Monday over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, derisively labeled "Obamacare" by its opponents. A look at how the case will unfold before the court in question-and-answer form:...
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