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Contracts expire for many at AT&T; talks ongoing

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
NEW YORK (AP) -- Union contracts for 40,000 AT&T workers expired at midnight, but a strike was averted with officials saying early Sunday that talks were continuing....
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Obama, the happy drug warrior

Why is the federal government under President Barack Obama arguably tougher on medical marijuana operations than it was under George W. Bush?

'Idiots' can ruin 2012 - Moynihan

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
The British Olympic Association chairman Colin Moynihan says it 'just takes one idiot' to ruin a London 2012 event.
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Christians celebrate Easter in Jerusalem

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Thousands of Christians gathered in Jerusalem for Easter Sunday to commemorate Jesus Christ's resurrection, crowding into one of Christianity's holiest churches, worshipping, singing and praying....

Afghan-US night raid deal signed

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
The Afghan government and US special forces sign a deal on the conduct of controversial night raids.
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China troubled by North Korean rocket launch plans

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
NINGBO, China (AP) -- China's foreign minister said Sunday that Beijing is troubled by North Korea's plan to launch a long-range rocket and has urged more diplomacy to handle the situation, a measured response to a provocation that has unsettled the region....

Pakistani troops dig for 135 missing in avalanche

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Rescue workers used bulldozers Sunday to dig through huge banks of snow following a massive avalanche a day earlier that engulfed a military complex and buried at least 135 people, most of them soldiers, in a mountain battleground close to the Indian border....

Syria wants opposition guarantees

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
Syria wants "written guarantees" from the opposition before withdrawing troops from flashpoints parts of the country, the foreign ministry says.
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India, Pakistan say they aim to normalize ties

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
NEW DELHI (AP) -- The leaders of India and Pakistan said they agreed in talks Sunday that strained relations between their rival South Asian nations should be normalized....

NATO rescues aid workers held by Afghan militants

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- It was a risky but successful operation: British and other NATO forces stormed a cave tucked in the mountains before dawn Saturday and rescued two foreign female aid workers and their two Afghan colleagues being held hostage by Taliban-linked militants....

Platt: Title is United's to lose

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
Manchester City assistant manager David Platt admits that the Premier League title is in United's hands.
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Moors homes still without power

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
Sixteen homes on the North York Moors remain without power after snow and ice brought down power lines last week.
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Following poem, Israel bars entry to Guenter Grass

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel has banned German intellectual Guenter Grass from visiting the country because of a critical poem published by the Nobel laureate last week....

Hollande rides zeitgeist as France embraces left

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
RENNES, France (AP) -- The man polls say has the best shot at becoming France's next president wants to hire thousands more teachers, scrap Europe's expensive, hard-won bailout package, and pull his country back from both Afghanistan and NATO....

Police: Explosion strikes central Nigeria

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- An explosion struck a city Sunday in central Nigeria that has seen hundreds killed in religious and ethnic violence in recent years, causing unknown injuries as diplomats had warned of possible terrorist attacks over the Easter holiday, police said....

Yemen drives al-Qaida from 2 major strongholds

AP - World News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemeni troops and armed tribesmen drove al-Qaida militants from two southern strongholds on Tuesday, a major victory in a U.S.-backed offensive to seize territory held for more than a year by the terror network as it exploited political turmoil to gain a foothold in the strategic area....

The nation's weather

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
Soggy weather will spread across the Eastern U.S. on Sunday as two weather systems converge. A strong low pressure system moving over the Gulf states will continue pulling warm and moist air in from the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, a cold front will stretch from the Northeast down the Ohio River valley into Mississippi River valley....
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Skies light up in Titanic show

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
Titanic story played out on Belfast waterfront
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VIDEO: Explorer urges Titanic preservation

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
Dr Bob Ballard, the explorer who located the wreck of the Titanic nearly 30 years ago says more needs to be done to protect it from damage.
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Boy, 16, injured in hit-and-run

BBC - News - Sun, 2026-05-10 16:14
A 16-year-old boy is seriously injured after being hit by a car in Angus on Saturday evening.
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