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Prominent Pakistani acid victim commits suicide

AP - World News - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Younus had endured more than three dozen surgeries over more than a decade to repair her severely damaged face and body when she finally decided life was no longer worth living....

Amazon CEO wants to raise sunken Apollo 11 engines

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The huge engines that helped boost the Apollo 11 mission to the moon have been in the Atlantic for more than four decades....
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Neo-Nazi killing of gay man moves Chile toward law

AP - World News - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Prosecutors in Chile asked for murder charges Wednesday in the death of a young gay man whose attackers brutally beat him and carved swastikas into his body....

Occupy joins Olympic site protest

BBC - News - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
Protesters stop work from taking place at a training camp for the Olympic Games in east London.
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Biden says Romney 'consistently wrong' on jobs

AP - Politics - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is "consistently wrong" on U.S. manufacturing, painting him as someone who doesn't believe the sector is crucial to future U.S. economic success and as a proponent of outsourcing....

Salvadoran leader: I wasn't involved in gang truce

AP - World News - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -- The president of El Salvador is denying that his government rewarded street gangs for a truce that appears to have led to a dramatic drop in homicides in one of the world's most violent countries....

JetBlue pilot charged with interfering with crew

AP - U.S. News - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
RICHMOND HILL, Ga. (AP) -- A JetBlue Airways captain who sprinted through the cabin of a Las Vegas-bound flight screaming about terrorists, Jesus and Sept. 11 was charged Wednesday with interfering with a flight crew, federal authorities said....
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JetBlue pilot charged with interfering with crew

RICHMOND HILL, Ga. (AP) — A JetBlue Airways captain who sprinted through the cabin of a Las Vegas-bound flight screaming about terrorists, Jesus and Sept. 11 was charged Wednesday with interfering with a flight crew, federal authorities said.

Captain Clayton Osbon told his co-pilot that "things don't matter" shortly after ...

Gunman's father 'to sue France'

BBC - News - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
The father of the man who killed seven people in Toulouse hires a lawyer in Algeria to sue the French police over his death, French media report.
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US diplomat: al-Qaida, Iran exploit Yemen turmoil

AP - World News - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- A top U.S. diplomat in the Middle East says al-Qaida and Iran have used the turmoil and uncertainty in Yemen to increase their influence....

Arab summit appears divided over approach to Syria

AP - World News - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Arab leaders gathering here Thursday will call for Syria to implement a cease-fire, but there's little faith that President Bashar Assad will do anything to halt his crackdown on the year-old uprising....

Arab summit appears divided over approach to Syria

AP - World News - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Arab leaders gathering here Thursday will call for Syria to implement a cease-fire, but there's little faith that President Bashar Assad will do anything to halt his crackdown on the year-old uprising....

Arab summit appears divided over approach to Syria

AP - World News - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Arab leaders gathering here Thursday will call for Syria to implement a cease-fire, but there's little faith that President Bashar Assad will do anything to halt his crackdown on the year-old uprising....

AC Milan 0-0 Barcelona

BBC - News - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
Barcelona will need to beat AC Milan at the Nou Camp to ensure their place in the Champions League semi-finals after being held in Italy.
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Pilot charged over flight chaos

BBC - News - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
The JetBlue pilot who suffered an apparent mental breakdown during a flight to Las Vegas has been charged with interfering with cabin crew.
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Fire crews tackle Newry blaze

BBC - News - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
Fire crews are tackling two separate gorse fires in Antrim and Armagh.
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Egypt's ruling generals defend their businesses

AP - World News - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's ruling military council has warned it will not allow civilians to encroach on the armed forces' extensive business enterprises, in rare comments about its secretive economic interests in the face of increasing demands for public scrutiny....

Body of Arkansas 4-year-old found

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
The search for a missing 4-year-old Arkansas boy ended Wednesday with the discovery of his body in a river, authorities said.
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NATO: Afghans to take lead in majority of country

AP - World News - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
MONS, Belgium (AP) -- Afghan forces will soon start taking charge of security for three-quarters of the nation's 28 million people, NATO's top military commander said Wednesday, a milestone as the country assumes the lead for protecting the majority of its population....

Justices divided on Medicaid expansion

CNN - Top Stories - Thu, 2026-05-07 07:28
A divided Supreme Court spent this week's final oral argument on health care reform Wednesday examining whether states would be "coerced" by the federal government to expand their share of Medicaid costs by the risk of losing funding if they refused to take part.
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