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Care homes 'struggling on care'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
Care homes in England are increasingly struggling to meet the medical needs of their residents, research by the Royal College of Nursing suggests.
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Poor hospitals 'threaten lives'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
Poor hospital care poses a risk to the lives of many patients in the developing world, according to international researchers.
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Romney will pass on NCAA tournament predictions

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Mitt Romney clearly is not running to be the nation's top sports fan....

Romney will pass on NCAA tournament predictions

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Mitt Romney clearly is not running to be the nation's top sports fan....

Obama treats British PM to hoops in the heartland

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- Basketball fan-in-chief President Barack Obama gave British Prime Minister David Cameron a front-row seat to March Madness on Tuesday, taking his European partner to an election swing state for an NCAA tournament basketball game....
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Obama treats British PM to hoops in the heartland

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- Basketball fan-in-chief President Barack Obama gave British Prime Minister David Cameron a front-row seat to March Madness on Tuesday, taking his European partner to an election swing state for an NCAA tournament basketball game....

Small child's fingers found in Hawaii trash bin

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
HONOLULU (AP) -- For Gina Rose Vendegna, the horror of finding six tiny fingers in a trash bin at a Honolulu apartment complex didn't sink in until a day after she turned the plastic bag over to Honolulu police....
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Small child's fingers found in Hawaii trash bin

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
HONOLULU (AP) -- For Gina Rose Vendegna, the horror of finding six tiny fingers in a trash bin at a Honolulu apartment complex didn't sink in until a day after she turned the plastic bag over to Honolulu police....
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Wyoming tribe gets rare permit to kill bald eagles

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has taken the unusual step of issuing a permit allowing an American Indian tribe to kill two bald eagles for religious purposes....
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Coalition 'slowing rights reform'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
David Cameron says he would be moving "quite a lot faster" on the creation of a UK Bill of Rights if he was not in a coalition government.
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Religious voters give Santorum edge in Alabama

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Santorum had a huge lead among voters in both states seeking a candidate who is a real conservative, winning just over half of their votes. He also captured more than 6 in 10 of those in each state preferring a candidate with strong moral character, rewarding a contender who spoke unhesitatingly about the importance of family and faith....

VIDEO: Concern over Syria refugees

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
Human Rights Watch has accused Syria of laying landmines near its borders with Lebanon and Turkey, along routes used by refugees fleeing the country.
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Analysis: Options for military intervention in Syria

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
If there is military intervention - what might it be?
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Shoppers stick to the essentials

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
Latest retail figures for February were "less bad" than the previous months but suggest shoppers are sticking to essentials.
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E-border to be 'genuinely secure'

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
Technology will make UK e-borders "genuinely secure, fluid and complete" over the next few years, Immigration Minister Damian Green will say.
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Bird poisoning incidents decline

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
The number of incidents involving the poisoning of birds of prey fell by more than half in Scotland last year.
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Journalist recounts fleeing Syrian city under fire

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) -- Explosions illuminated the night as we ran, hoping to escape Syria after nearly three weeks of covering a conflict that the government seems determined to keep the world from seeing. Tank shells slammed into the city streets behind us, snipers' bullets whizzed by our heads and the rebels escorting us were nearly out of ammunition....

US, EU, Japan challenge China over minerals trade

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The United States, the European Union and Japan filed complaints Tuesday with the World Trade Organization charging that China is limiting its export of rare earths, minerals that are vital to the production of technology components....

US, EU, Japan challenge China over minerals trade

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The United States, the European Union and Japan filed complaints Tuesday with the World Trade Organization charging that China is limiting its export of rare earths, minerals that are vital to the production of technology components....

Encyclopaedia Britannica to end print editions

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-06-14 05:07
CHICAGO (AP) -- Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. said Tuesday that it will stop publishing print editions of its flagship encyclopedia for the first time since the sets were originally published more than 200 years ago....
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