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Top Republicans in Congress finally embrace Romney

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The two top Republicans in Congress explicitly endorsed Mitt Romney on Tuesday to be their party's presidential nominee, as party leaders continued consolidating around their all-but-inevitable candidate in hopes of quickly focusing attention on ousting President Barack Obama in this fall's election....

Top Republicans in Congress finally embrace Romney

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The two top Republicans in Congress explicitly endorsed Mitt Romney on Tuesday to be their party's presidential nominee, as party leaders continued consolidating around their all-but-inevitable candidate in hopes of quickly focusing attention on ousting President Barack Obama in this fall's election....

Top Republicans in Congress finally embrace Romney

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The two top Republicans in Congress explicitly endorsed Mitt Romney on Tuesday to be their party's presidential nominee, as party leaders continued consolidating around their all-but-inevitable candidate in hopes of quickly focusing attention on ousting President Barack Obama in this fall's election....

Top Republicans in Congress finally embrace Romney

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The two top Republicans in Congress explicitly endorsed Mitt Romney on Tuesday to be their party's presidential nominee, as party leaders continued consolidating around their all-but-inevitable candidate in hopes of quickly focusing attention on ousting President Barack Obama in this fall's election....

Top Republicans in Congress finally embrace Romney

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The two top Republicans in Congress explicitly endorsed Mitt Romney on Tuesday to be their party's presidential nominee, as party leaders continued consolidating around their all-but-inevitable candidate in hopes of quickly focusing attention on ousting President Barack Obama in this fall's election....

Police handcuff Georgia kindergartner for tantrum

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
ATLANTA (AP) -- A kindergartner who threw a tantrum at her small-town Georgia school was taken away in handcuffs, her arms behind her back, in an episode that is firing up the debate over whether teachers and police around the country are overreacting all too often when dealing with disruptive students....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Legislative group turns focus amid Martin backlash

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- A conservative organization that helped spread a Florida law that recently gained national attention after the shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin said Tuesday that it was abandoning the task force that developed the measure....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Bipartisan outrage over GSA scandal

CNN - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
Lawmakers grill General Services Administration officials about a lavish conference in Las Vegas. Dana Bash reports.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Russia: 'Outside forces' stymie Syria

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
Russia's top diplomat took a shot at the Western and Arab attempts to bring democratic change to Syria Tuesday.
Categories: CNN, News

Buffett has early prostate cancer

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says he has been diagnosed with stage one prostate cancer, but that his condition is not life-threatening.
Categories: BBC, News

MPs reverse legal aid defeats

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
MPs have overturned all the changes the House of Lords made to the government's proposals to cut legal aid in England and Wales.
Categories: BBC, News

Hill panels expanding probes of Secret Service

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional committees are widening their investigations into an alleged U.S. Secret Service scandal involving prostitutes in Colombia ahead of a recent trip there by President Barack Obama....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

US stocks jump after strong profits; Spain soothes

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
Stocks stormed higher Tuesday after promising signals about the profitability of U.S. companies and a strong debt auction by Spain. The Dow Jones industrial average rose for the fourth day in five and posted its biggest gain in a month....

Top Republicans in Congress finally embrace Romney

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The two top Republicans in Congress explicitly endorsed Mitt Romney on Tuesday to be their party's presidential nominee, as party leaders continued consolidating around their all-but-inevitable candidate in hopes of quickly focusing attention on ousting President Barack Obama in this fall's election....

US eases sanctions for Myanmar nonprofit work

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States has eased financial sanctions on Myanmar to enable private U.S.-based groups to do charity work in the impoverished country....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

2nd panel blasts GSA for parties, trips, bonuses

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The main figure in a General Services Administration spending scandal took trips to Hawaii, Napa Valley and South Pacific islands, all after the agency's inspector general warned top officials about the excesses....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Reading 1-0 Nott'm Forest

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
Mikele Leigertwood is the hero as his late goal secures Reading's promotion back to the Premier League.
Categories: BBC, News

Yahoo sees profit rise in quarter

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
Struggling Internet firm Yahoo sees its net income rise 28% to $286m in first three months of the year.
Categories: BBC, News

WH defends Secret Service amid furor

CNN - Top Stories - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
A leading senator said she was told up to 21 women were involved, and she questioned whether the incident in Colombia could have endangered the president.
Categories: CNN, News

Email from wife's account shadows Calif. treasurer

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 16:00
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California state treasurer Bill Lockyer is used to the public spotlight. Just not like this....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US
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