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School vouchers prompt court fights in US

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Students like Delano Coffy are at the heart of brewing political fights and court battles over whether public dollars should go to school vouchers to help make private schools more affordable....

School vouchers prompt court fights in US

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Students like Delano Coffy are at the heart of brewing political fights and court battles over whether public dollars should go to school vouchers to help make private schools more affordable....

School vouchers prompt court fights in US

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Students like Delano Coffy are at the heart of brewing political fights and court battles over whether public dollars should go to school vouchers to help make private schools more affordable....

School vouchers prompt court fights in US

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Students like Delano Coffy are at the heart of brewing political fights and court battles over whether public dollars should go to school vouchers to help make private schools more affordable....

School vouchers prompt court fights in US

AP - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Students like Delano Coffy are at the heart of brewing political fights and court battles over whether public dollars should go to school vouchers to help make private schools more affordable....

South Korea says North preparing for nuclear test

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:43
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Recent satellite images show North Korea is digging a new underground tunnel in what appears to be preparation for a third nuclear test, according to South Korean intelligence officials....

AT&T sells Yellow Pages for $1bn

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:43
US telecom giant AT&T sells the Yellow Pages to a private equity firm for $950m (£600m).
Categories: BBC, News

Somalia market bombing kills 12

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:43
At least 12 people are killed and dozens injured as a bomb explodes in a market area of the central Somalia town of Baidoa.
Categories: BBC, News

Titanic memorial cruise at Cobh

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:43
The memorial cruise marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is met with celebrations as it stops off in Cobh in the Irish Republic, before travelling to the North Atlantic site of Titanic's wreck.
Categories: BBC, News

Fourth arrest over fire bin body

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:43
A fourth person is arrested following the discovery of a body in an industrial bin in Southampton.
Categories: BBC, News

Local poll 'backs EU referendum'

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:43
Nearly 90% of those who voted in the UK's first public poll over Britain's membership of the EU backed calls to stage a referendum, campaigners say.
Categories: BBC, News

Japan gives preliminary OK to restart 2 reactors

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:43
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's economy minister said Monday two nuclear reactors tentatively met government safety standards even though completing improvements will take several years, paving the way for final approval for their startup soon....

Total's North Sea leak draws comparisons with BP

AP - World News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:43
PARIS (AP) -- Oil giant Total has moved to reassure investors and environmental activists over the past week that the financial and environmental damage from its gas leak in the North Sea would be limited, a task made more difficult by comparisons to BP's handling of a catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico nearly two years ago....

VIDEO: Dangerous world of an NY bike messenger

BBC - News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:43
A bike messenger describes the thrills and spills of navigating New York City's busy streets and explains why the internet has made it harder for riders to earn a living.
Categories: BBC, News

2 charged with murder in Tulsa shooting rampage

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:43
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Two Oklahoma men accused in a rampage that left three people dead have been charged with murder....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Obama to talk trade, energy with Brazil president

CNN - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:43
Trade and energy will be top items on the agenda when U.S. President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff meet in Washington Monday, officials said.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

To most, it doesn't feel like a recovery

CNN - Politics - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:43
Nearly three years from the beginning of the economic recovery in the summer of 2009, the U.S. economy has replaced not even half the jobs lost in the slump of 2007-2009. At the current pace, it will take until 2017 to replace all the jobs lost.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Start of 2012, March shatter U.S. heat records

WASHINGTON — It has been so warm in the United States this year, especially in March, that national records were not just broken, they were deep-fried.

Temperatures in the lower 48 states were 8.6 degrees above normal for March and 6 degrees higher than average for the first three months ...

Start of 2012, March shatter US heat records

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2026-05-11 07:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It has been so warm in the United States this year, especially in March, that national records were not just broken, they were deep-fried....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Jury selection begins in earnest in Hudson family murder trial

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge will question would-be jurors as jury selection begins in earnest Monday at the Chicago trial of the man accused of murdering singer and Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew.

Selecting 12 jurors and six alternates able to set aside sympathy for the Hollywood ...

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