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Amid chaos of uprising, crime wave hits Syria

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 15:51
BEIRUT (AP) -- Streets of Damascus that were crowded until late at night stand mostly empty after sunset as Syrians stay home, fearing robberies and kidnapping. After a year of chaos, a country that once boasted it was the safest in the Middle East is experiencing a surge in crime....

Amid chaos of uprising, crime wave hits Syria

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 15:51
BEIRUT (AP) -- Streets of Damascus that were crowded until late at night stand mostly empty after sunset as Syrians stay home, fearing robberies and kidnapping. After a year of chaos, a country that once boasted it was the safest in the Middle East is experiencing a surge in crime....

Obama confronts nuke threat on N. Korea front line

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 15:51
OBSERVATION POST OUELLETTE, South Korea (AP) -- Razor-wire close to the border, President Barack Obama on Sunday paid his first visit to the tense zone separating North and South Korea amid new nuclear tensions. He told American troops stationed nearby they are protectors of "freedom's frontier."...

Obama confronts nuke threat on N. Korea front line

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 15:51
OBSERVATION POST OUELLETTE, South Korea (AP) -- Razor-wire close to the border, President Barack Obama on Sunday paid his first visit to the tense zone separating North and South Korea amid new nuclear tensions. He told American troops stationed nearby they are protectors of "freedom's frontier."...
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Student shot to death on Mississippi State campus

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 15:51
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) -- A student was shot to death at a Mississippi State University residence hall late Saturday night, prompting campus-wide alerts as authorities searched for suspects who fled the scene....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Student shot to death on Mississippi State campus

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 15:51
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) -- A student was shot to death at a Mississippi State University residence hall late Saturday night, prompting campus-wide alerts as authorities searched for suspects who fled the scene....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Student shot to death on Mississippi State campus

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 15:51
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) -- A student was shot to death at a Mississippi State University residence hall late Saturday night, prompting campus-wide alerts as authorities searched for suspects who fled the scene....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Pope excited by Mass in shadow of Mexican monument

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 15:51
SILAO, Mexico (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI urged Mexico's children to be messengers of peace, then prepared for the highlight of his visit to this violence-troubled country: Sunday's open-air Mass in the shadow of the Christ the King monument, one of the most important symbols of Mexican Catholicism....

Third Heathrow runway 'pondered'

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 15:51
Papers ponder potential U-turn on third Heathrow runway
Categories: BBC, News

The people who work in cathedrals

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 15:51
The people who work in England's cathedrals
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Hong Kong's elite heed Beijing, pick Leung leader

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 15:51
HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong's elite elected a former government Cabinet member as the southern Chinese financial hub's next leader on Sunday, heeding Beijing's wishes and public opinion following a tumultuous, bitter race that highlighted public discontent....

Japan to push anti-terror measures at nuke plants

AP - World News - Sat, 2026-05-09 15:51
TOKYO (AP) -- The U.S. had repeatedly warned Japan about vulnerabilities at its nuclear plants in case of a Sept. 11-style terror attack. It turned out Washington was right about the soft spots, but wrong about the enemy that would strike them....

Concern over cathedrals funding

BBC - News - Sat, 2026-05-09 15:51
BBC research finds those responsible for running more than 20 of England's cathedrals are worried about their ability to meet their running costs in two years' time.
Categories: BBC, News

Report: Sandusky called 'likely pedophile' in '98

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 15:51
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- A psychologist who looked into a 1998 allegation against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky told police at the time that his behavior fit the profile of a likely pedophile, NBC News reported Saturday....
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Report: Sandusky called 'likely pedophile' in '98

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2026-05-09 15:51
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- A psychologist who looked into a 1998 allegation against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky told police at the time that his behavior fit the profile of a likely pedophile, NBC News reported Saturday....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Sandusky ID'd as 'likely pedophile' in '98

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2026-05-09 15:51
Years before Jerry Sandusky was charged with child sexual abuse, a psychologist told Penn State police in 1998 that the former assistant football coach acted the way a pedophile might.
Categories: CNN, News
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