Today is Tuesday, May 6, the 126th day of 2025. There are 239 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On May 6, 1937, the hydrogen-filled German airship Hindenburg caught fire and crashed …
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What do Catholics around the world hope for from a new pope? Some wish for a version of Pope Francis
Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming conclave at the Vatican at which members of the College of Cardinals will elect a successor to Pope …
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Lawyers are scheduled to make opening statements at the trial of a man charged with carrying out a string of shootings that killed eight people in the Phoenix area over a three-week span in 2017. …
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By JACQUES BILLEAUD
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5/6/25
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A bipartisan group of President Donald Trump’s critics is launching a new organization, dubbed the Cost Coalition, to highlight Trump’s struggle to control rising costs in the early months of his …
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By STEVE PEOPLES
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5/6/25
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Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is running for governor in 2026 and sharing new anecdotes in her upcoming political memoir, “The Purposeful Warrior,” including her experience with …
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By ISABELLA VOLMERT
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Civil rights attorney Ben Crump says he will file a lawsuit against a former Florida sheriff’s deputy and others in the May 2024 shooting death of 23-year-old U.S. Senior Airman Roger Fortson. …
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Audrey Backeberg disappeared from a small city in south-central Wisconsin 62 years ago after reportedly hitchhiking with her family’s babysitter and catching a bus to Indianapolis. Nobody ever knew …
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By HALLIE GOLDEN
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5/5/25
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Barstool Sports founder says he will send customers behind antisemitic sign to tour Auschwitz
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy says he will send two customers to tour a …
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Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are expecting their third child. Rocky confirmed the news on the red carpet of the 2025 Met Gala. He said, “it feels amazing.” The couple announced their last pregnancy in …
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By GARY GERARD HAMILTON
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5/5/25
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Israel plans to capture all of Gaza under new plan, officials say
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel approved plans on Monday to capture the entire Gaza Strip and remain in the territory for an …
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Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn't know if he backs due process rights
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights …
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Fashion’s biggest night of they year is underway as stars gather for the Met Gala on Monday in rainy Manhattan. This is the first Met Gala to focus exclusively on Black designers, and the first in …
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Jury selection is set to start in Sean “Diddy” Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York. The hip-hop impresario's trial begins Monday. He faces charges including racketeering conspiracy and …
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Top officials at the Los Angeles firefighters labor union have been suspended. The suspensions followed an audit conducted by its parent organization that found over $800,000 in credit card spending …
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By JAIMIE DING
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Officials say three people were killed, four were injured and nine others are missing after a small boat overturned in the ocean off San Diego. The sheriff's department says agencies including the …
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A federal judge has ruled that disputed ballots in the still unresolved 2024 race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat must remain in the final count. U.S. District Judge Richard Myers also …
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By GARY D. ROBERTSON
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5/5/25
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A judge has ordered the Trump administration to admit some 12,000 refugees into the United States. The court order on Monday partially blocks the president’s efforts to suspend the nation’s …
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By GENE JOHNSON
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5/5/25
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