A news program showed Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg using his helicopter over the weekend at a helipad where trips on Saturday and Sunday are prohibited.

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Bloomberg Violates Weekend Helicopter Ban, and Will Stop

The massive protests over the weekend in Chicago during the NATO summit have folks wondering if that marked a resurgence of the Occupy Wall Street movement. But I have to tell you, if those demonstrations are any indicator, OWS is going nowhere fast. Read full article > >

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Jonathan Capehart: The Occupy movement is going nowhere

An investigation is under way after a 19-year-old woman was raped in Glasgow’s busy west end at the weekend.

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Woman raped in Glasgow’s west end

NATO leaders will convene in Chicago this weekend.

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Pakistan President to Attend Summit

An invitation for Pakistan to attend a NATO summit meeting in Chicago this weekend appears to have helped achieve a resolution.

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U.S. and Pakistan Say Deal to Open NATO Supply Lines is Near

First there was Bill Clinton, America’s “ first black president .” And now, there’s Barack Obama, dubbed “the first gay president” by Newsweek over the weekend The newsmagazine’s May 21 cover features an image of Obama looking off into the distance, a rainbow halo above his head. Read full article > >

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Barack Obama: ‘The First Gay President’?

The operators of a helicopter which ditched in the North Sea say they will continue a suspension of flights over the weekend.

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Helicopter suspension to continue

A 60-year-old man attempting to fly from Baltimore to Tampa, Florida, this weekend is facing charges for attempting to board a plane with a loaded gun, the Transportation Security Administration says.

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TSA stops flier with loaded gun

Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa rules out cancelling the weekend’s grand prix despite violent protests.

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Prince backs Bahrain Grand Prix

Nearly three decades ago, Mitt Romney left his office on a Friday afternoon, gathered his wife and kids in the family station wagon and drove out to spend the weekend at the Rhode Island beach house of Patrick Graham, a founding partner at Bain and Co. Read full article > >

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Why does Mitt Romney seem so stiff? He’s trying too hard, friends say.

A sixth person has died in Oklahoma after tornadoes tore through large parts of the US Midwest over the weekend, emergency officials say.

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VIDEO: US Midwest to face more tornadoes

A sixth person has died in Oklahoma after tornadoes tore through large parts of the US Midwest over the weekend, emergency officials say.

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VIDEO: US Midwest to face more tornadoes

Finally embracing reality, Rick Santorum decided to take the easy way out rather than the hard way, leaving the GOP presidential race before a potentially humiliating loss in his home state. The race has been a foregone conclusion for weeks, but Santorum did indicate that the weekend and the illness of his daughter did cause he and his wife to reflect on the race and their responsibility as parents. In defeat he was humble and sincere, and in recapping the race he charted the improbable course of his campaign. For cynics, it was maybe the first speech of his next campaign, an option he leaves open by not fighting to the bitter end and by not making himself a pariah in the race. That he never mentioned Mitt Romney by name or offered congratulations is, well, sadly reflective of a smallness that he revealed from time to time. Read full article > >

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Jennifer Rubin: Santorum quits the race

President U Thein Sein of Myanmar said on Tuesday that the weekend’s by-elections were “conducted in a very successful way.”

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Myanmar President Praises Weekend Elections

Drivers are warned of more delays at the Forth Road Bridge over the weekend while an access cradle is removed.

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Forth Road Bridge delays warning