Health worker tests positive for Ebola
DALLAS (AP) — A “breach of protocol” at the hospital where Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan was treated before his death led to the infection of a health care worker... Read more »
View ArticlePistorius back in court for sentencing
Pretoria (AFP) – Fallen Paralympic hero Oscar Pistorius returned to court Monday, with his top-flight legal team expected to argue for a non-custodial sentence after his conviction on the equivalent......
View ArticleInside Bashar Assad’s torture chambers (Warning: ‘Horrific’ images)
The State Department has obtained 27,000 photographs showing the emaciated, bruised and burned bodies of Syrian torture victims — gruesome images that a top official told Yahoo News constitute “smoking...
View ArticleNurses: No Ebola protocol at Texas hospital
DALLAS (AP) — A Liberian Ebola patient was left in an open area of a Dallas emergency room for hours, and the nurses treating him worked for days without proper... Read more »
View ArticleFlorida governors debate marred by trivial squabble over fan
[embedded content] By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) – Florida’s Republican Governor Rick Scott and his Democratic challenger Charlie Crist don’t agree on much, not even a podium cooling fan that... Read...
View ArticleHospital exec apologizes for Ebola errors
View gallery . Dr. Daniel Varga, chief clinical officer at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. (AP/LM Otero) DALLAS – A top official at the Texas hospital where Ebola patient Thomas Eric... Read more »
View ArticleU.S. officials defend Ebola response
WASHINGTON (AP) — Warning that Americans are losing faith in their government’s ability to stop Ebola, Republican lawmakers on Thursday pressed for a ban on travel to the U.S. from... Read more »
View ArticleCruise ship with monitored health worker returns
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A Texas-based cruise ship carrying a Dallas health care worker who is being monitored for signs of Ebola returned to port early Sunday. The Carnival Magic... Read more »
View ArticleSuspect in Va. abduction charged in DC area rape
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — The suspect in the disappearance of a University of Virginia student was charged Monday with abducting and raping a woman in suburban Washington, D.C., in 2005.... Read more »
View ArticlePM: ‘Canada will never be intimidated’
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Two deadly attacks in three days against members of the military stunned Canadians and raised fears their country was being targeted for reprisals for joining the... Read more »
View ArticleNYC doctor tests positive for Ebola
NEW YORK (AP) — An emergency room doctor who recently returned to the city after treating Ebola patients in West Africa has tested positive for the virus, becoming the first... Read more »
View ArticleDoctor becomes NYC’s first Ebola patient
NEW YORK (AP) — Officials tried to tamp down New Yorkers’ fears Friday after a doctor was diagnosed with Ebola in a city where millions of people squeeze into crowded... Read more »
View ArticleWash. state shooting suspect identified
View gallery . Students comfort each other following a shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Washington. (AP/Ted S. … Social media posts penned by the shooter in Friday’s rampage at... Read...
View ArticleU.S. nurse quarantined over Ebola criticizes her treatment
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Illinois joined New York and New Jersey in imposing mandatory quarantines for people arriving with a risk of having contracted Ebola in West... Read more »
View ArticleWash. shooter’s family living a ‘nightmare’
By Eric M. Johnson and Victoria Cavaliere MARYSVILLE Wash. (Reuters) – Relatives of a Washington state teen accused of a high school shooting rampage said on Saturday that they were... Read more »
View ArticleFlorida to monitor health of travelers from Ebola-hit countries
(Reuters) – Florida will require 21-day health monitoring of people returning to the state from Ebola-affected countries in Africa, Governor Rick Scott said, even though the state has no airports......
View ArticleWhat went wrong?
By Ian Simpson and Irene Klotz WALLOPS Va. (Reuters) – Authorities on Wednesday started investigating what made an unmanned U.S. supply rocket explode in a fireball moments after lifting off... Read...
View ArticleObama on Ebola fight: We can’t seal ourselves off
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing to confront Ebola at its West African source, President Barack Obama said Wednesday the United States was not immune to the disease but cautioned against discouraging... Read...
View ArticleIsrael-Sweden tension builds even more
JERUSALEM (AP) — Sweden on Thursday became the biggest Western European country to recognize a Palestinian state, and Israel swiftly reacted by withdrawing its ambassador from Stockholm in protest....
View ArticleTech-savvy grandma saves Kansas Democrats
View gallery . Joan Wagnon and Barack Obama supporter Stuart Yoho entertain the crowd at the Kansas Caucuses in Topeka, Kansas … TOPEKA, Kan. — Four years ago, Joan Wagnon was... Read more »
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