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U.S. to free up Ebola funds as fears of global spread rise

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 01:10 PM PDT

A sign asks patients to inform staff if they have various symptoms and have recently traveled internationally or have had contact with someone who recently traveled internationally at Bellevue Hospital in ManhattanBy Grant McCool (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers agreed to use $750 million in war funds to fight Ebola in West Africa and seven more people in Spain were admitted to the hospital where an infected nurse lay seriously ill on Friday, as global concern grew about the virus spreading. Countries from Macedonia to the Czech Republic to Brazil dealt with a rash of unlikely cases while Europe, the United States and the United Nations focused on trying to contain Ebola, which has killed thousands in West Africa. ...

Virginia tells agencies to clear way for adoptions by gay couples

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 12:55 PM PDT

Pries and Oliver embrace after becoming the first same-sex couple to be married in a ceremony performed by Gorsline in a ceremony outside the John Marshall Court's Building in RichmondBy Gary Robertson RICHMOND Va. (Reuters) - Virginia same-sex couples can now legally adopt children and also become foster parents, the Virginia Department of Social Services said in a bulletin on Friday to its local offices across the state. Governor Terry McAuliffe ordered the bulletin sent on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court this week declined to hear appeals that sought to keep bans on same-sex marriage in place in Virginia and four other states. ...

Civilians 'will be most likely massacred'

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 11:51 AM PDT

Turkish Kurds stand on the balcony of a building in Mursitpinar, in the outskirts of Suruc, Turkey, on the Turkey-Syria border, as they watch intensified fighting over the border in Kobani, Syria, between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — In a dramatic appeal, a U.N. official warned that hundreds of civilians who remain trapped in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani near the border with Turkey were likely to be "massacred" by advancing extremists and called on Ankara to help prevent a catastrophe.

Unexpected race could upend Senate control

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 11:20 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 3, 2014 file photo, former South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds and candidate for U.S. Senate, visits with supporters at his campaign headquarters in downtown Pierre, S.D. On Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, Rounds released his written answers to questions on what he knew about the state's involvement in the federal EB-5 program that lets foreign investors obtain a green card with a $500,000 investment in an approved job-creating project. The state's Government Operations and Audit Committee plans to review his answers and those from Gov. Dennis Daugaard on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Nora Hertel, File)The race for South Dakota's open Senate seat has Democrats and Republicans scrambling.

Microsoft CEO's sexist gaffe

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 10:29 AM PDT

Microsoft CEO's sexist gaffe

U.S. reaches $30.3 million settlement with Vice President of Equatorial Guinea

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 10:14 AM PDT

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New YorkWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge in California on Friday announced a $30.3 million settlement between the United States and Second Vice President of Equitorial Guinea Teodoro Nguema Obiang. As part of the agreement, Obiang will sell his U.S. assets, including six life-sized statues of late singer Michael Jackson, which the Justice Department said were bought with money looted from the impoverished country. (Reporting By Julia Edwards)

21 dead, including 8 children, from Assad regime bombing in Syria

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 09:55 AM PDT

A Syrian army fighter points his rifle towards the rebel-held province of Daraa as he takes position on the green Line in Mjeimer in the mainly-Druze southern province of Suwaida on January 23, 2013Beirut (AFP) - Syrian regime bombardment and air strikes killed at least 21 civilians, eight of them children, in the south and northeast of the country Friday, a monitoring group said.

This White House report is giant listicle, full of emojis. Why?

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 09:23 AM PDT

Emoji Push Aside Emoticons on Your SmartphoneOn Wednesday, the White House Council of Economic Advisors released a report about the status of Millennials across the nation, touching on education, debt and healthcare rates.

U.S. Navy plans missile shield at southern Romania base

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 08:02 AM PDT

In this handout photograph from the US Navy, US service members deployed to the Naval Support Facility (NSF) Deveselu, groups center and right, bow their heads with members of the Romanian Military, left, during a religious moment of the establishment and assumption of command ceremony in Deveselu, Romania, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. The NSF Deveselu Base, established more than 20 years ago, will be part of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System. The US Navy has taken control of a new missile defense base in southern Romania, one of two European land-based interceptor sites for a NATO missile shield which Russia strongly opposes.(AP Photo/U.S. Navy / LT j.g. Alexander Perrien, Handout)BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The U.S. Navy has taken control of a new missile defense base in southern Romania, one of two European land-based interceptor sites for a NATO missile shield that Russia strongly opposes.

In Europe, Ebola fears escalate

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 07:46 AM PDT

Medical personnel leave a quarantined hotel in SkopjeThough only one confirmed case on European soil, dozens more with signs of disease being closely watched.

Arkansas Republican, 'Evel Knievel' of Congress, jumps bikes on days off

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 07:29 AM PDT

Tim Griffin - Jump - 2 - 500Yahoo News spends a day at the racetrack with dirtbike rider and Congressman Tim Griffin of Arkansas.

Comment triggers Ebola scare on flight from Philadelphia: reports

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 07:13 AM PDT

(Reuters) - An incident on board a U.S. Airways flight from Philadelphia caused an Ebola scare this week, leading officials to investigate the plane when it landed in the Dominican Republic, the airline said on Friday. The alarm was prompted on Wednesday when a passenger said he had Ebola, media reports said. A fellow passenger heard the man's comment and told a flight attendant, who then alerted the plane's captain, according to the reports. ...

From 'Maleficent' to honorary dame: Queen honors Jolie

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 06:24 AM PDT

U.S actress Angelina Jolie, right, is presented with the Insignia of an Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Jolie received an honorary damehood (DCMG) for services to UK foreign policy and the campaign to end war zone sexual violence. (AP Photo/Anthony Devlin, pool)LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has honored campaigning actress Angelina Jolie in a Buckingham Palace ceremony.

Alaskan gay marriage ban to be debated in federal court

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 04:14 AM PDT

By Steve Quinn JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) - A federal judge will hear oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging Alaska's 16-year-old constitutional ban on gay marriage on Friday, following a week of court rulings backing same-sex unions in seven other states. The hearing comes days after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals legalized the unions in Nevada and Idaho, and the U.S. Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings overturning bans in Virginia, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin and Indiana. The rulings have given new momentum to legal battles to allow same-sex-unions. ...

California golf coach sentenced to 27 years for murder plot, abuse

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:58 AM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A San Francisco-area boys' golf coach was sentenced to over 27 years in prison on Thursday on charges of molesting three of his underage students and then plotting to kill his accusers from jail, prosecutors said. Andrew Nisbet, 32, of Livermore was sentenced to 27 years and four months after pleading guilty to seven felony charges including murder solicitation, lewd and lascivious acts on a minor, and possessing child pornography, Alameda County District Attorney spokeswoman Teresa Drenick said. ...

Obama to declare Los Angeles-area mountains national monument

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:25 AM PDT

By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will declare a swath of the San Gabriel Mountains near Los Angeles as a national monument on Friday, the White House said, following an 11-year effort that got caught up in partisan politics. Along with the designation, the U.S. Forest Service will dedicate $1 million in educational staff, graffiti removal and other long-deferred maintenance work, and non-profit foundations have committed an additional $3.5 million for restoration and stewardship of mountain areas. ...

In the abortion wars, a new ground zero

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 03:10 AM PDT

Planned Parenthood Buffer ZoneThis summer the Supreme Court declared a "buffer zone" separating protesters from patients at an abortion site to be unconstitutional. In Portland, Maine, as in other cities that once had buffer zone laws and now do not, the players in the ongoing abortion drama are trying to figure out what that means.

Yousafzai, Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 02:37 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, Malala Yousafzai listens as Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust introduces her to reporters at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Children's rights activists Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India and have won the Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photo/Jessica Rinaldi, File)The children's rights activists from Pakistan and India are this year's honorees.

Courts block voter ID laws in Texas, Wisconsin

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 12:16 AM PDT

A woman walks past voting booths at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. Early voting began in Ohio after the U.S. Supreme Court stepped into a dispute over the schedule, pushing the start date back a week in the swing state. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge likened Texas' strict voter ID requirement to a poll tax deliberately meant to suppress minority voter turnout and struck it down less than a month before Election Day — and mere hours after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a similar measure in Wisconsin.

Police, protesters clash in St. Louis ahead of weekend of rallies

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 10:24 PM PDT

A woman places candles at the base of a tree at a vigil at the Shaw Market in St. LouisBy Carey Gillam and Kenny Bahr ST LOUIS Mo (Reuters) - Police clashed with protesters in St. Louis on Thursday for a second consecutive night, a day after an officer killed a black teenager and ahead of a weekend of planned marches and rallies in the area over the August killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. As many as 400 demonstrators spread out across several city blocks in south St. Louis, angrily shouting and chanting at rows of police officers, many of whom were clad in riot gear with helmets, body armor and shields. ...

First gay marriage license issued in Nevada; some states push back

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 05:49 PM PDT

Jim Derrick and Alfie Travassos exchange rings as they get married at the Salt Lake County Government Complex in Salt Lake City, UtahBy Sandra Chereb and Harriet McLeod CARSON CITY Nev./CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) - Nevada issued its first marriage license to a gay couple on Thursday as a district judge lifted the final hurdle to same-sex matrimony in the state, hours after a conservative group withdrew a last-ditch effort to block the change. The move came as hurdles to gay marriage fell in West Virginia even as other states pushed back against federal court actions this week, including by the U.S. Supreme Court, that could extend legal gay marriage to 35 states. Tuesday's 9th U.S. ...

Divorce trial of Continental CEO ends, with billions at stake

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 05:18 PM PDT

CEO of Continental Resources Hamm enters the courthouse for divorce proceedings in Oklahoma City(Reuters) - Thursday marked the end of the epic nine-week divorce trial of Oklahoma's richest man, oil magnate and Continental Resources Chief Executive Harold Hamm. With billions of dollars of company wealth at stake, the unusually secretive trial could end with the largest divorce judgment in history.   During the proceedings, lawyers for Harold Hamm and his wife of 26 years, Sue Ann Hamm, presented starkly different views of how much wealth should be divided by the court. The money is mostly tied up in a 68 percent stake in Continental, whose shares are in Harold's name. ...

Group asks for probe into shooting range that refuses to cater to Muslims

Posted: 09 Oct 2014 02:37 PM PDT

Jan MorganA Muslim civil rights group is asking the Department of Justice to investigate an Arkansas shooting range whose owner recently declared it a "Muslim-free zone."
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