| Alaska gay couples seek marriage licenses after judge dumps ban Posted: 13 Oct 2014 12:46 PM PDT  By Steve Quinn JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska officials began accepting marriage license applications from gay couples on Monday, a day after a federal judge ruled the state ban's on such nuptials was unconstitutional in the latest victory for U.S. supporters of same-sex matrimony. U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess ruled on Sunday that a ban on gay marriage approved by the state's voters in 1998 violated the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law. ...
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| Push for legal pot reaches new terrain Posted: 13 Oct 2014 11:44 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A debate over legalizing marijuana in the nation's capital is focusing on the outsized number of arrests of African Americans on minor drug charges.
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| Rick Perry's ironic court date Posted: 13 Oct 2014 11:13 AM PDT  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry will make his first court appearance on Halloween as his defense team tries to quash the two felony counts of abuse of power against him on both constitutional and technical grounds.
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| Investigators rush to find out how Ebola struck Dallas nurse Posted: 13 Oct 2014 09:24 AM PDT  By Lisa Maria Garza and Terry Wade DALLAS (Reuters) - Health investigators were racing on Monday to figure out how a nurse in Texas contracted Ebola even though she used protective equipment when treating a Liberian who died of the disease in Dallas last week. The inquiry, reported by the Dallas Morning News, underscores the increased scrutiny hospital officials face over whether safety precautions taken by medical staff are sufficient and as nurses groups demand better training to avoid becoming infected with the deadly virus. ...
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| Islamic State: Enslaving women, children justified Posted: 13 Oct 2014 09:07 AM PDT  Group says ancient Islamic custom of enslavement acceptable for Yazidi "idolators" in Iraq's north.
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| Storms Vongfong, Hudhud hammer Japan, India; mass evacuations Posted: 13 Oct 2014 08:49 AM PDT  HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Rescue workers and soldiers cleared uprooted trees and electrical poles blocking roads in eastern India on Monday after a tropical cyclone killed at least 24 people and demolished tens of thousands of mud huts.
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| Three believed dead in small plane crash in Chicago suburb Posted: 13 Oct 2014 08:16 AM PDT (Reuters) - All three people believed to be aboard a small plane died when it crashed into the only vacant lot on a block of residential homes in a Chicago suburb, authorities said on Monday. The plane, a twin-engine Beechcraft Baron, crashed into a section of single-family homes in Palos Hills at around 10:40 p.m. on Sunday, landing in a field, police said. No one on the ground was injured. "It came through the trees and missed all the houses," said Palos Hills Deputy Police Chief James Boie. ... |
| 3-state storm leaves one dead, four hurt; tornadoes expected Posted: 13 Oct 2014 07:59 AM PDT  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A powerful storm system swept across Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma, killing at least one person and injuring four others, emergency officials said, as millions of people were in the path of hurricane-force winds and possible tornadoes later Monday.
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| Speculation continues: Where is N. Korea's Kim? Posted: 13 Oct 2014 07:44 AM PDT  Leader of the secretive country is nowhere to be seen. But no real signs of a coup, or death, have appeared.
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| Mechanical problem caused fatal hayride crash in Maine Posted: 13 Oct 2014 07:10 AM PDT  MECHANIC FALLS, Maine (AP) — A mechanical problem caused a Jeep towing a wagon full of passengers to lurch down a steep hill and slam into a tree during a Halloween-themed hayride in the woods, killing a teenager and injuring more than 20 other people, authorities said.
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| Watching U.S. health care workers for Ebola Posted: 13 Oct 2014 06:21 AM PDT  After one infected caring for patient in U.S. hospital despite protective gear, monitoring intensifies.
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| Frenchman Jean Tirole wins Nobel economics prize Posted: 13 Oct 2014 05:30 AM PDT  French economist Jean Tirole won the Nobel prize for economics Monday for research on market power and regulation that has helped policy-makers understand how to deal with industries dominated by a few ...
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| Vatican document challenges Church to change attitude to gays Posted: 13 Oct 2014 04:57 AM PDT  By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - In a dramatic shift in tone, a Vatican document said on Monday that homosexuals had "gifts and qualities to offer" and asked if Catholicism could accept gays and recognize positive aspects of same-sex couples. The document, prepared after a week of discussions at an assembly of 200 bishops on the family, said the Church should challenge itself to find "a fraternal space" for homosexuals without compromising Catholic doctrine on family and matrimony. ...
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| In Iowa, Ready for Hillary builds a list and hopes for the best Posted: 13 Oct 2014 03:21 AM PDT  The business of building a list of Hillary Clinton supporters is only the first step to avoiding the mistakes of 2008.
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| Psychologist says Pistorius is a 'broken man' Posted: 13 Oct 2014 02:19 AM PDT  PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius is a "broken man" after killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp because he lost the woman he said he loved as well as his reputation, friends, income and sense of self-worth, a psychologist called by his lawyers testified Monday.
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| Marchers confront riot police over Missouri shootings, more protests planned Posted: 13 Oct 2014 01:17 AM PDT  By Fiona Ortiz and Kenny Bahr ST. LOUIS Mo. (Reuters) - More than 1,000 protesters shouted slogans at riot police in St Louis in the early hours of Monday near the climax of four days of street rallies and sit-ins over the police shootings of two black 18-year-olds. Many on the night march chanted "Indict, convict, put the killer cops in jail," and "The whole damn system is guilty as well," in the city where a white off-duty officer shot and killed teenager Vonderrit Myers Jr. last week. Police said the youth had opened fire. ...
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| South Korea warns North of 'strong' response after exchange of fire Posted: 12 Oct 2014 10:54 PM PDT  SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Monday it had warned North Korea of a "strong" response if it provoked an incident similar to one last week that sparked an exchange of machinegun fire across their border. The warning came as South Korean President Park Geun-hye reiterated on Monday her commitment to engage with the North, despite what she called "the dual nature" of ties, saying the "door was always open to dialogue". ...
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| CDC head criticized for blaming 'protocol breach' as nurse gets Ebola Posted: 12 Oct 2014 09:20 PM PDT  By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some healthcare experts are bristling at the assertion by a top U.S. health official that a "protocol breach" caused a Dallas nurse to be infected with Ebola while caring for a dying patient, saying the case instead shows how far the nation's hospitals are from adequately training staff to deal with the deadly virus. Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. ...
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| St. Louis area police arrest at least 17 during weekend of protests Posted: 12 Oct 2014 08:32 PM PDT  By Fiona Ortiz and Kenny Bahr FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - Hundreds of civil rights activists and protesters applauded speakers, preachers and poets on Sunday in a an arena in St. Louis, Missouri, capping a weekend of protests against police violence that included 17 arrests earlier in the day. Thousands of people staged protest marches, vigils and other demonstrations in the St. Louis area, calling for the arrest of a white police officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager in August, with more protests scheduled for Monday. ...
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| Boston patient does not appear to have Ebola, hospital says Posted: 12 Oct 2014 08:15 PM PDT  By Kevin Murphy (Reuters) - A man in Massachusetts who was being evaluated at a Boston hospital for a possible Ebola infection does not appear to have the deadly disease, officials at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center said on Sunday night. The patient, who recently returned from Liberia, had complained of headache and muscle aches, prompting his admittance to an isolation ward with close monitoring, the hospital said. ...
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| Alaska ban on same-sex marriage ruled unconstitutional Posted: 12 Oct 2014 07:12 PM PDT  By Steve Quinn JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Sunday ruled that the state of Alaska's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Judge Timothy Burgess of the U.S. District Court for Alaska made the ruling after hearing oral arguments on Friday challenging the state's 16-year-old ban, saying it added to discrimination already faced by gay and lesbian people every day. "Alaska's denial of the benefits and dignity of marriage for them only perpetuates this discrimination without legitimate grounds," Burgess wrote. ...
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| At 90, Jimmy Carter is back campaigning in Georgia Posted: 12 Oct 2014 06:24 PM PDT  ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — It's been more than four decades since Jimmy Carter campaigned across Georgia and asked voters to make him governor.
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| Alaska ban on same-sex marriage ruled unconstitutional Posted: 12 Oct 2014 04:50 PM PDT JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Sunday ruled that the state of Alaska's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Judge Timothy Burgess of the U.S. District Court for Alaska made the ruling after hearing oral arguments on Friday challenging the state's 16-year-old ban. (Reporting by Steve Quinn; Editing by Frank McGurty and Eric Walsh) |
| Conjoined twin Texas babies to take first step to separation surgery Posted: 12 Oct 2014 04:01 PM PDT  By Amanda Orr HOUSTON (Reuters) - Conjoined 6-month-old twin girls will begin to undergo tissue expansion this month to stretch skin that will be used to cover patches of their bodies when they are separated in a surgery planned for December. The tissue expansion for Knatalye Hope Mata and Adeline Faith Mata is expected to take six to eight weeks. The girls are joined at the abdomen and share a liver, diaphragm, pelvis, intestines and the lining of the heart. "When I think about December I get that sick feeling in my stomach. I want to know how much pain they are going to feel after. ...
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| California police field reports of creepy clowns Posted: 12 Oct 2014 02:27 PM PDT (Reuters) - Reports of creepy clowns carrying knives and other weapons have been scaring people in the California city of Bakersfield for the past week, police said on Sunday. In the latest incident, a person telephoned the Bakersfield Police Department on Saturday night, reporting a clown armed with a firearm, said watch commander Lieutenant Jason Matson. "We've been having sightings all over the city," Matson said. "They range from anywhere from a guy carrying a gun to a guy carrying a knife running up to houses. ... |
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