| Suspect in Va. abduction charged in DC area rape Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:49 PM PDT  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.
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| WHO chief promises transparency on Ebola failures Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:33 PM PDT  GAMMARTH, Tunisia (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization says the agency will be upfront about its handling of the Ebola outbreak, following an internal report that details failures in containing the virus.
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| Third UN employee dies from Ebola Posted: 20 Oct 2014 12:45 PM PDT  A UN staff member in Sierra Leone has died from Ebola, the UN spokesman said Monday.
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| Wyoming attorney general says gay marriages can begin on Tuesday Posted: 20 Oct 2014 11:56 AM PDT (Reuters) - Gay marriages can begin in Wyoming on Tuesday after the state files a formal notice that it will not appeal a judge's order overturning a ban on same-sex matrimony, the state's attorney general said on Monday. "After reviewing the law and the Judge's decision that binding precedent requires recognition of same-sex marriage, I have concluded that further legal process will result in delay but not a different result," Wyoming Attorney General Peter Michael said in a statement. (Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Cynthia Johnston) |
| Indiana police say more victims possible after seven bodies found Posted: 20 Oct 2014 11:40 AM PDT  By Mary Wisniewski HAMMOND Ind. (Reuters) - Police in northwestern Indiana said on Monday they could be dealing with a serial killer with victims going back as far as 20 years after a man suspected in one woman's murder led them to six more bodies over the weekend. Darren Vann, 43, of Gary, Indiana, was in custody and police were seeking murder charges against him, said John Doughty, police chief of the neighboring city of Hammond. Vann was arrested after police were called on Friday to a Motel 6 in Hammond where friends had found the body of Afrika Hardy, 19. ...
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| New developments in disappearance of Hannah Graham Posted: 20 Oct 2014 10:54 AM PDT  Authorities searched across an area near where remains were found over the weekend.
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| Iran acts as nuclear deadline approaches Posted: 20 Oct 2014 10:21 AM PDT  The International Atomic Energy Agency evaluates Iran's recent moves.
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| Smogathon: Beijing Marathon held despite 'hazardous' air quality Posted: 20 Oct 2014 10:05 AM PDT  Critics are blasting the decision by officials in China to stage the Beijing Marathon on Sunday despite conditions deemed hazardous by health officials.
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| 13 Mexico towns under federal police control in search for students Posted: 20 Oct 2014 09:48 AM PDT  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government announced rewards Monday of 1.5 million pesos ($111,000) for information on 43 students from a rural teachers' college who have been missing since Sept. 26.
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| Captured: The clown that terrorized rural France Posted: 20 Oct 2014 09:16 AM PDT  Béthune (France) (AFP) - The party is over for a fake clown who received a six-month suspended jail term Monday for threatening passers-by while in full circus garb, a disturbing trend terrifying towns in northern France.
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| Libyan militant pleads not guilty in attack on U.S. compound in Benghazi Posted: 20 Oct 2014 08:45 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Libyan militant on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges arising from the 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.
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| U.S. keeps up airstrike stream against Islamic State Posted: 20 Oct 2014 07:56 AM PDT  Six strikes at militants near Syrian border town Kobani, six with coalition in Iraq near Fallujah, Pentagon says.
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| Supreme Court to decide police access to hotel guest registries Posted: 20 Oct 2014 07:40 AM PDT  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether hotel operators have grounds to challenge a Los Angeles city ordinance that allows police to view guest registries, a power that local officials say helps them investigate crimes including prostitution. The City of Los Angeles asked the Supreme Court to intervene after an appeals court said the ordinance violated the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment, which protects against unlawful searches and seizures. ...
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| Dr. Nancy Snyderman's Ebola credibility issues Posted: 20 Oct 2014 07:09 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The quarantine against possible Ebola exposure ends this week for Dr. Nancy Snyderman, but the troubles clearly aren't over for NBC News' chief medical editor.
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| Chardon woman, kidnapped by Ariel Castro, learns forgiveness Posted: 20 Oct 2014 06:51 AM PDT  CHARDON, Ohio (AP) — One of the three women held captive in a Cleveland home for about a decade told a crowd she has been able to forgive her kidnapper and find peace in her life.
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| Major cleanup after 'riot,' dozens of arrests at pumpkin festival Posted: 20 Oct 2014 06:21 AM PDT  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Keene State College students quickly cleaned up from a chaotic weekend on Sunday after violent parties near the city's annual pumpkin festival led to destruction, dozens of arrests and multiple injuries.
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| Ebola worries end for dozens on U.S. watch lists Posted: 20 Oct 2014 05:49 AM PDT  DALLAS (Reuters) - Weeks of worries about a possible Ebola infection ended for dozens of people on watch lists in the United States on Monday but scores were still being monitored after potential exposure to the virus, Texas health officials said. Forty-three people who had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with the disease in the United States, were cleared overnight of twice-daily monitoring after 21 days of showing no symptoms, the state health department said, while another 120 were still on watch lists. ...
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| New Hampshire town's recovery from violent pumpkin festival Posted: 20 Oct 2014 05:18 AM PDT KEENE, N.H. (AP) — Officials in Keene have scheduled a news conference following violent parties near the New Hampshire city's annual pumpkin festival that led to destruction, dozens of arrests and multiple injuries over the weekend. |
| Major Ebola update in Nigeria Posted: 20 Oct 2014 04:45 AM PDT  ABUJA (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation declared Nigeria Ebola free on Monday after a 42 day period with no new cases, in a success story with lessons for countries still struggling to contain the deadly virus. "Nigeria is now free of Ebola," WHO representative Rui Gama Vaz told a news conference in the capital Abuja, prompting a round of applause from other officials. "This is a spectacular success story ... It shows that Ebola can be contained but we must be clear that we have only won a battle, the war will only end when West Africa is also declared free of Ebola. ...
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| Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber due in court Monday Posted: 20 Oct 2014 04:30 AM PDT  By Daniel Lovering BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors and attorneys for the accused Boston Marathon bomber are scheduled to meet in court on Monday to discuss defense requests to throw out evidence and other plans for his trial due to start in January.Prosecutors contend Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, killed three people and injured more than 260 with a pair of homemade pressure-cooker bombs at the crowded finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. ...
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| House Dems raise $17M in September, spend $37M Posted: 20 Oct 2014 02:22 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats' campaign arm on Monday said it raised almost $17 million last month and has $34 million saved for the final weeks of the election.
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| Comet Siding Spring whizzes past Mars Posted: 20 Oct 2014 12:01 AM PDT  Washington (AFP) - A comet the size of a small mountain and about as solid as a pile of talcum powder whizzed past Mars, dazzling space enthusiasts with the once-in-a-million-years encounter.
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| Ebola fear, monitoring eases for some in Dallas Posted: 19 Oct 2014 10:27 PM PDT  DALLAS (AP) — Ebola fears began to ease for some Monday as a monitoring period passed for those who had close contact with a victim of the disease and after a cruise ship scare ended with the boat returning to port and a lab worker on board testing negative for the virus.
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| U.S. Ebola czar seeks to reverse government mistakes, step up response Posted: 19 Oct 2014 09:24 PM PDT  By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Ebola czar Ron Klain faces a hefty to-do list when he begins his new role: soothe Americans' jitters about the virus, fix federal coordination with states, and restore a sense of control over the crisis that the White House had lost. Klain, a former senior aide in two Democratic administrations who is known for his keen political antenna, also must smooth over tensions with lawmakers who are angry about the government's missteps and mixed messages. ...
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| Two arrested in death of Saudi student in California: report Posted: 19 Oct 2014 07:18 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Two people have been arrested in the death of a college student from Saudi Arabia whose remains were found alongside a freeway in a Southern California desert city, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. Abdullah Abdullatif Alkadi, 23, was last seen at his home in the Los Angeles suburb of Reseda on Sept. 17. Authorities discovered his body in Palm Desert, roughly 125 miles (200 km) to the southeast, on Thursday. His body was identified on Friday. Police declined to release details on the arrests and are planning a news conference on Monday, the newspaper reported. ...
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