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• US to recognize same-sex marriage in 6 more states
• U.S. recognizes gay marriages in six more states
• U.S. Secret Service blasted for sending agents to employee's house
• Obama commends New Yorkers for calm reaction to Ebola threat
• Egypt leader: Foreign hands behind Sinai attack
• WHO: Number of Ebola cases passes 10,000
• Suspected serial killer charged in another murder in Indiana
• Two killed, four wounded in Washington state school shooting
• Two deputies killed, two others hurt in California shooting spree
• Wash. state shooting suspect identified
• Remains belong to missing Virginia student
• Heathcare worker at Newark airport to be quarantined on Ebola fears
• Virginia police identify remains as those of missing college student

US to recognize same-sex marriage in 6 more states Posted: 25 Oct 2014 12:34 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is recognizing gay marriage in six more states and extending federal benefits to those couples, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Saturday.

U.S. recognizes gay marriages in six more states Posted: 25 Oct 2014 10:26 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Saturday the U.S. government will recognize same-sex marriages in six more states, bringing to 32 the number of states where couples in gay unions qualify for federal benefits. Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, North Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming were added to the list on Saturday, a week after Holder made a similar announcement concerning seven other states. The move comes after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear appeals of cases that sought to overturn bans on same-sex marriages. ...

U.S. Secret Service blasted for sending agents to employee's house Posted: 25 Oct 2014 09:39 AM PDT By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Government investigators faulted the Secret Service on Wednesday for pulling agents from their posts near the White House and sending them to the home of an agency employee involved in a private dispute in 2011. The report by the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security is another embarrassment for the Secret Service, which is responsible for guarding the president and his family. Julia Pierson resigned as director of the agency this month after a series of scandals. ...

Obama commends New Yorkers for calm reaction to Ebola threat Posted: 25 Oct 2014 08:36 AM PDT By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday commended New Yorkers for their calm reaction to the city's first case of Ebola and said that medical authorities were responding effectively to the threat from the deadly virus. He used his weekly address for the second time in a row to speak directly to Americans about the response to Ebola, that has killed thousands in Africa and has become a political issue in the United States ahead of Nov. 4 congressional elections. ...

Egypt leader: Foreign hands behind Sinai attack Posted: 25 Oct 2014 06:31 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said Saturday that an assault on an army checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula that killed 30 troops was a "foreign-funded operation" and vowed to take drastic action against militants.

WHO: Number of Ebola cases passes 10,000 Posted: 25 Oct 2014 03:54 AM PDT DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The number of people believed sickened by Ebola has passed 10,000, according to figures released Saturday by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread.

Suspected serial killer charged in another murder in Indiana Posted: 25 Oct 2014 12:14 AM PDT By Mark Guarino CROWN POINT Ind. (Reuters) - Suspected serial killer Darren Vann, who was arrested on Saturday and charged in the murder of a young woman whose body was found in a motel in Indiana, was charged on Wednesday in the murder of another woman, prosecutors said. Vann, a convicted sex offender, was charged on Wednesday in the death of Anith Jones, 35, whose body was found in Gary, a hard-scrabble city in northwest Indiana. Vann had already been charged with the murder of Afrikka Hardy, 19, whose body was found last week in nearby Hammond. ...

Two killed, four wounded in Washington state school shooting Posted: 24 Oct 2014 05:58 PM PDT By Eric M. Johnson and Victoria Cavaliere MARYSVILLE Wash. (Reuters) - A student shot dead a female classmate and wounded four others when he opened fire in the cafeteria of his Washington state high school on Friday, apparently after a fight with fellow students, authorities said. The shooter, a homecoming prince at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, took his own life as his classmates scrambled to safety in the latest outburst of deadly violence at an American school. ...

Two deputies killed, two others hurt in California shooting spree Posted: 24 Oct 2014 05:43 PM PDT SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) - Two California sheriff's deputies were killed and two others were wounded in a shooting spree that started in a motel parking lot in Sacramento on Friday, authorities said. The two suspects, described on Twitter by the California Highway Patrol as a man and a woman, both Hispanic and heavily armed, were taken into custody, police said. The incident began on Friday morning in the parking lot of a Motel 6 when a deputy, later identified as Danny Oliver, 47, approached a vehicle considered to be suspicious, said Sacramento County Sheriff Lieutenant R.L. Davis. ...

Wash. state shooting suspect identified Posted: 24 Oct 2014 05:11 PM PDT Social media posts penned by the shooter portray a head-over-heels teenager.

Remains belong to missing Virginia student Posted: 24 Oct 2014 03:09 PM PDT RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Remains found nearly a week ago in a rural area of Virginia are those of a university student who disappeared last month, authorities said Friday, ending a search that left the campus and community on edge.

Heathcare worker at Newark airport to be quarantined on Ebola fears Posted: 24 Oct 2014 02:53 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A healthcare worker who had been treating patients in West Africa was detained at Newark Liberty International Airport and will be quarantined, in line with a new policy aimed at reducing risk from the Ebola virus, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said on Friday. "Her next stop was going to be here in New York," Christie said during a news conference announcing the mandatory quarantine policy. "A quarantine order will be issued." Christie's remarks about the quarantined healthcare worker were first reported by CNBC. ...

Virginia police identify remains as those of missing college student Posted: 24 Oct 2014 02:07 PM PDT (Reuters) - A medical examiner has identified human remains as those of missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, police said on Friday. Searchers discovered the remains on Oct. 18 on abandoned property near Charlottesville, Virginia, site of the university campus. Graham, 18, of Fairfax, Virginia, had last been seen on Sept. 13, and a Charlottesville man, Jesse Matthew Jr., has been charged in her disappearance. (Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Doina Chiacu and Sandra Maler)

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