| Florida to monitor health of travelers from Ebola-hit countries Posted: 26 Oct 2014 12:46 PM PDT  Florida will require 21-day health monitoring of people returning to the state from Ebola-affected countries in Africa, Governor Rick Scott said.
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| White House seeking to reverse New York, New Jersey's Ebola quarantine orders: NYT Posted: 26 Oct 2014 12:30 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is pressuring the governors of New York and New Jersey to reverse their orders imposing a quarantine on all medical workers returning from West Africa who had contacts with Ebola patients, the New York Times reported on Sunday. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made the decisions on Friday after a doctor who treated patients in Guinea came back to New York infected. Quoting an unnamed administration official, the paper said "top administration officials have been speaking with Mr. ...
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| Pro-Europe parties secure big election win in Ukraine: exit poll Posted: 26 Oct 2014 12:15 PM PDT  Pro-Europe parties led by a group backing President Petro Poroshenko swept a parliamentary election in Ukraine on Sunday, an exit poll showed, giving him a mandate to end a separatist conflict and pursue democratic reforms. The survey, issued after voting stations closed in the ex- Soviet republic, gave Poroshenko's bloc 23 percent of the votes cast for the 29 competing parties, ahead of the party of his ally, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk, on 21.3 percent. ...
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| Tribe reels from Washington state school shooting Posted: 26 Oct 2014 11:27 AM PDT  A close-knit community on the Tulalip Indian Reservation has struggled to find answers following the shooting at a high school on Washington's Puget Sound in which a young gunman from a prominent family opened fire, killing one person and injuring four others — including two of his cousins.
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| Thirty adolescents abducted in northeast Nigeria: local chief Posted: 26 Oct 2014 10:09 AM PDT  Around 30 adolescents -- some of them girls aged as young as 11 -- have been abducted in northeast Nigeria over the weekend by suspected Boko Haram rebels, a local village chief said.
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| George P. Bush says dad 'moving forward' on 2016 Posted: 26 Oct 2014 09:52 AM PDT  Jeb Bush is "moving forward" on a potential 2016 White House run and it appears more likely he'll enter the Republican race. That's the opinion of his son, who's running for office in Texas.
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| Fauci: Quarantine can have unintended consequences Posted: 26 Oct 2014 07:31 AM PDT  Mandatory 21-day quarantines on health care workers returning from Ebola-ravaged West Africa can have the unintended consequence of discouraging them from volunteering, a top federal health official said.
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| Waiting on Jeb: Will another Bush run for the White House in 2016? Posted: 26 Oct 2014 05:39 AM PDT  By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Jeb Bush's flirtation with a possible run for the White House in 2016 has been so low key that some in his party aren't convinced he's prepared to take on the challenge. The former Florida governor with the famous family name is among the leaders in polls charting potential Republican contenders in 2016 and says he will decide late this year or early next year. But unlike some would-be competitors like New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who are making forward-leaning statements, Bush is publicly expressing his uncertainty. ...
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| 25 eurozone banks fail ECB financial health check Posted: 26 Oct 2014 04:51 AM PDT  Twenty-five eurozone banks out of a total 130 failed a crunch new financial health check by the European Central Bank, data showed on Sunday. The banks showed a combined capital shortfall of 25 billion euros (about $31 billion), according to the ECB audit or Asset Quality Review, which also showed that the book value of banks' assets needed to be adjusted by 48 billion euros.
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| U.S. envoy arrives in West Africa to see how world is failing in Ebola fight Posted: 26 Oct 2014 04:05 AM PDT  By Michelle Nichols CONAKRY (Reuters) - The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, arrived in Guinea's capital Conakry on Sunday on a mission to see first hand how the global response is failing to stop the deadly spread of Ebola in West Africa. Power, who will also visit Sierra Leone and Liberia, said she hopes to gain a better understanding of what resources are missing so she can push other countries to offer more help. ...
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| Search for answers after Washington state school rampage Posted: 26 Oct 2014 03:49 AM PDT  By Eric M. Johnson and Victoria Cavaliere MARYSVILLE Wash. (Reuters) - Members of the Tulalip Tribes community in Washington state say they are trying to comprehend how a life-long friendship among sports-loving cousins ended with one of them gunning down the other two, along with three female friends, in their high school cafeteria. The shooter and one girl, identified by a family friend as Zoe Galasso, were killed while the other freshmen students were gravely wounded in Friday's morning rampage at Marysville-Pilchuck High School north of Seattle. ...
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| Ukraine votes to overhaul parliament Posted: 26 Oct 2014 02:30 AM PDT  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Voters in Ukraine headed to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament, overhauling a legislature tainted by its association with ousted President Viktor Yanukovych.
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| U.S. diplomat travels to West Africa as Ebola quarantine moves take hold Posted: 25 Oct 2014 11:19 PM PDT  By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - As the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations embarked on a trip to West Africa, new rules in three U.S. states mandating quarantine for health workers returning from the Ebola-stricken region drew criticism, even as some U.S. lawmakers called for a travel ban on the three worst-hit countries. Samantha Power, a member of President Barack Obama's cabinet, left Washington on Saturday bound for Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. ...
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| U.S. nurse quarantined over Ebola calls treatment 'frenzy of disorganization' Posted: 25 Oct 2014 09:29 PM PDT  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 Africa, but the first person isolated under the new rules, a nurse returning from Sierra Leone, called her treatment a "frenzy of disorganization." Kaci Hickox, who arrived at Newark airport in New Jersey on Friday, described hours of questioning by officials in protective gear and what she said was a mis-diagnosis of fever, followed by a transfer to a hospital isolation tent. ...
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| Suspect in two California deputy deaths charged with murder, carjacking Posted: 25 Oct 2014 08:27 PM PDT  (Reuters) - A Utah man was charged with carrying out a crime spree in Sacramento that killed two California sheriff's deputies and wounded a third, law enforcement officials said on Saturday. A fourth victim, a motorist who was shot in the head, remained hospitalized Saturday, officials said. Marcelo Marquez, 34, of Salt Lake City, was booked into Sacramento County Jail early Saturday and faces two counts of murder, two counts attempted murder and carjacking charges, a sheriff's spokesman said. ...
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| U.S. envoy travels to Ebola-stricken West Africa Posted: 25 Oct 2014 06:36 PM PDT  By Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, is traveling to Guinea on Sunday and will also visit Liberia and Sierra Leone, making the trip despite calls by some U.S. lawmakers for a travel ban on the three West African countries worst-affected by Ebola. Power, a member of President Barack Obama's cabinet, left Washington on Saturday. ...
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| Washington state teen shooter's family living in 'nightmare' Posted: 25 Oct 2014 06:21 PM PDT  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 living in a "nightmare" and struggling to understand why the boy targeted his two cousins and several friends before killing himself. One girl was killed and four other freshman students were severely wounded in Friday's morning rampage inside the cafeteria at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, north of Seattle. ...
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| Hawaii officials warn of possible lava evacuation Posted: 25 Oct 2014 05:01 PM PDT  HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii authorities on Saturday told several dozen residents near an active lava flow to prepare for a possible evacuation in the next three to five days as molten rock oozed across a country road and edged closer to homes.
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| Complex probe follows killing of deputies Posted: 25 Oct 2014 04:46 PM PDT  Authorities search for answers after an attack leaves two California officers dead.
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