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• Parents of missing Virginia student plead for help in finding her
• Parents of U.S. hostage plead with militants
• Dallas hospital: U.S. Ebola patient now in critical condition
• Hot, dry weather in California stokes wildfire fears
• Parents of American held by Islamic State appeal for his release
• U.S. CDC: Many inquiries about possible Ebola cases, no new infections
• Ebola casts pall over Eid holiday in West Africa
• U.S. ramps up Ebola deployments; total may near 4,000 troops
• North Korea's No. 2 visits South for rare talks
• Hong Kong police arrest 19 in protest clash
• U.S. parents confront fear of Ebola in classroom
• Fire burning at Pennsylvania memorial for 9/11 victims: official
• U.S. officials acknowledge ‘missteps’ in Dallas but defend Ebola response
• How the Secret Service's problems became a secret in Washington
• Secret Service in disarray, fueling questions over Obama's safety
• Islamic State group purports to behead British hostage

Parents of missing Virginia student plead for help in finding her Posted: 04 Oct 2014 01:22 PM PDT By John Clarke (Reuters) - The parents of missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham released a tearful video on Saturday, pleading for help in finding their daughter who vanished three weeks ago. "Somebody listening to me today either knows where Hannah is, or knows someone who has that information," said Hannah's mother, Sue Graham, standing next to her husband, John. "We appeal to you to come forward and tell us where Hannah can be found." Jesse Matthew, 32, of Charlottesville has been charged in the disappearance of the college sophomore, who was last seen on Sept. ...

Parents of U.S. hostage plead with militants Posted: 04 Oct 2014 11:52 AM PDT Peter Kassig's family releases message a day after Islamic State threatens to kill him.

Dallas hospital: U.S. Ebola patient now in critical condition Posted: 04 Oct 2014 11:33 AM PDT (Reuters) - The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States is now in critical condition, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas said on Saturday. The patient, Thomas Eric Duncan of Liberia, had previously been described as being in serious condition. (Reporting by Michele Gershberg; Editing by James Dalgleish)

Hot, dry weather in California stokes wildfire fears Posted: 04 Oct 2014 11:18 AM PDT By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The fall season has brought a wave of hot, dry weather to California, with parts of the state baking this weekend in triple-digit temperatures and officials expressing concern the summer-like heat could spark a massive wildfire. The scorching temperatures came from a high pressure system in the U.S. West and the arrival in Southern California of autumn's first Santa Ana winds, which carry hot air through mountain passes toward the coast, meteorologists said. ...

Parents of American held by Islamic State appeal for his release Posted: 04 Oct 2014 10:42 AM PDT By Alex Dobuzinskis (Reuters) - The parents of an American humanitarian worker held hostage by Islamic State militants appealed for his release on Saturday, speaking in a statement and a video message that highlighted his aid work and mentioned his conversion to Islam. Ed and Paula Kassig, of Indianapolis, Indiana, urged the release of their son, Peter Kassig, 26. Kassig was threatened in a video issued on Friday by Islamic State militants that purported to show the beheading of British aid worker Alan Henning, 47. ...

U.S. CDC: Many inquiries about possible Ebola cases, no new infections Posted: 04 Oct 2014 09:48 AM PDT (Reuters) - U.S. health officials have fielded inquiries about as many as 100 potential cases of Ebola since the first patient with the deadly virus was detected in the country, but no new infections have been identified, a senior health official said on Saturday. Dr Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said news of the Ebola patient in Dallas has raised the awareness of hospitals nationwide to check incoming patients for potential risks, particularly those who have recently traveled from the epicenter of the outbreak in West Africa. ...

Ebola casts pall over Eid holiday in West Africa Posted: 04 Oct 2014 07:27 AM PDT CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — The raging Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa cast a pall Saturday over celebrations in the region of Eid al-Adha, one of Islam's most important holidays.

U.S. ramps up Ebola deployments; total may near 4,000 troops Posted: 04 Oct 2014 04:44 AM PDT The Pentagon may send almost 4,000 troops to West Africa, almost 1,000 above its previous estimate.

North Korea's No. 2 visits South for rare talks Posted: 04 Oct 2014 03:53 AM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's presumptive No. 2 and other members of Pyongyang's inner circle met with South Korean officials Saturday in the rivals' highest level face-to-face talks in five years, a possible indication that both sides are interested in pursuing better ties after months of animosity.

Hong Kong police arrest 19 in protest clash Posted: 03 Oct 2014 10:36 PM PDT HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong arrested 19 people, some believed to have organized crime ties, during a night of running brawls stretching into Saturday as mobs tried to drive pro-democracy protesters from the streets where they've held a weeklong, largely peaceful demonstration.

U.S. parents confront fear of Ebola in classroom Posted: 03 Oct 2014 08:36 PM PDT By Jon Herskovitz DALLAS (Reuters) - A visibly nervous Qeuna Dawson on Friday walked her two boys to the Jack Lowe Elementary School in Dallas, where a student was removed after coming into contact with the first patient diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. "I wanted to keep my boys home but they told me the school is safe. But if I hear of one child sneezing, those boys are staying home," said Dawson, who lives a stone's throw from the spot where the infected man was rushed to a hospital. At ground zero of the U.S. ...

Fire burning at Pennsylvania memorial for 9/11 victims: official Posted: 03 Oct 2014 06:36 PM PDT (Reuters) - A major fire broke out on Friday at the Flight 93 National Memorial's headquarters complex in Pennsylvania, causing no reported injuries but extensive damage near the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, crash of a hijacked airliner. The National Park Service said there was no damage to the memorial site itself, in a field where a United Airlines flight went down in one of four hijackings staged by al Qaeda militants on that day. The three-building complex is two miles (3.2 km) away from the crash site. The cause of the fire was under investigation, the service said in a statement. ...

U.S. officials acknowledge ‘missteps’ in Dallas but defend Ebola response Posted: 03 Oct 2014 04:00 PM PDT Top U.S. officials admit to "missteps" in handling the case of a man with Ebola in Dallas, Texas, but insist that screenings have kept infected people off U.S. soil and predict there will be no outbreak in the United States.

How the Secret Service's problems became a secret in Washington Posted: 03 Oct 2014 03:24 PM PDT Though they are not formal oversight committees, appropriations committees have provided critical monitoring and oversight of government agencies during the annual budgeting process, as agency directors and Cabinet secretaries are called on to explain what they are doing and justify any requests for more money. That switch of jurisdiction, from Treasury to the bureaucratic behemoth of Homeland Security, would throw a cloak of secrecy over the Secret Service's financial needs, performance and areas in need of improvement. Henceforth, public information about what was happening at the Secret Service would be much harder to find, bursting into view only when there was a failure or an embarrassing scandal.

Secret Service in disarray, fueling questions over Obama's safety Posted: 03 Oct 2014 02:36 PM PDT By Matt Spetalnick, David Lawder and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Secret Service officer Timothy McCarthy took a bullet to protect Ronald Reagan in a 1981 assassination attempt and agent Jerry Parr shoved the president into a limousine, their quick reflexes projected a Hollywood-style image of invincibility around the agency. ...

Islamic State group purports to behead British hostage Posted: 03 Oct 2014 01:45 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — An Internet video released Friday purports to show an Islamic State group fighter beheading British hostage Alan Henning and threatening yet another American captive, the fourth such killing carried out by the extremist group now targeted in U.S.-led airstrikes.

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