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• Frightening Ebola development in Spain
• Facebook's $22 billion acquisition
• Iconic sunset images on the Hudson River
• Chicago-area man charged in attempt to join Islamic State in Syria
• Sir Michael of Bloomberg? A knight but not quite
• One whale of a surprise appearance
• 28 bodies found in Mexico mass grave may be missing students
• The heartbreak of hostage ransom
• 2 suicide bombs kill 30 Kurdish fighters in Syria
• Why some children don't recover from enterovirus
• 'I even started to be afraid of myself,' says woman who defected from IS
• Supreme Court turns away gay marriage appeals
• Kenya's president temporarily steps down for criminal court hearing
• Journalist with Ebola arrives in Nebraska
• Opening statements due in trial of friend of accused Boston bomber
• 3 win medicine Nobel for discovering brain GPS
• Dallas Ebola patient fighting for life, another headed to Nebraska
• Parents of American held by Islamic State release photos, letter
• Two dead as ultralight helicopter crashes in Colorado
• Journalist with Ebola headed to U.S.
• U.S. military officials feared dead in typhoon
• Two NFL players arrested for trespass in separate incidents
• British hostage released in Libya after five months
• No signs of foul play seen in Pennsylvania 9/11 memorial fire

Frightening Ebola development in Spain Posted: 06 Oct 2014 11:23 AM PDT In what could be the first infection outside of Africa, a nurse in Madrid contracts the virus.

Facebook's $22 billion acquisition Posted: 06 Oct 2014 11:06 AM PDT By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc closed its acquisition of mobile messaging service WhatsApp on Monday, with the final price tag rising an additional $3 billion to roughly $22 billion because of the increased value of Facebook's stock in recent months. WhatsApp founder Jan Koum will receive nearly $2 billion in stock, vesting over a four-year period, as an inducement for him to stay with the company, according to a regulatory filing on Monday. ...

Iconic sunset images on the Hudson River Posted: 06 Oct 2014 10:45 AM PDT The Statue of Liberty after sunset. The ship pauses to allow shutterbugs to photograph Lady Liberty. (Yahoo News/Gordon Donovan)

Chicago-area man charged in attempt to join Islamic State in Syria Posted: 06 Oct 2014 10:27 AM PDT By Fiona Ortiz CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Chicago-area man was charged on Monday with attempting to support a foreign terrorist organization after he was arrested on Saturday at O'Hare International Airport allegedly on his way to Syria to join the militant group Islamic State. Mohammed Hamzah Khan, 19, of the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Susan Cox in U.S. District Court in Chicago where he was advised of the federal charges against him. Judge Cox ordered Khan held pending a detention hearing on Thursday. ...

Sir Michael of Bloomberg? A knight but not quite Posted: 06 Oct 2014 10:11 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Michael Bloomberg is a knight — but he won't be Sir Mike.

One whale of a surprise appearance Posted: 06 Oct 2014 09:52 AM PDT Joseph Weber and his wife were sailing off the Gulf of Maine in their lobster boat when they experienced a spectacular close encounter with some humpbacked whales. When Weber cut the engine of the boat, the whales lazed around for ten minutes, seemingly enjoying the attention they were receiving. One whale frightened the Webers when he jumped out of the water and landed with a terrific splash that rocked the wooden boat. Credit: YouTube/ AM1690

28 bodies found in Mexico mass grave may be missing students Posted: 06 Oct 2014 09:35 AM PDT IGUALA, Mexico (AP) — State officials worked Monday to determine whether 28 bodies found in a clandestine grave are students who were attacked by police suspected of drug gang links in the southern state of Guerrero.

The heartbreak of hostage ransom Posted: 06 Oct 2014 09:15 AM PDT Why are some captives given freedom? Reasons complex, but money sometimes plays a role.

2 suicide bombs kill 30 Kurdish fighters in Syria Posted: 06 Oct 2014 08:54 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 30 people were killed in two suicide attacks on two checkpoints run by Kurdish fighters in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakah on Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "The attacks targeted checkpoints run by Kurdish fighters on the western entrance of the city, they occurred within minutes from each other," Rami Abdelrahman from the Observatory said. (Reporting by Mariam Karouny; Editing by Toby Chopra)

Why some children don't recover from enterovirus Posted: 06 Oct 2014 08:18 AM PDT The deaths of four children, possibly linked to their infections with enterovirus D68, are still puzzling to experts.

'I even started to be afraid of myself,' says woman who defected from IS Posted: 06 Oct 2014 07:44 AM PDT A 25-year-old woman who joined the Islamic State during the Syrian uprising says she became disillusioned by the militant group's brutality and defected.

Supreme Court turns away gay marriage appeals Posted: 06 Oct 2014 07:38 AM PDT Five states were seeking to prohibit same-sex marriage; decision sets stage for more gay and lesbian unions.

Kenya's president temporarily steps down for criminal court hearing Posted: 06 Oct 2014 07:09 AM PDT NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday told the nation in an address before parliament that he would temporarily step down as president while attending a hearing at the International Criminal Court this week.

Journalist with Ebola arrives in Nebraska Posted: 06 Oct 2014 06:37 AM PDT An American video journalist who contracted the virus in Liberia begins stateside treatment.

Opening statements due in trial of friend of accused Boston bomber Posted: 06 Oct 2014 04:23 AM PDT BOSTON (Reuters) - A college friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect, charged with lying about a visit to his dorm room three days after the deadly blasts, is set to go on trial on Monday and faces up to 16 years in prison if convicted. Robel Phillipos, a 21-year-old resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of three people who prosecutors say went to accused bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's room at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth on April 18, 2013, and removed a backpack containing empty fireworks shells. ...

3 win medicine Nobel for discovering brain GPS Posted: 06 Oct 2014 03:46 AM PDT STOCKHOLM (AP) — U.S.-British scientist John O'Keefe and Norwegian married couple May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering the "inner GPS" that helps the brain navigate through the world.

Dallas Ebola patient fighting for life, another headed to Nebraska Posted: 05 Oct 2014 11:30 PM PDT By Lisa Maria Garza and Sharon Begley DALLAS/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States was fighting for his life at a Dallas hospital and appeared to be receiving none of the experimental medicines for the virus, a top U.S. health official said. Thomas Eric Duncan became ill after arriving in Texas from Liberia two weeks ago, heightening concerns that the worst Ebola epidemic on record could spread from West Africa, where it began in March. ...

Parents of American held by Islamic State release photos, letter Posted: 05 Oct 2014 08:37 PM PDT By Daniel Wallis (Reuters) - The parents of an U.S. aid worker held hostage by Islamic State militants on Sunday released photographs of their son and parts of a letter he wrote them from captivity in which he says he is scared to die but at peace with his belief. Peter Kassig, 26, was taken captive a year ago while doing humanitarian work in Syria, his family has said. He was threatened in an Islamic State video issued on Friday that showed the beheading of a British aid worker. Ed and Paula Kassig of Indianapolis, Indiana, appealed for his release on Saturday in a video message. ...

Two dead as ultralight helicopter crashes in Colorado Posted: 05 Oct 2014 08:04 PM PDT DENVER (Reuters) - Both people aboard an ultralight helicopter-like aircraft were killed when it crashed into a river in western Colorado, authorities said on Sunday. The Mesa County Sheriff's Office said the aircraft reportedly took off from the Grand Junction Regional Airport before crashing into Colorado River a few miles away near the town of Loma at around dusk on Saturday. Local media said the aircraft was a Xenon gyroplane, which resembles a lightweight helicopter. ...

Journalist with Ebola headed to U.S. Posted: 05 Oct 2014 06:25 PM PDT Ashoka Mukpo will be treated at Nebraska Medical Center's specialized isolation unit.

U.S. military officials feared dead in typhoon Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:57 PM PDT A strong typhoon was churning toward Japan's main island on Monday, leaving four people dead or missing including three US military officials, according to media reports.

Two NFL players arrested for trespass in separate incidents Posted: 05 Oct 2014 04:40 PM PDT (Reuters) - Police in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Minneapolis arrested two professional football players on trespassing and other charges, local media reported Sunday. The arrests of Miami Dolphins defensive end Derrick Shelby and Minnesota Vikings tackle Tom Johnson came as the National Football League has come under nationwide scrutiny following a domestic violence incident involving one of its players. In Fort Lauderdale, Shelby, 25, was charged with trespass and resisting arrest without violence after an apparent incident at a local nightclub, media reported. ...

British hostage released in Libya after five months Posted: 05 Oct 2014 03:32 PM PDT London (AFP) - British schoolteacher David Bolam has been released after nearly five months of captivity in Libya, reportedly after payment of a ransom to his Islamist captors.

No signs of foul play seen in Pennsylvania 9/11 memorial fire Posted: 05 Oct 2014 02:56 PM PDT (Reuters) - Investigators have found no signs of foul play or arson in a fire at a 9/11 memorial complex in Pennsylvania which destroyed a U.S. flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 11, 2001, authorities said on Sunday. Also lost in Friday afternoon's blaze were personal items belonging to the passengers and crew members who were on United Airlines Flight 93 when it crashed as one of four hijackings by al Qaeda militants on Sept. 11, 2001. ...

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