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• Russian bomber patrols to reach Gulf of Mexico
• WHO says more than 5,000 have now died of Ebola
• Rescue under way for New York City window washers dangling at World Trade Center
• HealthCare.gov may work better, but challenges loom for Obamacare customers
• Tsarnaev lawyers want triple murder evidence
• Family of Dallas Ebola victim reaches settlement with hospital
• Women face hasty surgery, dirty clinics in Indian sterilization drive
• Judge overturns same-sex marriage ban in South Carolina
• Judge allows Detroit to start bankruptcy exit plan immediately
• Brown family calls for non-violence, has faith in jury: lawyer
• U.S. states' pot legalization not in line with international law: U.N. agency
• Pentagon No. 2 urges end to U.S. budget cut 'madness'
• Judge to review competency of Wisconsin girl in Slenderman case
• White supremacist charged in Kansas murders set for court hearing
• U.S. nurses to protest, strike over Ebola measures
• How the Koch brothers became criminal justice reformers
• Republican Dan Sullivan wins Senate race in Alaska
• Scientists set for historic comet landing attempt
• California teen arrested in shooting death of U.S. Army veteran
• Connecticut man charged in death of boy left in hot car: report
• Father of Los Angeles Lakers player shot to death in Philadelphia
• U.S., China unveil ambitious climate change goals
• U.S. civil rights champion John Doar dies
• Senators: We're optimistic Cuba will free contractor
• Missouri governor outlines Ferguson preparations

Russian bomber patrols to reach Gulf of Mexico Posted: 12 Nov 2014 12:48 PM PST MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's long-range bombers will conduct regular patrol missions from the Arctic Ocean to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, the military said Wednesday, a show of muscle reflecting tensions with the West over Ukraine.

WHO says more than 5,000 have now died of Ebola Posted: 12 Nov 2014 12:01 PM PST The outbreak that is ravaging West Africa marks another grisly toll.

Rescue under way for New York City window washers dangling at World Trade Center Posted: 12 Nov 2014 10:54 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City fire fighters were trying to rescue at least one window washer on Wednesday thought to be trapped on broken scaffolding that was dangling outside the 69th floor of One World Trade Center, local officials said. The scaffolding was dangling at a 45-degree angle alongside the skyscraper's glassy facade, according to a Reuters witness. The building in lower Manhattan is the tallest building in the western hemisphere. ...

HealthCare.gov may work better, but challenges loom for Obamacare customers Posted: 12 Nov 2014 10:21 AM PST By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The technology glitches may be a thing of the past. But people shopping online for health insurance plans under U.S. President Barack Obama's healthcare law may encounter a new set of problems early next year, one of them being unexpected new costs. HealthCare.gov, the federal website where people enroll for insurance under the Affordable Care Act, opens for sign-ups for policies covering 2015 this Saturday, the so-called open enrollment period. ...

Tsarnaev lawyers want triple murder evidence Posted: 12 Nov 2014 10:03 AM PST Lawyers for the accused Boston Marathon bomber demand evidence relating to grisly 2011 crime.

Family of Dallas Ebola victim reaches settlement with hospital Posted: 12 Nov 2014 09:47 AM PST By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - The family of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to die of Ebola in the United States, said on Wednesday it had reached a settlement with the hospital that had treated him and admitted to making mistakes in addressing his care. Family lawyer Les Weisbrod told reporters the hospital "wanted to do the right thing." Details of the deal were not released and the family will not be billed for his care, he said. Hospital officials said a settlement had been reached but have not provided details. ...

Women face hasty surgery, dirty clinics in Indian sterilization drive Posted: 12 Nov 2014 09:31 AM PST By Aditya Kalra RAIPUR India (Reuters) - The scene in the gloomy room where 83 women were sterilized last weekend is repeated routinely at makeshift contraception clinics across India: bloodstained sheets that aren't changed between patients, and hasty two-minute surgeries. Only this time, something went tragically wrong. More than a dozen of the mostly poor and illiterate villagers operated on by Dr. R.K. Gupta have since died, and scores remain sick in hospital, many of them in intensive care. ...

Judge overturns same-sex marriage ban in South Carolina Posted: 12 Nov 2014 08:10 AM PST A federal judge has ordered officials to stop prohibiting same-sex marriages.

Judge allows Detroit to start bankruptcy exit plan immediately Posted: 12 Nov 2014 07:03 AM PST DETROIT (Reuters) - The federal judge who approved Detroit's plan for exiting the biggest-ever U.S. municipal bankruptcy gave the city on Wednesday the go-ahead for putting the plan in motion. "The city needs to begin implementing this plan immediately," Federal Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes said at a hearing on the confirmation order for implementing the plan. On Friday, Rhodes ruled the plan for cutting $7 billion in debt was fair to creditors and feasible for the city to implement. ...

Brown family calls for non-violence, has faith in jury: lawyer Posted: 12 Nov 2014 06:28 AM PST GENEVA (Reuters) - The family of the slain Missouri teenager Michael Brown said on Wednesday that they had faith in the pending decision of a grand jury and called for supporters to refrain from violence. Brown family lawyer Darryl Parks told a news briefing in Geneva, where the parents testified to the U.N. Committee against Torture: "The Brown family continue to call for non-violence. They continue to feel the grand jury will do the right thing." Michael Brown Sr. ...

U.S. states' pot legalization not in line with international law: U.N. agency Posted: 12 Nov 2014 05:37 AM PST VIENNA (Reuters) - Moves by some U.S. states to legalize marijuana are not in line with international drugs conventions, the U.N. anti-narcotics chief said on Wednesday, adding he would discuss the issue in Washington next week. Residents of Oregon, Alaska, and the U.S. capital voted this month to allow the use of marijuana, boosting the legalization movement as cannabis usage is increasingly recognized by the American mainstream. ...

Pentagon No. 2 urges end to U.S. budget cut 'madness' Posted: 12 Nov 2014 05:21 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work appealed on Wednesday for lawmakers to "end this madness" of across-the-board Pentagon spending cuts, saying they threaten U.S. military readiness and technological dominance at a time of complex global challenges. (Reporting by David Alexander; Editing by Bill Trott)

Judge to review competency of Wisconsin girl in Slenderman case Posted: 12 Nov 2014 04:49 AM PST By Brendan O'Brien MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday is scheduled to review the mental competency of a girl accused of luring a classmate into the woods and repeatedly stabbing her to please Slenderman, a fictional Internet character. The girl, Morgan Geyser, and her friend, Anissa Weier, were both 12 when they were charged as adults with first-degree attempted homicide in the attack on a friend the morning after a sleepover in late May in Waukesha, a suburb west of Milwaukee. ...

White supremacist charged in Kansas murders set for court hearing Posted: 12 Nov 2014 04:16 AM PST By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY Kan. (Reuters) - A white supremacist accused of killing three people at two Jewish facilities in Kansas in April is set to appear in court on Wednesday for a hearing to determine whether he should stand trial on capital murder charges. Former Ku Klux Klan member Frazier Glenn Cross Jr., 73, also known as Glenn Miller, is charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of Reat Underwood, 14, Underwood's grandfather, William Corporon, 69, and Terri LaManno, 53, in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, Kansas. He could be sentenced to death if convicted. ...

U.S. nurses to protest, strike over Ebola measures Posted: 12 Nov 2014 03:27 AM PST By Curtis Skinner SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nurses across the United States will stage protest rallies and strikes on Wednesday over what they say is insufficient protection for health workers dealing with patients possibly stricken with the deadly Ebola virus. The California-based nurses' union, National Nurses United, says hospitals still lack enough hazardous materials suits which leave no skin exposed and sufficient powered air-purifying respirators to properly protect nurses from exposure. ...

How the Koch brothers became criminal justice reformers Posted: 12 Nov 2014 02:24 AM PST Billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch have used their fortune to back Republican candidates who support rolling back corporate regulations, slashing taxes and shrinking government.

Republican Dan Sullivan wins Senate race in Alaska Posted: 12 Nov 2014 12:29 AM PST JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican Dan Sullivan won Alaska's U.S. Senate race, defeating incumbent Democrat Mark Begich.

Scientists set for historic comet landing attempt Posted: 12 Nov 2014 12:13 AM PST BERLIN (AP) — A historic attempt to land a spacecraft on a comet is poised to be set in motion Wednesday by scientists at the European Space Agency, despite a last-minute problem with the landing system.

California teen arrested in shooting death of U.S. Army veteran Posted: 11 Nov 2014 10:53 PM PST (Reuters) - A southern California teen was arrested on Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Army veteran who had recently returned home from Afghanistan, police said. Vincent Estrada, 18, of Sylmar, was arrested and booked on a charge of murder, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement. Francisco Garcia, 21, was walking along a street with friends early on Sunday morning during a homecoming party thrown for him by his girlfriend when a man got out of a car, smashed a beer bottle on the ground and began screaming at Garcia, police said. ...

Connecticut man charged in death of boy left in hot car: report Posted: 11 Nov 2014 10:36 PM PST (Reuters) - A Connecticut man was charged on Tuesday in connection with the death of his 15-month-old son, who died in the summer after he was left in a hot car for hours, media reported. Kyle Seitz, 36, turned himself in to police on Tuesday afternoon and was charged with criminally negligent homicide over his son Benjamin's death, NBC Connecticut said. The network reported that Seitz was released on a promise to appear and was due to arrive in court on Wednesday. Ridgefield police confirmed that Seitz turned himself in, but gave no further details. ...

Father of Los Angeles Lakers player shot to death in Philadelphia Posted: 11 Nov 2014 08:59 PM PST (Reuters) - The father of a player for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers was shot to death in Philadelphia over the weekend, the team said in a statement on Tuesday. Lakers guard Wayne Ellington, who joined the team this year, said in a statement he and his family were "devastated by the news of my father's murder." The Philadelphia Daily News reported that the father, 57-year-old Wayne Ellington, was found in a car on Sunday with a gunshot wound to the head and died later at a local hospital. Philadelphia police could not be immediately reached for details of the shooting. ...

U.S., China unveil ambitious climate change goals Posted: 11 Nov 2014 08:11 PM PST The deal aims to inject fresh momentum into the global fight against climate change.

U.S. civil rights champion John Doar dies Posted: 11 Nov 2014 07:38 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Doar, who played a pivotal role in the fight for civil rights as a U.S. Justice Department official in the 1960s and later served as a special counsel in Congress' investigation of the Watergate scandal, has died at age 92. The New York Times quoted his son Robert as saying he died at his Manhattan home on Tuesday of congestive heart failure. As assistant attorney general for civil rights from 1960 to 1967, Doar found himself in the middle of the battle to end racial segregation in the U.S. South and ensure voting and other rights for blacks in the region. ...

Senators: We're optimistic Cuba will free contractor Posted: 11 Nov 2014 06:17 PM PST HAVANA (AP) — Two U.S. senators expressed optimism Tuesday that Cuba will free imprisoned American government contractor Alan Gross.

Missouri governor outlines Ferguson preparations Posted: 11 Nov 2014 05:28 PM PST WELDON SPRING, Mo. (AP) — Police will work to protect peaceful protesters after a grand jury's decision in the Michael Brown shooting case is announced, but those who cross the line into violence will face consequences, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon warned Tuesday.

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