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• Suspected driver arrested in fatal Halloween hit-and-run in California
• White House blames unhappiness with Washington ahead of tough election
• Fashion world bids farewell to designer Oscar de la Renta
• Maryland boy plotted school attack with gun, bombs: police
• Chicago suburban police shoot and kill man who draws gun at hospital
• Spanish princess may face 'unprecedented' trial
• Violance erupts in Benghazi
• Dutch killer van der Sloot stabbed in prison
• Ferguson, Missouri no-fly zone during protests aimed at media: report
• China masters laser technology to shoot down drones
• 13 years after 9/11, World Trade Center open for business
• After more reports of mass killings, Iraq on high alert for IS attacks
• State, nurse who treated Ebola patients reach accord
• Gun-toting security guard who rode elevator with Obama says firing unjust
• U.S. enhances security screening for travelers from Europe, Asia
• Branson fights back on safety warnings claim
• Tiny drones make mysterious, illegal flights over French nuclear plants
• 23 feared dead in suicide bombing in N. Nigeria
• Virgin Galactic spaceship insured for $40-50 million
• Thieves steal 'Arbeit Macht Frei' gate from Dachau death camp
• Political ad blizzard traumatizes Arkansas
• What Ebola has taught us about handling Mars soil samples
• With Obama largely sidelined, Democrats turned to Biden
• Oregon woman, advocate for terminally ill patients, ends her life
• With Senate at stake, candidates clash over Obama

Suspected driver arrested in fatal Halloween hit-and-run in California Posted: 03 Nov 2014 01:02 PM PST By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police have arrested a driver suspected of killing three 13-year-old girls in a hit-and-run incident at a Southern California crosswalk as they were trick-or-treating on Halloween, officials said on Monday. Jaquinn Ramone Bell, 31, was arrested on Sunday at a Motel 6 in Stanton, a short distance from Santa Ana where the hit and run occurred on Friday night, Santa Ana police Chief Carlos Rojas told a news conference. ...

White House blames unhappiness with Washington ahead of tough election Posted: 03 Nov 2014 12:45 PM PST By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With many races still tight but polls showing a general trend in favor of Republicans, the White House on Monday blamed voter dissatisfaction with Washington for what could be an Election Day rout for President Barack Obama's Democrats. Both parties pushed to get voters to the polls in a final effort to sway the electorate ahead of Tuesday's election, which could shift control of the U.S. Senate and upend policy priorities for the last two years of Obama's final term. ...

Fashion world bids farewell to designer Oscar de la Renta Posted: 03 Nov 2014 12:29 PM PST By Chris Francescani NEW YORK (Reuters) - The fashion world mourned the loss of one of its greatest designers on Monday at the private funeral of Oscar de la Renta, who died last month at 82 after battling cancer. The tall Dominican-born de la Renta dressed New York socialites, Hollywood stars and American first ladies during a career that spanned five decades. Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and Hillary Clinton, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Vogue magazine Editor in Chief Anna Wintour spoke during the service at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Maryland boy plotted school attack with gun, bombs: police Posted: 03 Nov 2014 11:55 AM PST (Reuters) - Maryland police have arrested a 16-year-old boy they allege planned to bring a gun and bombs to his school to kill people, authorities said on Monday. The boy planned to take three crude, homemade bombs and a handgun to the George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology in Towson and "he wanted to kill people," the Baltimore County Police Department said in a statement. The boy, a 10th-grade student at the school, was a suspect in car break-ins on Saturday in the Monkton area, about 65 miles north of Washington. ...

Chicago suburban police shoot and kill man who draws gun at hospital Posted: 03 Nov 2014 11:38 AM PST By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago suburban police shot and killed a car accident victim who drew a gun at a hospital and then refused commands to drop it, police said on Monday. Late Sunday night, Illinois State Police responded to a car accident and arrested the driver on suspicion of driving under the influence, said police in Highland Park, 27 miles north of Chicago. A 27-year-old man was a passenger in the vehicle, along with a minor. Both were taken to Highland Park Hospital, police said in a statement. ...

Spanish princess may face 'unprecedented' trial Posted: 03 Nov 2014 11:21 AM PST Cristina de Bourbon is caught in a scandal involving 16 others, including her husband.

Violance erupts in Benghazi Posted: 03 Nov 2014 10:47 AM PST Battle explodes between pro-government forces and Islamist militias.

Dutch killer van der Sloot stabbed in prison Posted: 03 Nov 2014 10:30 AM PST LIMA (Reuters) - The lawyer of convicted killer Joran van der Sloot said on Monday that the Dutch citizen had been stabbed repeatedly in a Peruvian prison in recent days, but local penitentiary authorities deny the attacks took place. Van der Sloot, the main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway, was stabbed three times on Oct. 27 and then again in his kidney on Sunday in the Challapalca prison, his lawyer Maximo Altez told Reuters by telephone, without giving further details. ...

Ferguson, Missouri no-fly zone during protests aimed at media: report Posted: 03 Nov 2014 09:23 AM PST (Reuters) - Local Missouri authorities requested a no-fly zone over the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson during street protests to keep news helicopters away, according to an Associated Press report, which cited audio recordings of federal aviation workers. Police have been criticized for using rubber bullets, tear gas, dogs and pointing weapons at protesters during demonstrations that followed the Aug. 9 shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. ...

China masters laser technology to shoot down drones Posted: 03 Nov 2014 09:06 AM PST China has developed and successfully tested technology to shoot down drones with lasers, according to state media.

13 years after 9/11, World Trade Center open for business Posted: 03 Nov 2014 08:50 AM PST Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attack, the resurrected World Trade Center is again opening for business — marking an emotional milestone for both New Yorkers and the nation. Publishing giant Conde ...

After more reports of mass killings, Iraq on high alert for IS attacks Posted: 03 Nov 2014 08:33 AM PST Iraq boosted security Monday amid fears of the Islamic State group launching major attacks on Shiite pilgrims flocking to the shrine city of Karbala as further reports emerged of mass killings. The pilgrims are prime targets for the IS jihadists, who have carried out a series of mass executions in recent days, killing scores of members of a tribe in Iraq's western Anbar province. A police officer and an official gave figures of more than 200 to 258 people killed, while Iraq's human rights ministry put the toll at 322 and a tribal leader said 381 were executed. The mass killings appear aimed at discouraging resistance from powerful local tribes in Anbar, where IS overran large areas in June as pro-government forces suffered a string of setbacks.

State, nurse who treated Ebola patients reach accord Posted: 03 Nov 2014 08:17 AM PST Kaci Hickox will be allowed to travel freely in public but required to report any symptoms.

Gun-toting security guard who rode elevator with Obama says firing unjust Posted: 03 Nov 2014 08:01 AM PST Kenneth Tate, who was fired a day after accompanying President Obama in an elevator at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta while carrying a gun, says his firing was "unjust."

U.S. enhances security screening for travelers from Europe, Asia Posted: 03 Nov 2014 07:27 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington imposed tighter security screening on Monday for travelers from countries, including the United Kingdom and many other European nations, whose citizens do not need a visa to get into the United States. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said people from countries in the U.S. visa waiver program will have to provide additional information on an electronic application they need to file to be eligible to enter. ...

Branson fights back on safety warnings claim Posted: 03 Nov 2014 07:11 AM PST Following spacecraft crash, Virgin Galactic boss takes issue with "self-proclaimed experts" after scientist said company ignored safety warnings.

Tiny drones make mysterious, illegal flights over French nuclear plants Posted: 03 Nov 2014 06:54 AM PST French security chiefs are investigating a spate of mysterious and illegal flights by tiny, unmanned drones over French nuclear power stations. A government official told The Associated Press that authorities ...

23 feared dead in suicide bombing in N. Nigeria Posted: 03 Nov 2014 06:38 AM PST YOBE Nigeria (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 23 people in a procession of Shi'ite Muslims marking the ritual of Ashoura in northeast Nigeria's Yobe state on Monday, witnesses said. The attacker joined the line of Shi'ites before setting off his device as they marched through a market in the town of Potiskum, in a territory at the heart of an insurgency by Sunni Muslim Boko Haram rebels, resident Yusuf Abdullahi told Reuters. "I heard a very heavy explosion as if it happened in my room. It took place just 200 meters from my house," he said. ...

Virgin Galactic spaceship insured for $40-50 million Posted: 03 Nov 2014 06:11 AM PST By Carolyn Cohn and Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) - The Virgin Galactic spaceship which crashed on Friday was insured against losses totaling around $40-50 million and the lead underwriter was AIG, insurance sources said on Monday. AIG declined to comment. British insurance and brokerage services provider Jardine Lloyd Thompson confirmed that it was the broker on the deal. "We act on behalf of Virgin Galactic and are providing every assistance, as is appropriate in these tragic circumstances," JLT said in a statement. ...

Thieves steal 'Arbeit Macht Frei' gate from Dachau death camp Posted: 03 Nov 2014 05:50 AM PST Thieves have stolen the iron gate to Dachau concentration camp bearing the Nazi slogan "Arbeit macht frei" (work sets you free), the director of the memorial site in southern Germany and local police said on Monday. "It is the central symbol of the prisoners' suffering at Dachau concentration camp and therefore has hit the memorial at its heart," said Gabriele Hammermann, director of the memorial. The Nazis set up the camp in Dachau, near Munich, in 1933, only weeks after Adolf Hitler took power. Initially meant to detain political rivals, it became the prototype for a network of concentration camps where 6 million Jews were murdered, as well as Roma, Russians, Poles and homosexuals.

Political ad blizzard traumatizes Arkansas Posted: 03 Nov 2014 05:33 AM PST LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — No, dear voter, it wasn't a dream. If you were watching television this weekend in Arkansas, you really did see that many political ads.

What Ebola has taught us about handling Mars soil samples Posted: 03 Nov 2014 05:16 AM PST Measures taken in the current Ebola outbreak may hold some clues for how to handle samples brought back to Earth from Mars, a place that could potentially host extraterrestrial microbes. Based on a novel by Michael Crichton, the film depicts the spread of an alien germ brought back to Earth by a satellite. NASA officials have wanted to build and launch a robotic lander that scoops up some Martian samples and returns them to Earth. Hauling back Martian samples means potentially dealing with biological "hot property," as well as public concern about creepy crawlers from Mars eating away at Earth's biosphere.

With Obama largely sidelined, Democrats turned to Biden Posted: 03 Nov 2014 02:32 AM PST VIce President Joe Biden has campaigned hard for struggling Democrats, who have kept their distance from President Barack Obama and his toxic approval ratings. Will it pay off?

Oregon woman, advocate for terminally ill patients, ends her life Posted: 03 Nov 2014 02:17 AM PST By Victoria Cavaliere (Reuters) - A 29-year-old woman suffering from brain cancer who became an advocate for terminally ill patients who want to end their own lives has died using Oregon's doctor-assisted suicide law, an advocacy group said Sunday. Brittany Maynard "passed peacefully in her bed surrounded by close family and loved ones," according to a statement posted on Facebook by the group Compassion & Choices, an Oregon-based nonprofit that assisted the young woman through her end of life. ...

With Senate at stake, candidates clash over Obama Posted: 03 Nov 2014 01:12 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — On the eve of an election that will decide the Senate majority, it's time for closing arguments and an all-out effort to motivate people to vote.

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