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Health worker tests positive for Ebola

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 03:12 PM PDT

First responders guard the apartment of a healthcare worker Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, in Dallas. The healthcare worker, who was caring for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, tested positive for the disease in preliminary tests. If the preliminary diagnosis is confirmed, it would be the first known case of the disease being contracted or transmitted in the U.S. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)The hospital worker helped provide care for Dallas patient Thomas Eric Duncan.


Patient isolated at Mass. clinic after Ebola symptoms

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 04:39 PM PDT

Kwan, a doctor with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, waits as she receives guidance from CDC instructor Narra in preparation for response to current Ebola outbreak, during a CDC safety training course in Anniston, AlabamaA medical clinic in Braintree, Massachusetts, near Boston was evacuated and a patient has been isolated because of his recent travel to West Africa and medical symptoms, the Boston Globe reported on Sunday. "Ebola protocol is in place," the Globe quoted Braintree fire official Joe Zanca as saying. The clinic was the Harvard Vanguard Medical Center, the newspaper said. (Reporting by Peter Cooney in Washington; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)


U.S. says Turkey OKs use of bases against IS militants

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 02:49 PM PDT

Turkish soldiers hold their positions with their tanks on a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, overlooking Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of Islamic State group, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)American defense officials say Turkey will let U.S. and coalition forces use its bases, including a key installation within 100 miles of the Syrian border, for operations against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq,


Texas health worker becomes first person to contract Ebola in U.S.

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 02:56 PM PDT

File photo of CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden speaking at the CDC headquarters in AtlantaBy Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS Texas (Reuters) - A Texas health worker has contracted Ebola after treating a Liberian who died of the disease in Dallas last week, raising concern about how U.S. medical guidelines aimed at stopping the spread of the disease were breached. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, where the new case was announced on Sunday, has already faced criticism for its management of the infection. The infected worker, a woman who was not named, is the first person to contract the disease in the United States. ...


Alaska ban on same-sex marriage ruled unconstitutional

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 04:47 PM PDT

A supporter stands waits to congratulate gay couples as they receive their marriage licenses at the Oklahoma County courthouse in Oklahoma CityBy Steve Quinn JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Sunday ruled that the state of Alaska's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Judge Timothy Burgess of the U.S. District Court for Alaska made the ruling after hearing oral arguments on Friday challenging the state's 16-year-old ban. "The Court finds that Alaska's ban on same-sex marriage and refusal to recognize same-sex marriages lawfully entered in other states is unconstitutional as a deprivation of basic due process and equal protection principles under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. ...


Fay becomes hurricane after brushing Bermuda with high winds, rain

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 03:52 PM PDT

Hurricane Fay is pictured off the eastern coast of the United States in this NASA satellite handout imageBy Samantha Strangeways HAMILTON Bermuda (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic on Sunday afternoon after sweeping past Bermuda with strong winds and felling trees and knocking out power to thousands in the British territory. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Sunday afternoon that Fay carried top sustained winds of 75 miles per hour (120 km per hour). It added that the storm was expected to weaken below hurricane status on Sunday night. Fay was about 290 miles (465 km) northeast of Bermuda and moving toward the east-northeast. ...


CDC: Protocol breach in treating Ebola patient

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 09:12 AM PDT

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Daniel Varga answers questions about a health care worker who provided hospital care for Thomas Eric Duncan who contracted Ebola, during a press conference at the hospital, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, in Dallas. Varga says the worker was in full protective gear when they provided care to Duncan during his second visit to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)A top federal health official says the Ebola diagnosis in a health care worker who treated Thomas Eric Duncan at a Texas hospital shows there was a clear breach of safety protocol.


St. Louis area police arrest at least 17 during weekend of protests

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 01:25 PM PDT

Protesters march in Ferguson MissouriBy Fiona Ortiz and Kenny Bahr FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - Riot-gear clad police arrested at least 17 people on Sunday after they refused orders to disperse from a spontaneous sit-in outside a convenience store in St. Louis during a weekend of otherwise peaceful protests against police violence. Thousands of people are staging protest marches, vigils and other demonstrations in the St. Louis area this weekend, calling for the arrest of a white police officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager in August. ...


Iraq ground role likely for U.S. military advisers: Dempsey

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 10:48 AM PDT

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey (right) arrive for a press conference at the Pentagon on September 26, 2014 in Washington, DCWashington (AFP) - US military advisors are likely to take a more direct role in the ground campaign against jihadists in Iraq once Iraqi forces are ready to go on the offensive, the top US officer said in comments aired Sunday.


Second US Ebola case raises questions about safety protocols

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 11:00 AM PDT

Health care workers wait for the arrival of a possible Ebola patient at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas on October 8, 2014The worker helped treat Ebola victim Thomas Duncan, doctors said.


Putin orders troops away from Ukraine border

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 04:45 AM PDT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered thousands of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border to return to their usual bases, according to his spokesman.

Donors pledge $2.7 billion for Gaza reconstruction

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 03:23 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Egypt Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, before a working breakfast during the Gaza Donor Conference. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)CAIRO (AP) — Donors at an international conference Sunday promised $2.7 billion to rebuild the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, but all of the key participants said their efforts would be futile without a permanent peace between Israel and the Palestinians.


Reports: Putin orders Russian troops withdrawn from Ukrainian border

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 05:53 AM PDT

A freight car loaded with self-propelled howitzers is seen at a railway station in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov region, near the border with UkraineMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw to their permanent bases after military exercises in Rostov region near the border with Ukraine, the Kremlin said, in a sign of some tension easing before a key meeting next week. The troop pullout came before an expected meeting between Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in Milan next week. The Kremlin said that the Russian president had met his defense minister, Sergei Shoigu. ...


Monitor: IS pouring reinforcements into Syria border town

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 03:05 AM PDT

Kurdish people look at smoke rising from the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds, from Mursitpinar on the Turkish-Syrian border, on October 11, 2014Beirut (AFP) - The Islamic State group poured in reinforcements Sunday for its nearly month-long siege of Kobane as the Syrian town's Kurdish defenders kept up their high-profile resistance.


News crew of U.S. journalist with Ebola quarantined

Posted: 11 Oct 2014 03:02 PM PDT

In this August 2013 photo, Rhode Island native Ashoka Mukpo speaks with residents of an iron ore mining camp in Bong County, Liberia. Mukpo, who was diagnosed with Ebola in Liberia Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, was flow Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, to Omaha, Neb., for treatment. (AP Photo/The Providence Journal, Philip Marcelo) MANDATORY CREDIT. RHODE ISLAND OUT. NO SALES.(Reuters) - Members of an NBC News crew who worked with a cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia have been quarantined, New Jersey health officials said on Saturday. Officials said the order was issued late Friday after the crew members violated an agreement to voluntarily confine themselves. They said none of the team has exhibited symptoms of the often fatal disease since returning from Liberia, one of three West African countries at the epicenter of the outbreak. Meanwhile, the condition of the freelance American cameraman continued to improve. ...


N.J. football case puts hazing in focus

Posted: 11 Oct 2014 05:20 PM PDT

Banners for state championships for the Sayreville War Memorial High School football team are lined up on a sign along Main Street in Sayreville, N.J., Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. Seven students were charged with sex crimes in connection with a series of assaults amid an investigation into hazing by the high school football team, which already led to the cancellation of the rest of the season, authorities said. Six of the seven students, ranging in age from 15 to 17, were arrested Friday night, and the seventh was being sought, police and prosecutors said. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Seven students are facing sex crime charges at this solidly middle-class town.


Michigan toddler dies from enterovirus strain

Posted: 11 Oct 2014 04:01 PM PDT

Doctors Bracing To Battle Enterovirus; 10 Cases Confirmed In Md.A Michigan girl is the second child to die this year in the U.S. from the virus.


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