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Michael Phelps suspended after DUI
Texas Ebola patient gets experimental drug
Mexican army disarms police in missing-students city
U.S. working on new screenings for Ebola but no travel ban
Supreme Court dodges gay marriage, allowing weddings in five more states
Friend of accused Boston bomber was too stoned to lie, lawyer says
Obama calls for greater foreign help against Ebola
Trump's name removed from casino
Frightening Ebola development in Spain
Islamic State's bloody clash with Kurds
Facebook's $22 billion acquisition
Iconic sunset images on the Hudson River
2 suicide bombs kill 30 Kurdish fighters in Syria
One whale of a surprise appearance
28 bodies found in Mexico mass grave may be missing students
Sir Michael of Bloomberg? A knight but not quite
Court decision makes gay marriage effectively legal in 30 states
The heartbreak of hostage ransom
Muslim haj pilgrimage avoids Ebola, other diseases
'I even started to be afraid of myself,' says woman who defected from IS
Kenya's president temporarily steps down for criminal court hearing
CDC chief says progress being made in Ebola fight
Why some children don't recover from enterovirus
Inside South Florida's swampland politics
FBI warns of possible al-Qaida attack
3 win medicine Nobel for discovering brain's 'inner GPS'

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 01:32 PM PDT

Michael Phelps has been suspended by USA Swimming for six months.

Texas Ebola patient gets experimental drug

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 03:35 PM PDT

Washington (AFP) - A Liberian man diagnosed with Ebola in Texas was given an experimental drug for the first time, officials said Monday as the White House mulled tougher airport screening at home and abroad.

Mexican army disarms police in missing-students city

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 04:08 PM PDT

Mexico City (AFP) - Mexico's federal forces took over security Monday in a southern city where 43 students disappeared and disarmed the entire municipal police force after gang-linked officers shot at the aspiring teachers.

U.S. working on new screenings for Ebola but no travel ban

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 03:03 PM PDT

By Roberta Rampton and Richard Valdmanis WASHINGTON/DALLAS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday that the government would develop expanded screening of airline passengers for Ebola, both in the West African countries hit by the disease and the United States. The first patient diagnosed with the disease on U.S. soil, Thomas Eric Duncan, remained in critical condition in a Dallas hospital, as Obama was briefed by agencies involved in fighting the spread of the deadly virus. The president said it was important to follow existing protocols strictly. ...

Supreme Court dodges gay marriage, allowing weddings in five more states

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 01:04 PM PDT

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to decide once and for all whether states can ban gay marriage, a surprising move that will allow gay men and women to get married in five additional states, with more likely to follow quickly. On the first day of its new term, the high court without comment rejected appeals in cases involving five states - Virginia, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin and Indiana - that had prohibited gay marriage, leaving intact lower-court rulings striking down those bans. ...

Friend of accused Boston bomber was too stoned to lie, lawyer says

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 01:42 PM PDT

By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - A friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect could not have lied to the FBI about visiting his dorm room and removing a backpack because he was too intoxicated by marijuana to remember what he did that day, his attorney said on Monday. ...

Obama calls for greater foreign help against Ebola

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 02:11 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says some foreign countries are not doing enough to confront the Ebola crisis in West Africa. He says the international community has not been as aggressive as it needs to be to help contain what he's calling a top national security issue for the United States.

Trump's name removed from casino

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 01:20 PM PDT

By Daniel Kelley and Mark Makela (Reuters) - Workers began removing the large letters spelling out the Trump name from the shuttered Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City on Monday after real-estate mogul Donald Trump sued to end a licensing deal that allowed the casino owners to use his name. Trump, who has emblazoned his name across properties in various U.S. cities, sued in August to have his name taken off the Trump Plaza, which closed last month, and the nearby Trump Taj Mahal, which is on the verge of closing. ...

Frightening Ebola development in Spain

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 04:47 PM PDT

In what could be the first infection outside Africa, a Madrid nurse contracts the virus.

Islamic State's bloody clash with Kurds

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 02:08 PM PDT

Islamic State and Kurdish militia fighting them for key border town near Turkey take casualties.

Facebook's $22 billion acquisition

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 10:35 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: 05 Oct 2014 11:00 AM PDT

The Statue of Liberty after sunset. The ship pauses to allow shutterbugs to photograph Lady Liberty. (Yahoo News/Gordon Donovan)

2 suicide bombs kill 30 Kurdish fighters in Syria

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 08:29 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)

One whale of a surprise appearance

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 12:52 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 04:37 PM PDT

IGUALA, Mexico (AP) — Revelations of mayhem, murder and mass graves have shed light on another deeply troubled region of Mexico, the southern state of Guerrero, where federals officials on Monday disarmed local police and took over security after an attack on students that left at least six dead and 43 missing.

Sir Michael of Bloomberg? A knight but not quite

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 10:02 AM PDT

LONDON (AP) — Michael Bloomberg is a knight — but he won't be Sir Mike.

Court decision makes gay marriage effectively legal in 30 states

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 12:45 PM PDT

Five states sought to prohibit same-sex unions; stage set for more gay, lesbian marriages.

The heartbreak of hostage ransom

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 08:22 AM PDT

Why are some captives given freedom? Reasons complex, but money sometimes plays a role.

Muslim haj pilgrimage avoids Ebola, other diseases

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 09:02 AM PDT

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's acting health minister said Monday that this year's hajj has been free of Ebola and other contagious diseases because of measures taken by the kingdom to protect more than 2 million pilgrims who took part in the annual Islamic pilgrimage.

'I even started to be afraid of myself,' says woman who defected from IS

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 06:45 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.

Kenya's president temporarily steps down for criminal court hearing

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 08:52 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.

CDC chief says progress being made in Ebola fight

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 05:13 AM PDT

Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says there are "definite signs of progress" in the fight against Ebola in West Africa, and that efforts to keep Ebola from spreading in the United States appear to be working.

Why some children don't recover from enterovirus

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 07:42 AM PDT

The deaths of four children, possibly linked to their infections with enterovirus D68, are still puzzling to experts.

Inside South Florida's swampland politics

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 05:02 AM PDT

House races are, as a rule, the nastiest type of American election. To run for representative, for all but a few of the best-known senior members, is to be a stand-in for your political party and for the House itself, the least popular brands in our political life. In South Florida, a region known for its dirty politics, Joe Garcia, a junior member in a tossup district, believes that if he is going to survive he has to do more than tout his accomplishments; he has to trash his opponent.

FBI warns of possible al-Qaida attack

Posted: 06 Oct 2014 06:32 AM PDT

Cell in Syria, targeted last month by U.S. airstrikes, could still be working on plan, head of FBI says.