CDC: Protocol breach in treating Ebola patient

CDC: Protocol breach in treating Ebola patient
St. Louis area police arrest at least 17 during weekend of protests
Iraq ground role likely for U.S. military advisers: Dempsey
Texas health worker becomes first person to contract Ebola in U.S.
Obama hangs tough on migrant detention despite slowing influx
Second US Ebola case raises questions about safety protocols
Putin orders troops away from Ukraine border
$5.4B pledged to Gaza Strip after Israel-Hamas war
Reports: Putin orders Russian troops withdrawn from Ukrainian border
Monitor: IS pouring reinforcements into Syria border town
News crew of U.S. journalist with Ebola quarantined
N.J. football case puts hazing in focus
Michigan toddler dies from enterovirus strain
Tsarnaev possibly knew of 2011 triple murder
AP Enterprise: Records chronicle how Ebola kills

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 09:12 AM PDT

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 10:09 AM PDT

By 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

Washington (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.

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

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 10:32 AM PDT

By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS Texas (Reuters) - A Texas health worker has contracted Ebola after treating a Liberian who died of the disease at a Dallas hospital last week, raising concern about how U.S. medical guidelines aimed at stopping the spread of the disease were breached. The infected worker, identified as a woman but not named by authorities as they announced the case on Sunday, is believed to be the first person to contract the disease in the United States. ...

Obama hangs tough on migrant detention despite slowing influx

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 05:06 AM PDT

By Richard Cowan and Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The surge in child migration from Central America is receding but the United States is aggressively pushing ahead with plans to expand detentions, a little-publicized part of a broader campaign to deter illegal migrants. Under pressure from opposition Republicans to stem the unprecedented flow of children earlier this year, the Obama administration beginning in June pledged to speedily return them to their home countries and help better secure borders in Mexico and Central America. ...

Second US Ebola case raises questions about safety protocols

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 11:00 AM PDT

The 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.

$5.4B pledged to Gaza Strip after Israel-Hamas war

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 10:59 AM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — A donor conference in Cairo to raise money to rebuild the Gaza Strip after this year's war between Hamas and Israel ended with pledges of $5.4 billion for reconstruction there, Norway's foreign minister said Sunday.

Reports: Putin orders Russian troops withdrawn from Ukrainian border

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 05:53 AM PDT

MOSCOW (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

Beirut (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

(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. ...