Texas lab worker tests negative for Ebola after cruise in isolation

Texas lab worker tests negative for Ebola after cruise in isolation
S. Korea: 2 Koreas exchange gunfire along border
Cops: Remains may be those of missing UVa. student
Ebola watch lists in U.S. to shrink, cruise passenger cleared
Dozens hurt in riots near New Hampshire pumpkin festival
Dallas officials urge calm in city on edge over Ebola
Hopes fade for 40 missing after Nepal blizzard
Fiercest fighting in days hits Syrian border town
Hong Kong street clashes erupt despite imminent talks
Street artist revisits ghosts of Ellis Island hospital
Body found in search for Va. student
Cops: Remains may be those of missing U.S. student
Pa. ambush suspect spotted carrying gun, police say
Obama to seek more funds to fight Ebola
In Georgia Senate bid, Nunn talks economy to women
Bishops scrap welcome to gays in sign of split
WHO won't discuss Ebola mistakes document
Hawaii hit by winds, rain as hurricane veers west

Posted: 19 Oct 2014 06:50 AM PDT

A Dallas hospital lab worker who spent much of a cruise holiday in isolation after possible exposure to Ebola, has tested negative for the disease, Carnival Cruise Lines said on Sunday. The Carnival Magic arrived on Sunday in the port of Galveston, Texas after a week-long trip that included being denied docking by Belize and Mexico because of the presence of the woman on board. The woman works at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital where a Liberian man, Thomas Eric Duncan, was treated for Ebola. ...

S. Korea: 2 Koreas exchange gunfire along border

Posted: 19 Oct 2014 05:52 AM PDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Troops from the rival Koreas exchanged gunfire Sunday along their heavily fortified border in the second such shooting in less than 10 days, South Korean officials said. There were no reports of injuries or property damage, but the 10 minutes of shooting highlighted rising tensions between the divided countries.

Cops: Remains may be those of missing UVa. student

Posted: 19 Oct 2014 10:24 AM PDT

A long search appears to have come to a sad end, though further forensic tests are needed.

Ebola watch lists in U.S. to shrink, cruise passenger cleared

Posted: 19 Oct 2014 10:22 AM PDT

By Erwin Seba GALVESTON Texas (Reuters) - Some of the dozens of people who are being watched for possible exposure to Ebola in the United States are expected to be cleared on Sunday and Monday, potentially easing concerns about the spread of the disease after two nurses were infected. A Dallas lab worker who spent much of a Caribbean holiday cruise in isolation tested negative for the deadly virus and left the Carnival Magic liner with other passengers after it docked at Galveston, Texas, early on Sunday morning. ...

Dozens hurt in riots near New Hampshire pumpkin festival

Posted: 19 Oct 2014 10:41 AM PDT

By Kevin Murphy (Reuters) - More than two dozen people were treated at a New Hampshire hospital for injuries resulting from rioting that erupted near the site of an annual pumpkin festival in Keene, a hospital official said on Sunday. Hundreds of mostly young people descended on neighborhoods around the pumpkin festival on Saturday, setting bonfires, throwing bottles and flipping some vehicles as police in riot gear tried to keep control, according to local news coverage. ...

Dallas officials urge calm in city on edge over Ebola

Posted: 19 Oct 2014 08:16 AM PDT

By Anna Driver DALLAS (Reuters) - Texas officials are still working to contain the public's fear of Ebola even as dozens of people who may have had contact with a Liberian man who died from the virus are soon expected to be released from a 21-day monitoring period. There have been no new cases since two nurses who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan contracted Ebola. But one traveled on a plane shortly before her diagnosis, sparking worry that fellow airline passengers could be infected. ...

Hopes fade for 40 missing after Nepal blizzard

Posted: 19 Oct 2014 04:48 AM PDT

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Hopes faded on Sunday for survivors of one of Nepal's worst mountain disasters as villagers joined an intensive search by troops and government officials for as many as 40 people missing after an unseasonal blizzard killed 39. More than 500 people have been rescued from a route popular with foreign adventure tourists that circles Annapurna, the world's tenth-tallest peak. The survivors included 230 foreigners. Rescuers turned to villagers familiar with the rugged, snow-clad terrain to help look for stranded trekkers. ...

Fiercest fighting in days hits Syrian border town

Posted: 19 Oct 2014 09:13 AM PDT

By Humeyra Pamuk URFA Turkey (Reuters) - The fiercest fighting in days shook the Syrian border town of Kobani overnight as Islamic State fighters attacked Kurdish defenders with mortars and car bombs, sources in the town and a monitoring group said on Sunday. Islamic State, which controls much of Syria and Iraq, fired 44 mortars at Kurdish parts of the town on Saturday and some of the shells fell inside nearby Turkey, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It said four more mortars were fired on Sunday. The month-long battle for Kobani has ebbed and flowed. ...

Hong Kong street clashes erupt despite imminent talks

Posted: 19 Oct 2014 08:11 AM PDT

By James Pomfret and Elzio Barreto HONG KONG (Reuters) - Violent clashes erupted in Hong Kong early on Sunday for a second night, deepening a sense of impasse between a government with limited options and a pro-democracy movement increasingly willing to confront police. The worst political crisis in Hong Kong since Britain handed the free-wheeling city back to China in 1997 entered its fourth week with no sign of a resolution despite talks scheduled on Tuesday between the government and student protest leaders. ...

Street artist revisits ghosts of Ellis Island hospital

Posted: 18 Oct 2014 07:51 PM PDT

New York (AFP) - Ellis Island was once the gateway to America for millions of immigrants, but the cavernous hospital that treated some of those new arrivals has been closed to the public for 60 years.

Body found in search for Va. student

Posted: 18 Oct 2014 07:19 PM PDT

Police say they've found human remains that could be those of Hannah Graham.

Cops: Remains may be those of missing U.S. student

Posted: 18 Oct 2014 09:28 PM PDT

The British-born University of Virginia student has been missing since Sept. 13.

Pa. ambush suspect spotted carrying gun, police say

Posted: 18 Oct 2014 02:32 PM PDT

By Joe McDonald MOUNTAINHOME Pa. (Reuters) - The survivalist charged with murdering a Pennsylvania trooper and wounding another was spotted near his old high school carrying a rifle and with mud smeared on his face, police said on Saturday, five weeks after a manhunt for the suspect began. Eric Frein, 31, who is on the FBI's Most Wanted list, was spotted by a woman in a "surprise encounter" while she was taking a walk, said Lieutenant Colonel George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police. ...

Obama to seek more funds to fight Ebola

Posted: 18 Oct 2014 01:05 PM PDT

The president could make the request as early as next week, Bloomberg reports.

In Georgia Senate bid, Nunn talks economy to women

Posted: 18 Oct 2014 01:19 PM PDT

EVANS, Ga. (AP) — You don't hear Michelle Nunn mention gender politics or try to rally female voters in Georgia around issues of abortion, birth control and gay marriage as she runs for the Senate.

Bishops scrap welcome to gays in sign of split

Posted: 18 Oct 2014 03:50 PM PDT

Catholic bishops scrapped their landmark welcome to gays Saturday, showing deep divisions at the end of a two-week meeting sought by Pope Francis.

WHO won't discuss Ebola mistakes document

Posted: 18 Oct 2014 11:32 AM PDT

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization said Saturday that it wouldn't explain details contained in an internal document obtained by The Associated Press in which the U.N. health agency said it fumbled early attempts to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Hawaii hit by winds, rain as hurricane veers west

Posted: 18 Oct 2014 11:18 PM PDT

HONOLULU (AP) — Hurricane Ana was on course Saturday to miss Hawaii by more than a hundred miles while generating strong winds and heavy rains that prompted flash-flood warnings and lured surfers with high waves.