Tracking Dr. Spencer's contacts isn't easy

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• Tracking Dr. Spencer's contacts isn't easy
• Deadly violence in the West Bank
• US general: NKorea may have nuke missile knowhow
• 7 hurt as car smashes into California restaurant
• Man in NYC hatchet attack said to have Islamic 'extremist leanings'
• Islamic State used chlorine gas in fight north of Baghdad, say Iraq officials
• Nurse Nina Pham free of Ebola, NIH announces
• Why NYC Ebola case won’t be rerun of Dallas
• Canada tries to come to terms with capital shootings
• How N.C. Senate race became ground zero for what's wrong with 2014
• Suspicious yellow powder sent to U.S., other consulates in Istanbul
• Doctor becomes NYC's first Ebola patient
• Hunt for missing MH370 flight to take many more months
• Britain's Queen Elizabeth sends her first tweet
• Police: Hatchet-wielding suspect shot by officers
• China launches first mission to moon and back
• Inside the Islamic State’s million-dollar money stream
• Police: Plane, helicopter collide in Maryland
• As Ebola hits, New Yorkers maintain wary calm
• Stolen vehicle plows into Ohio bar, injures 13
• Police in Ferguson committed human rights abuses: Amnesty report
• Doctor with Ebola in New York stable; nurse is virus-free
• New York officials: Doctor has Ebola, 1st in city
• NYC hospital tests doctor who had been to West Africa for Ebola
• Pat Robertson calls gay rights activists 'terrorists'
• Clinton backs Gov. Cuomo; GOP foe claims momentum

Tracking Dr. Spencer's contacts isn't easy Posted: 23 Oct 2014 08:08 PM PDT As a New York City doctor tests positive for Ebola, officials face a difficult challenge.

Deadly violence in the West Bank Posted: 24 Oct 2014 11:10 AM PDT RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian teenager was killed during clashes with the Israeli military on Friday amid heightened tensions in Jerusalem and the West Bank.

US general: NKorea may have nuke missile knowhow Posted: 24 Oct 2014 10:53 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The commander of American forces in South Korea says North Korea may be capable of fielding a nuclear-armed missile that could reach the United States, but he does not know whether they have done so.

7 hurt as car smashes into California restaurant Posted: 24 Oct 2014 09:21 AM PDT DUBLIN, Calif. (AP) — Police say seven people were injured when a car crashed into a restaurant in a Northern California shopping center.

Man in NYC hatchet attack said to have Islamic 'extremist leanings' Posted: 24 Oct 2014 07:03 AM PDT The man who attacked New York City police officers with a hatchet before being shot dead was reported to have Islamic "extremist leanings" police and a monitoring group said. The man, identified in the US media as Zale Thompson, had posted an array of statements on YouTube and Facebook that "display a hyper-racial focus in both religious and historical contexts, and ultimately hint at his extremist leanings," the SITE monitoring group said. Four rookie police officers in the city's Queens borough were posing for a photograph at the request of a freelance photographer when the man walked up and without saying a word attacked them with the hatchet, a city hall statement said. One officer was hit in the arm and another in the head before the other officers shot and killed the attacker, according to police commissioner Bill Bratton.

Islamic State used chlorine gas in fight north of Baghdad, say Iraq officials Posted: 24 Oct 2014 09:02 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State militants used chlorine gas during fighting with security forces and Shiite militiamen last month north of Baghdad, Iraqi officials said Friday.

Nurse Nina Pham free of Ebola, NIH announces Posted: 24 Oct 2014 08:12 AM PDT DALLAS — Texas nurse Nina Pham, one of two caregivers to contract Ebola from Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan, is now free of the deadly virus, the National Institutes of Health announced on Friday.

Why NYC Ebola case won’t be rerun of Dallas Posted: 24 Oct 2014 07:38 AM PDT City designated single hospital as go-to place for Ebola patients, gave specialized training to health workers.

Canada tries to come to terms with capital shootings Posted: 24 Oct 2014 11:04 AM PDT VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The gunman who shot and killed a soldier in plain daylight then stormed Canada's Parliament once complained that Vancouver mosque he attended was too liberal and inclusive, Muslim leaders said Friday.

How N.C. Senate race became ground zero for what's wrong with 2014 Posted: 24 Oct 2014 02:57 AM PDT But with less than two weeks left until the midterm elections, it's clear the Tar Heel State has indeed emerged as a ground zero — though not in the way the GOP chairman meant. The highly competitive Senate race in North Carolina is the multimillion-dollar epicenter of the negative campaigning that has come to define this election and that parties are using to try to win tight races nationwide.

Suspicious yellow powder sent to U.S., other consulates in Istanbul Posted: 24 Oct 2014 10:24 AM PDT By Jonny Hogg ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Packets of an unidentified yellow powder were sent to five western consulates in Istanbul on Friday, officials said, prompting security alerts following two militant attacks in Canada this week. Consulates of the United States, Canada, France, Germany and Belgium received suspicious packages, the officials said. It was not immediately clear what the powder was and Turkish officials said results of tests on them were due on Monday. ...

Doctor becomes NYC's first Ebola patient Posted: 24 Oct 2014 11:00 AM PDT Three others are quarantined after a doctor who worked in Africa tests positive.

Hunt for missing MH370 flight to take many more months Posted: 24 Oct 2014 06:03 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in a remote patch of the Indian Ocean is progressing well but will likely take many months because of the huge area involved, an Australian official said Friday.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth sends her first tweet Posted: 24 Oct 2014 05:16 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth made her first foray into the world of social media on Friday when she sent out her inaugural message on Twitter. "It is a pleasure to open the Information Age exhibition today at the @sciencemuseum and I hope people will enjoy visiting. Elizabeth R," the 88-year-old monarch tweeted at the opening of a new gallery at London's Science Museum. The message, sent at 10.35 GMT (6.35 a.m. EDT), had already been re-tweeted more than 4,000 times less than 45 minutes later. ...

Police: Hatchet-wielding suspect shot by officers Posted: 23 Oct 2014 07:24 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police shot and killed a hatchet-wielding man on Thursday after he suddenly attacked a group of patrol officers without warning in broad daylight on a busy commercial district in Queens.

China launches first mission to moon and back Posted: 23 Oct 2014 10:17 PM PDT China launched its first space mission to the moon and back early Friday, authorities said, the latest step forward for Beijing's ambitious programme to one day land a Chinese citizen on the Earth's only natural satellite. The unnamed, unmanned probe will travel to the moon, fly around it and head back to Earth, re-entering the atmosphere and landing, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) said in a statement. "The first stage of the first return journey test in China's moon probe programme has been successful," it said after the launch, from the Xichang space base in the southwestern province of Sichuan. The module will be 413,000 kilometres from Earth at its furthest point on the eight-day mission, it added.

Inside the Islamic State’s million-dollar money stream Posted: 23 Oct 2014 02:41 PM PDT The Islamic State militants got rich off smuggled oil, kidnappings for ransom, and extortion. Here is how the United States is responding.

Police: Plane, helicopter collide in Maryland Posted: 23 Oct 2014 09:14 PM PDT FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Police say an airplane and helicopter have collided in mid-air at the Frederick Municipal Airport in Maryland.

As Ebola hits, New Yorkers maintain wary calm Posted: 24 Oct 2014 09:28 AM PDT By Edward McAllister NEW YORK (Reuters) - News of New York's first case of Ebola was met with worry and even anger on Friday, but for this city of eight million residents, seasoned by everything from terror attacks to superstorms, there was no sign of panic. Dr. Craig Spencer, 33, who treated Ebola patients in West Africa, was moved with elaborate precautions from his Harlem apartment to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan with a fever and tested positive for Ebola on Thursday, sparking concern about the spread of the disease in the country's most populous city. ...

Stolen vehicle plows into Ohio bar, injures 13 Posted: 24 Oct 2014 10:56 AM PDT By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Thirteen people were injured late Thursday after a high-speed police chase ended with a stolen truck crashing through the front of a bar in a western suburb of Cleveland, police said. The white pickup truck ran over stop sticks deployed by Westlake, Ohio, police and crashed into the Dover Gardens bar at about 9 p.m., injuring patrons, employees and the suspect, Westlake police spokesman Captain Guy Turner said. ...

Police in Ferguson committed human rights abuses: Amnesty report Posted: 23 Oct 2014 09:04 PM PDT By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - Police in Ferguson, Missouri, committed human rights abuses as they sought to quell mostly peaceful protests that erupted after an officer killed an unarmed black teenager, an international human rights organization said in a report released on Friday. The Amnesty International report said law enforcement officers should be investigated by U.S. authorities for the abuses, which occurred during weeks of racially charged protests that erupted after white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown, 18, on Aug. 9. ...

Doctor with Ebola in New York stable; nurse is virus-free Posted: 24 Oct 2014 10:29 AM PDT By Ellen Wulfhorst and Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Authorities retraced the steps of an American doctor with Ebola, who was listed Friday in stable condition at a New York hospital's isolation unit, while seeking to reassure a jittery public that the threat from the virus was limited. Dr. Craig Spencer, 33, who was infected after working with Ebola patients in West Africa, on Thursday became the fourth person diagnosed with the disease in the United States and the first in its largest city. Spencer was awake and talking to family and friends on a cellphone, Dr. ...

New York officials: Doctor has Ebola, 1st in city Posted: 23 Oct 2014 10:13 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A Doctors Without Borders physician who recently returned to the city after treating Ebola patients in West Africa has tested positive for the virus, according to preliminary test results, city officials said Thursday.

NYC hospital tests doctor who had been to West Africa for Ebola Posted: 23 Oct 2014 12:40 PM PDT A doctor who recently returned to the United States from West Africa was rushed to a hospital in New York City on Thursday and is being tested for Ebola, hospital officials said.

Pat Robertson calls gay rights activists 'terrorists' Posted: 23 Oct 2014 09:12 AM PDT A day after his controversial comments about AIDS were obliterated by Anderson Cooper, the conservative televangelist called gay rights activists "terrorists."

Clinton backs Gov. Cuomo; GOP foe claims momentum Posted: 23 Oct 2014 01:27 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo raced into the final stretch of his re-election bid Thursday with help from former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton while Republican challenger Rob Astorino maintained their recent debate helped push momentum to his side.

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