White House comments on travel ban

White House comments on travel ban
Sentence given in 'loud music' murder
Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks out about Ebola
Pushback against Islamic State showing results
Girls are going home
Mysterious gun attacks against police in Washington state
Obama appoints Ebola 'czar'; Texas health worker isolated on ship
Federal judge strikes down Arizona's ban on gay marriage
Fourth U.S. traffic death linked to Takata air bags
U.S. Navy discharges VP Biden's son for cocaine use
UK police charge 4 in IS-linked terror plot
Former Biden aide named ‘Ebola czar’
Nigerian military claims Boko Haram cease-fire, release of schoolgirls
Is Islamic State about to go airborne?
16 dead in accident at South Korean concert
UN admits it botched response to Ebola
Walk-off homer sends Giants back to World Series
Texas health worker isolated on cruise ship
Powerful Hurricane Gonzalo approaching Bermuda
Obama weighs Ebola czar
Ebola-infected nurse moved to Maryland
Sources: Hunter Biden leaves Navy after drug test
Sen. Cruz criticizes Houston over sermon subpoenas
Red Cross president: 'The Ebola crisis will grow'
Pastor accused of affairs temporarily banned
U.S. says Baghdad is not under 'imminent threat' from IS
Republicans push for Ebola travel ban

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 10:52 AM PDT

President Obama responds to calls to impose a travel ban as part of U.S. efforts to fight Ebola.

Sentence given in 'loud music' murder

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 10:48 AM PDT

A Florida man who killed a teen playing high-volume music learned his fate.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks out about Ebola

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 09:31 AM PDT

DALLAS (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has joined calls for an air travel ban from countries hit the hardest by Ebola.

Pushback against Islamic State showing results

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 09:04 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of U.S. troops in the Middle East said on Friday Iraqi forces are "incrementally" recapturing ground from Islamic State militants who seized much of the country's northwest this year, but he added that major Iraq advances will take time. "They are doing some things now to incrementally recapture ground that's been lost," General Lloyd Austin, head of U.S. Central Command, said in his first news conference about the conflict. He cited the Kurdish operation around Mosul Dam and their recapture of the border post of Rabia. Austin said U.S. ...

Girls are going home

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 10:24 AM PDT

Nigeria says it's reached a deal with Boko Haram.

Mysterious gun attacks against police in Washington state

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 08:41 AM PDT

MARYSVILLE, Wash. (AP) — A day after dozens of gunshots were directed at police in three Washington state towns, law enforcement officials said little about what prompted the shootings.

Obama appoints Ebola 'czar'; Texas health worker isolated on ship

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 10:34 AM PDT

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama appointed a former White House adviser as U.S. Ebola "czar" on Friday as the global death toll from the disease that has hit mostly three West African countries rose to more than 4,500. Amid growing concerns about the spread of the virus in the United States, authorities said a Texas health worker who may have had contact with specimens from an Ebola patient was quarantined on a cruise ship. ...

Federal judge strikes down Arizona's ban on gay marriage

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 10:29 AM PDT

By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal judge has struck down Arizona's ban on gay marriage, declaring it unconstitutional in a move that marks the latest in a series of victories for supporters of same-sex marriage in America, court papers showed on Friday. U.S. District Judge John Sedwick, in a ruling dated Thursday but made public on Friday, wrote that Arizona restrictions on gay marriage were "unconstitutional by virtue of the fact that they deny same-sex couples the equal protection of the law. ...

Fourth U.S. traffic death linked to Takata air bags

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 09:41 AM PDT

By Ben Klayman and Barbara Liston DETROIT/ORLANDO (Reuters) - A fourth traffic death in a Honda Motor Co car has been linked to a defective air bag made by Japanese supplier Takata Corp, according to a county medical examiner in Florida. Hien Tran died Oct. 2, four days after her red 2001 Honda Accord sedan struck another car in Orlando and the air bags exploded, sending shrapnel at the 51-year-old woman, according to the Florida Highway Patrol crash report and Orange-Osceola Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jan Garavaglia. ...

U.S. Navy discharges VP Biden's son for cocaine use

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 08:23 PM PDT

Washington (AFP) - Vice President Joe Biden's son was discharged this year from the US Navy reserve after testing positive for cocaine, a US official confirmed to AFP.

UK police charge 4 in IS-linked terror plot

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 08:26 AM PDT

London (AFP) - Four men charged Friday over an alleged terror plot had scoped out a police station and army barracks in London, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and obtained a handgun and ammunition, the police claimed.

Former Biden aide named ‘Ebola czar’

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 07:48 AM PDT

President Obama picked lawyer, Beltway vet Ron Klain, VP's former chief of staff, for outbreak response.

Nigerian military claims Boko Haram cease-fire, release of schoolgirls

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 08:59 AM PDT

Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria on Friday claimed to have reached a deal with Boko Haram militants on a ceasefire and the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls but doubts immediately surrounded the purported breakthrough.

Is Islamic State about to go airborne?

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 04:57 AM PDT

Jihadists said being trained by Saddam Hussein's pilots to fly 3 jets captured from Syrian military.

16 dead in accident at South Korean concert

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 08:31 AM PDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Sixteen people watching an outdoor pop concert in South Korea fell 20 meters (60 feet) to their deaths Friday when a ventilation grate they were standing on collapsed, officials said.

UN admits it botched response to Ebola

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 10:04 AM PDT

World Health Organization blamed factors including incompetent staff and lack of information.

Walk-off homer sends Giants back to World Series

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The San Francisco Giants are headed to their third World Series in five seasons thanks to an exhilarating 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Texas health worker isolated on cruise ship

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 12:40 AM PDT

Passenger showing no symptoms of disease; did not have direct contact with now deceased Liberian patient Thomas Eric Duncan.

Powerful Hurricane Gonzalo approaching Bermuda

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 10:15 AM PDT

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Gonzalo is roaring toward the British territory of Bermuda as a powerful Category 4 storm and forecasters say it will likely bring damaging winds and life-threatening storm surge to the island in coming hours.

Obama weighs Ebola czar

Posted: 17 Oct 2014 10:39 AM PDT

The president concedes that it may make sense for one person to lead the U.S. effort.

Ebola-infected nurse moved to Maryland

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 09:03 AM PDT

Nina Pham, one of the two nurses who contracted Ebola at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, is expected to be moved to a National Institutes of Health facility in Maryland, multiple reports say.

Sources: Hunter Biden leaves Navy after drug test

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 07:44 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden, the youngest son of Vice President Joe Biden, has been kicked out of the military after testing positive for cocaine, two people familiar with the matter said Thursday.

Sen. Cruz criticizes Houston over sermon subpoenas

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 05:09 PM PDT

HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz told congregants of his home church Thursday that the city of Houston abused power by subpoenaing sermons and other documents from pastors who publicly opposed a local ordinance banning discrimination against gay and transgender residents.

Red Cross president: 'The Ebola crisis will grow'

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 07:25 AM PDT

The head of the International Red Cross is warning that the Ebola crisis will grow and that the threat of a "global health catastrophe" is real.

Pastor accused of affairs temporarily banned

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 03:39 PM PDT

An Alabama Baptist minister who confessed to having sex with married church members and neglecting to tell them he had AIDS was temporarily banned Thursday from acting as pastor.

U.S. says Baghdad is not under 'imminent threat' from IS

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 01:24 PM PDT

Washington (AFP) - The Iraqi capital Baghdad is not facing immediate danger from Islamic State jihadists despite battlefield gains by the group in the country's west and recent car bombings in the city, the US military said Thursday.