| Mass sterilisation leads to deaths of ten Indian women Posted: 11 Nov 2014 05:08 AM PST  Dozens more are in hospital, some in a critical condition, after a state-run program went badly wrong.
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| Last US Ebola patient cured Posted: 11 Nov 2014 10:17 AM PST  The last known Ebola patient in the United States, a New York doctor who contracted the virus while treating infected people in West Africa, was released from the hospital on Tuesday after being declared cured. Craig Spencer, an emergency room doctor in New York, appeared at a press conference flanked by Mayor Bill de Blasio to announce that he had been discharged from Bellevue Hospital -- one of a handful of US medical facilities designated to handle Ebola cases. "New York City's first and only Ebola case is successfully treated. Dr Spencer is Ebola-free and New York City is Ebola-free," de Blasio proclaimed at the hospital, to cheers and applause.
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| Chelsea Clinton on motherhood: 'I'm so happy' Posted: 11 Nov 2014 10:01 AM PST  For the past 24 years, Glamour has hosted the Women of the Year Awards honoring celebrities, politicians and athletes, along with other inspiring and empowering women.
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| Jon Stewart's bold new project Posted: 11 Nov 2014 09:13 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — A bleary-eyed Jon Stewart is sitting outside his offices reflecting on his directorial debut, "Rosewater," a drama about the unjust imprisonment of journalist Maziar Bahari in Iran.
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| CIA allegedly paid off botched drone strike victims' families Posted: 11 Nov 2014 01:38 AM PST  After an errant drone strike in Yemen, the CIA reportedly made 'condolence payments'
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| George W. Bush launches his new book Posted: 11 Nov 2014 09:10 AM PST COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Former President George W. Bush formally launches his personal biography of his father at a joint appearance with George H.W. Bush at the father's Texas A&M university presidential library. |
| Iran orders two new nuclear reactors from Russia Posted: 11 Nov 2014 08:18 AM PST  Russia signed Tuesday a contract to build two nuclear reactors in Iran and announced plans for a total of nine, less than two weeks before a deadline on for deal on the country's disputed atomic programme. A series of agreements signed during a visit to Moscow by Iran's nuclear programme chief Ali Akbar Salehi includes a contract for two new reactors at the existing Russian-built Bushehr plant. The agreements foresee increasing the total number of Russian-built reactors in the country to nine as well as possibly transferring some sensitive technology relating to the production of fuel rod components. The announcement comes amid last-minute diplomacy before a November 24 deadline to find a solution to ease Western suspicions over Tehran's nuclear intentions as well as damaging sanctions on the Iranian economy.
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| Nigeria's President vows to beat Boko Haram Posted: 11 Nov 2014 08:18 AM PST  By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) - President Goodluck Jonathan promised Nigerians on Tuesday he would fight corruption and defeat the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency as he announced his bid to win a second term at the head of Africa's biggest economy in a February election. A southern Christian president heading Africa's top oil producer, Jonathan is seen as a strong incumbent despite a raft of multi-billion-dollar oil scandals and his government's inability so far to end the five-year-old insurgency waged by Boko Haram, mostly in the Muslim north. ...
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| Putin steals show with head-turning gesture Posted: 11 Nov 2014 08:04 AM PST  BEIJING (AP) — It was a warm gesture on a chilly night when Vladimir Putin wrapped a shawl around the wife of Xi Jinping while the Chinese president chatted with Barack Obama. The only problem: Putin came off looking gallant, the Chinese summit host gauche and inattentive.
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| Startling discovery about U.S. Ebola response Posted: 11 Nov 2014 01:52 AM PST  The U.S. State Department expedited a $4.9 million deal for medevac services, Yahoo News has learned, after two Americans infected with Ebola, Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, recently had trouble being rescued from West Africa. The CDC had developed an airworthy isolation chamber for infectious patients in the past decade, but the high-tech transportation tent was in storage when Samaritan's Purse — a Christian humanitarian group — first sought help from the federal government.
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| John Cleese opens up Posted: 11 Nov 2014 02:14 AM PST  "Monty Python." "Fawlty Towers." "A Fish Called Wanda." John Cleese has been making audiences laugh for decades. Now, in an interview with Yahoo News, he talks about his new autobiography, "So, Anyway."
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| Snow buries parts of Rockies, Upper Midwest Posted: 11 Nov 2014 10:13 AM PST  PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Residents across the Rockies and Upper Midwest dug out from under a foot or more of snow on Tuesday, after waking up to frigid temperatures that plunged as much as 50 degrees overnight. The rest of the Midwest and the East are expecting a dose of the icy weather later this week thanks to a powerful storm that hit Alaska with hurricane-force winds over the weekend.
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| Grief, rage at 36-year sentence for ferry captain Posted: 11 Nov 2014 06:04 AM PST  The captain is found guilty of negligence in the disaster that killed more than 300 people.
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| US officials: More work needed on Iran nuke deal Posted: 11 Nov 2014 08:48 AM PST  BEIJING (AP) — Two days of tough talks to limit Iran's nuclear program failed Monday to make major headway toward a final deal —a foreboding sign for years of negotiations that are set to expire in less than two weeks.
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| N.Y. doctor infected with Ebola to be released from hospital Posted: 10 Nov 2014 03:14 PM PST  Dr. Craig Spencer, 33, had been held in isolation in Bellevue Hospital Center in New York.
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| New York doctor now free of Ebola discharged from hospital Posted: 11 Nov 2014 09:20 AM PST  By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York doctor who has recovered from Ebola left the hospital on Tuesday and urged support for U.S. health workers treating patients in West Africa so they do not face "stigma and threats" when they return home. The discharge of Dr. Craig Spencer, 33, who worked with Ebola patients in Guinea and had been held in isolation at Bellevue Hospital Center since he was diagnosed with the virus on Oct. 23, means no one in the United States is being treated for the disease. ...
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| Ceremonies, concerts mark Veterans Day in U.S. capital Posted: 11 Nov 2014 10:15 AM PST  By Ian Simpson ARLINGTON Va. (Reuters) - The U.S. capital marked Veterans Day on Tuesday with ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery where Vice President Joe Biden said the 23 million U.S. veterans were the backbone of the nation. The commemoration at Arlington, where more than 40,000 military personnel and their families are buried, was part of events that include a giant concert in Washington featuring such stars as Bruce Springsteen and Rihanna. A bugler played "Taps" after Biden laid a wreath at Arlington's Tomb of the Unknowns. ...
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| Missouri Governor to outline law enforcement plans for decision on police shooting Posted: 11 Nov 2014 09:04 AM PST  (Reuters) - Missouri Governor Jay Nixon on Tuesday is expected to detail law enforcement preparations ahead of protests that could erupt once a grand jury decides whether to indict a white police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson. Tensions have been building for weeks as the St. Louis suburb awaits an announcement of the grand jury's decision on the shooting death of Michael Brown, 18, by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9. There is widespread expectation the grand jury will not indict Wilson. ...
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| Supreme Court justice temporarily blocks gay marriage in Kansas Posted: 10 Nov 2014 02:55 PM PST  Supreme justice on Monday temporarily blocked gay marriage in Kansas a day before it was due to go into effect. Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an order saying that the court wanted gay marriage advocates to respond to the state's application seeking to put gay marriage on hold. District Court Judge Daniel Crabtree struck down the state's gay marriage ban last week, ruling that it would go into effect on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Eastern Time (2300 GMT) if no other court intervened. Sotomayor's action does not mean the high court will grant the Kansas application.
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| Rockies, Upper Midwest get blast of wintry weather Posted: 10 Nov 2014 06:40 PM PST  PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A blast of wintry weather blew into parts of the Rockies and Upper Midwest on Monday, bringing a foot of snow in some areas, along with plunging temperatures. The cold weather is expected to eventually blanket the central U.S. from the Rockies to the Great Lakes region.
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| Standoff at Oklahoma office complex comes to end Posted: 10 Nov 2014 03:01 PM PST  An armed man who held hostages inside the building has surrendered, police say.
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| Veterans sue banks over Iraq attacks Posted: 10 Nov 2014 01:16 PM PST  By Alison Frankel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wounded U.S. veterans and family members of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq sued five European banks on Monday, seeking to hold them responsible for shootings and roadside bombings because they allegedly processed Iranian money that paid for the attacks. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York, named Barclays Plc, Credit Suisse Group AG, HSBC Holdings Plc, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Standard Chartered. Barclays, Credit Suisse, RBS and Standard Chartered declined to comment. HSBC did not respond to requests for comment. ...
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