| American who contracted Ebola now in critical condition Posted: 16 Mar 2015 10:32 AM PDT  Eleven other workers from the same nonprofit are being monitored for the virus.
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| Police: Robert Durst had revolver on him when arrested Posted: 16 Mar 2015 11:18 AM PDT  The real estate heir was arrested hours before the finale of an HBO show on his life.
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| Video shows vast devastation from Cyclone Pam Posted: 16 Mar 2015 08:26 AM PDT  Cyclone Pam ravaged the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu over the weekend, killing at least 8 people, injuring dozens more and nearly wiping the country's capital off the map.
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| Defense lawyer rips Petraeus plea deal for ‘double standard’ Posted: 16 Mar 2015 01:35 AM PDT  A lawyer complains his client went to jail for leaking while the ex-CIA chief walked.
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| Putin laughs off 'rumours' over his 10-day absence Posted: 16 Mar 2015 09:51 AM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday laughed off days of frenzied "rumours" over his health and whereabouts as he reappeared in public after an unusually long 10-day absence. Emerging after days of speculation that he was either ill or had even been deposed in a palace coup, Putin met with the leader of ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan just outside Saint Petersburg. The typically tardy Putin was two hours late but showed up looking relaxed with no visible signs of ill-health, quelling the rumours that had nevertheless highlighted the fragility of Russia's tightly-controlled political system dominated by one man. "We would be bored if there were no rumours," Putin said as he met Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev at the sumptuous Konstantinov's Palace outside Saint Petersburg.
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| March Madness: Welcome to nation's largest 'pool party' Posted: 13 Mar 2015 08:10 AM PDT  What ailment afflicts millions of Americans this time every year? Hint: It's not spring fever. It's March Madness. Welcome to the 2015 NCAA men's college basketball tournament.
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| U.S. may impose tougher curbs to contain bird flu in Arkansas Posted: 16 Mar 2015 11:04 AM PDT  By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are considering imposing tougher restrictions in Arkansas to contain a virulent strain of avian flu in the heart of America's poultry region in a bid to minimize international trade disruptions and contain the virus. The H5N2 flu discovered in Arkansas last week is the state's first case of a strain that causes massive internal hemorrhaging in poultry, can kill nearly every bird in an infected flock within 48 hours, and is prone to mutate. Such strains are sometimes called "chicken Ebola." In response, Arkansas is working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to create new rules for commercial poultry producers and owners of backyard flocks alike, Reuters has learned. The rules will spell out how often poultry within a quarantine zone must test negative for bird flu before the quarantine can be lifted, Brandon Doss, Arkansas' assistant state veterinarian, said.
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| Suspect in Ferguson, Missouri shooting of police appears in court Posted: 16 Mar 2015 10:55 AM PDT  By Richard Valdmanis FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - The man accused of wounding two policemen during a protest rally outside the Ferguson, Missouri, police headquarters last week appeared in court on Monday briefly and did not enter a plea. The shooting was the latest in violent incidents that have punctuated months of demonstrations in Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb, since a white police officer shot dead unarmed black teen Michael Brown during a confrontation in August. Jeffrey L. Williams, 20, has admitted to firing the shots that wounded the officers early Thursday and also told authorities he was not shooting at police, Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch said on Sunday after announcing the arrest. Williams did not give any statements on Monday during his brief appearance before Judge Joseph Dueker in St. Louis County Circuit Court.
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| New York real estate scion Durst agrees to extradition on murder charge Posted: 16 Mar 2015 10:08 AM PDT  By Jonathan Kaminsky NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - New York real estate scion Robert Durst agreed on Monday to be extradited to Los Angeles County from New Orleans to face a charge of first-degree murder in the 2000 death of a longtime friend. Durst, who is the subject of a six-part HBO documentary series called "The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst," has maintained his innocence. The 71-year-old was arrested on Saturday in New Orleans. Durst previously was questioned but not charged in the death of his first wife, Kathleen Durst, in 1982, and he was acquitted of murder in a third case in 2001.
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| At South by Southwest, Rand Paul champions Snapchat, criticizes Clinton Posted: 15 Mar 2015 08:13 PM PDT  Though Republican Rand Paul is not officially running for president, he had plenty to say on Sunday about the woman expected to soon make a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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| Police: Ferguson gunman arrested, may not have been targeting officers Posted: 15 Mar 2015 04:21 PM PDT  Jeffrey Williams, 20, was charged in the shootings of two St. Louis-area officers.
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| Jeb Bush’s ethanol past may complicate his Iowa future Posted: 15 Mar 2015 12:21 PM PDT  "The whole point of this was that the big increases were supposed to be in cellulosic ethanol," Bush said.
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| University of Maryland probing racist fraternity email Posted: 15 Mar 2015 09:09 AM PDT  The University of Maryland is investigating a 2014 email allegedly sent by a white Kappa Sigma fraternity member containing racial epithets aimed at African American, Indian and Asian women and encouraging fellow members to have sex with women in their basement regardless of consent.
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