Nation & World

Edict hampering Ebola efforts

Many Liberians keep victims home because of cremation order

October 23, 2014

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A really scary Halloween scene

Texas man ‘quarantines’ home for holiday

October 23, 2014

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Evidence supports Wilson’s account of Ferguson shooting

A photograph shows Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson attending a City Council meeting. An autopsy report supports some of…

October 22, 2014

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California malpractice cap generates big spending

Bob Pack poses at the headstone of his children, Troy, 10 and Alana, 7. in Lafayette, Calif. Pack’s children were…

October 22, 2014

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Online harassment: It’s probably happened to you

Catherine Devine, 22, reads instant messages on her laptop at her home in Kings Park, N.Y. Devine had her first…

October 22, 2014

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World & Nation Briefs

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Days after Nigeria’s military raised hopes with the announcement that Islamic extremists had agreed to a cease-fire,…

October 22, 2014

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2 dead in shooting in Canada shooting

Gunman dies after attacking Parliament

October 22, 2014

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U.S. to track travelers from Ebola-hit nations

The program will start Monday in six states that represent 70 percent of people arriving from Liberia, Sierra Leone and…

October 22, 2014

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Hospital of Ebola patient posts poor ER benchmarks

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas staff line the drive that exits the emergency room as they wait for an ambulance…

October 21, 2014

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Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – Ben Bradlee, the hard-charging editor who guided The Washington Post through its Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Watergate…

October 21, 2014

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Poll offers hope to GOP

Republicans now favored to win Senate in election

October 21, 2014

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North Korea frees American detainee

Fowle Jeffrey Fowle, 56, a father of three from Ohio, was flown from North Korea aboard a U.S. military plane…

October 21, 2014

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Former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee dies

Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of The Washington Post, listens during an event sponsored by The Washington Post to commemorate…

October 21, 2014

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Denver girls may have tried to join jihadis

An FBI spokeswoman says agents helped bring the girls back to Denver after stopping them in Germany. Spokeswoman Suzie Payne…

October 21, 2014

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U.S. tightens Ebola screening

But White House rejects ban on travel from West Africa nations

October 21, 2014

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Nation & World Briefs

HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s leader has claimed that “external forces” are participating in student-led pro-democracy protests that have occupied…

October 20, 2014

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Obama coalition-building again … this time on Ebola

Cuba’s president contributes nearly 400 medical staff

October 20, 2014

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Turkey says it helps Kurdish fighters enter Syria

Yet Kurds say help hasn’t arrived

October 20, 2014

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U.S. airdrops arms to Kurds in Syrian town of Kobani

Smoke from a fire rises following a strike in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of…

October 20, 2014

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Ebola fear, monitoring eases for some in Dallas

Dr. David L. Callender, president of the University of Texas Medical Branch, Friday answers questions about the disposal of medical…

October 20, 2014

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Nation & World Briefs

CANBERRA, Australia – Australia will soon deploy 200 special forces troops in Iraq to advise and assist Iraqi security forces…

October 19, 2014

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Quarantine ends for family, friends

They had contact with infectious Ebola patient

October 19, 2014

Nation & World

WHO won’t discuss Ebola mistakes document

In the draft document, which wasn’t released publicly, WHO blamed numerous factors for the now explosive Ebola epidemic, including incompetent…

October 18, 2014

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Gay-rights group backs use of HIV-prevention pill

Medication’s cost can reach into the thousands

October 18, 2014