Ebola: Local health workers in preparedness mode

In the aftermath of having the first person die of Ebola on American soil in Dallas, local health officials are quick to downplay fears of the disease having an outbreak in the United States, and yet are preparing …

UN warns of massacre if militants take Syrian town

MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — In a dramatic appeal, a U.N. official warned that hundreds of civilians who remain trapped in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani near the border with Turkey were likely to be “massacred” b…

Report: School shooter wanted revenge for teasing

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Investigators say the student who killed a classmate before taking his own life at a suburban Denver high school described himself in a diary as “a psychopath with a superiority complex” an…

It's all Malala

OSLO, Norway — Taliban attack survivor Malala Yousafzai became the youngest Nobel winner ever as she and Kailash Satyarthi of India won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for working to protect children from slavery, …

New charges filed in hacker case

SEATTLE (AP) — Calling him “a leader in the marketplace for stolen credit card numbers,” federal prosecutors added 11 new charges against a Russian man they say hacked into U.S. businesses to steal information that…

California wildfire threatens homes

APPLEGATE, Calif. (AP) — A series of wildfires along a Northern California interstate destroyed five homes and threatened hundreds more as fire crews fought Thursday to keep it from a canyon where dry brush could m…

Utah appeals ruling in 'Sister Wives' case

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The constitutionality of Utah’s anti-polygamy law is now in the hands of a federal appeals court that will review a ruling that struck down parts of the law and was hailed as a landmark decisi…

Mom who tried to kill autistic daughter gets 10-22 years

BEULAH, Mich. (AP) — A judge Wednesday sentenced the mother of an autistic Michigan teenager to 10-22 years in prison in what she described as a failed murder-suicide attempt brought on by despair after years of vi…

Woman with cancer plans to take her own life

Ebola patient dies in Dallas; airport screening expanded

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. died Wednesday despite intense but delayed treatment, and the government announced it was expanding airport examinations to guard against the spre…

Train derails in Saskatchewan

WADENA, Saskatchewan (AP) — A Canadian National Railway Company freight train carrying dangerous goods has derailed in central Saskatchewan in Canada and has caught fire.

Marriage issue returns to lower courts

WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after the Supreme Court passed on gay marriage appeals and effectively made same-sex marriage legal in 30 states, the federal appeals court in San Francisco struck down gay marriage bans in …

First womb-transplant baby won't be alone for long

GOTHENBURG, Sweden (AP) — The world’s first baby born from a transplanted womb is soon to have company.

Two men charged in oil patch narcotics bust

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — Two men are each charged with eight drug-related felonies after authorities in North Dakota’s oil patch said they found more than $300,000 worth of narcotics in their possession.