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DC gala shooting suspect aired grievances against Trump in writings to family
The man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner railed against Trump adminis…
Coast Guard takes new steps with Ebola
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — One U.S. Coast Guard sector says it will contact ships that have recently been to Ebola-affected countries to ask whether passengers have symptoms of the virus before they are allowed into p…
Syrian town may fall to militants
MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Islamic State fighters were poised to capture a strategic Syrian town on the Turkish border, Turkey’s president warned Tuesday, even as Kurdish forces battled to expel the extremists from…
Seattle replaces Columbus with 'indigenous peoples'
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council is replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the city.
Nobel Prize honors researchers' discovery of brain's 'GPS' system
The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine honors three researchers who have pioneered the discovery of the brain cells, circuits and encoding patterns that allow us to remember where we’ve been, to plot the ro…
Man with Ebola arrives in Nebraska
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An American video journalist who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia stepped off a jet Monday under his own power on his way to a Nebraska hospital where he will be treated for the disease …
Blown tires stop takeoff at airport
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A pair of tires blew out on an Aeromexico jetliner as it was getting ready to take off from the Los Angeles airport early Saturday, prompting the pilot to stop the plane on the runway.
Man floating in bubble rescued by Coast Guard
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A longtime endurance runner and peace activist whose latest goal was to reach Bermuda in a homemade floating “Hydro Pod” was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday after he began suffering…
Dallas patient worsens
DALLAS — The condition of the lone Ebola patient to be diagnosed in the U.S. has worsened and is now deemed critical, the Dallas hospital that has been treating him reported Saturday.
Fire destroys buildings at Flight 93 memorial
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A fire at the Flight 93 National Memorial destroyed three administrative buildings on Friday, leaving officials concerned about some of the memorabilia and archival material stored there.
Key things to know about respiratory bug plaguing kids
NEW YORK (AP) — A wave of severe respiratory illnesses has swept the country in the last two months, propelled by what was long considered an uncommon germ.
Baby born to woman who got new womb
LONDON (AP) — In a medical first, a woman in Sweden has given birth after receiving a womb transplant, the doctor who performed the pioneering procedure said Friday.
Crews decontaminate home where Ebola patient had stayed
DALLAS (AP) — A hazardous-materials crew on Friday decontaminated the Texas apartment where an Ebola patient stayed, while public-health officials cut by half the number of people being monitored for any symptoms o…
Surge of hiring cuts jobless rate to 5.9 pct.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A surge in hiring last month helped drive the nation’s unemployment rate down to a six-year low of 5.9 percent — within striking distance of what economists consider a healthy level.
Heavy fighting hits Syrian border town
BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State militants heavily shelled a Kurdish town on Syria’s border with Turkey on Friday as jihadi fighters prepared an all-out offensive for the strategic site, whose capture would provide a d…
Four California teens arrested in 920 chicken deaths
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Deputies have arrested four young men — one adult and three juveniles — suspected of breaking into a Foster Farms chicken ranch and killing more than 900 birds with a golf club in California.