Texas health care worker tests positive for Ebola
(Reuters) – A Texas health worker who provided care for the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States has tested positive for the deadly virus in a preliminary examination, a state health official said on Sunday.
Secretive U.S. robotic mini-shuttle to end 22-month mission on Tuesday
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida (Reuters) – The U.S. military plans to land its secretive X-37B robotic space plane in California on Tuesday, ending a classified 22-month mission, officials said.
Arrest in fire that devastated Northern California town: report
(Reuters) – Authorities on Saturday arrested a man for suspected arson in connection with a fire that destroyed much of a small California city in September, local media reported.
U.S. military faces new kind of threat with Ebola
(Reuters) – At Fort Campbell in Kentucky, spouses of U.S. soldiers headed to Liberia seem to be lingering just a bit longer than usual after pre-deployment briefings, hungry for information about Ebola.
Louisiana infant survives days trapped beneath father’s dead body
(Reuters) – A 10-month-old Louisiana baby survived for three days trapped under the decomposing body of her dead father after he suffered cardiac arrest, authorities said on Saturday.
Judge closes California casino in dispute between American Indian factions
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has ordered the closure of an American Indian casino in central California following an armed standoff between one tribal faction that was running the gambling establishment and other members of the tribe who stor…
Toddler first in Michigan to die from enterovirus strain
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 21-month-old girl is the first in the state of Michigan and second in the U.S. to die this year from a strain of the enterovirus that has infected more than 500 people across the nation, health officials said on Saturday.
Family names new lawyer in $75 million New York chokehold lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The family of a black New Yorker who died after a local police officer put the 43-year old man in a chokehold announced on Saturday it chose a new attorney for its planned $75 million wrongful death lawsuit, a spokesman for a civil…
Ebola screening starts at New York’s JFK airport
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Medical teams at New York’s JFK airport, armed with Ebola questionnaires and temperature guns, began screening travelers from three West African countries on Saturday as U.S. health authorities stepped up efforts to stop the spread…
New Jersey officials order ‘symptom-less’ NBC News crew into Ebola quarantine
(Reuters) – Members of an NBC News crew who worked with a cameraman who contracted Ebola in Liberia have been quarantined, New Jersey health officials said on Saturday.