U.S. nurse quarantined over Ebola calls treatment ‘frenzy of disorganization’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Illinois joined New York and New Jersey in imposing mandatory quarantines for people arriving with a risk of having contracted Ebola in West Africa, but the first person isolated under the new rules, a nurse returning from Sierra L…
Suspect in two California deputy deaths charged with murder, carjacking
(Reuters) – A Utah man was charged with carrying out a crime spree in Sacramento that killed two California sheriff’s deputies and wounded a third, law enforcement officials said on Saturday.
Dalai Lama visits Alabama church at center of civil rights movement
BIRMINGHAM Ala. (Reuters) – The Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet, visited one of America’s sacred sanctuaries on Saturday, touring the church where four African-American girls were killed in a 1963 bombing that galvanized the civil rights movement.
Washington state teen shooter’s family living in ‘nightmare’
MARYSVILLE Wash. (Reuters) – Relatives of a Washington state teen accused of a high school shooting rampage said on Saturday that they were living in a “nightmare” and struggling to understand why the boy targeted his two cousins and several friends be…
Police seek motive in fatal Washington state school shooting
MARYSVILLE Wash. (Reuters) – Authorities in Washington state worked on Saturday to find out what led a popular high school student to open fire on a group of classmates seated at a cafeteria table, killing one and wounding four others, including a pair…
Neighbors in custody following murder of Indiana boy, 13: police
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A 13-year-old Gary, Indiana boy was shot multiple times and killed, and a man and woman from his neighborhood are in custody, police said on Saturday.
Two deputies killed, two others hurt in California shooting spree
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – Two California sheriff’s deputies were killed and two others were wounded in a shooting spree that started in a motel parking lot in Sacramento on Friday, authorities said.
U.S. car safety regulators face review over safety lapses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Transportation Department will conduct an internal review of U.S. auto safety regulators in response to a series of safety lapses, including this week’s reports of defective air bags, a senior administration official said on …
Governor Cuomo did not tell NYC about new Ebola airport rules: mayor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo did not inform New York City officials before announcing mandatory quarantines for some people arriving at airports around the city from Ebola-affected countries, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Saturday…
Illinois orders mandatory Ebola quarantine for high-risk travelers
(Reuters) – Illinois has ordered mandatory 21-day quarantines for all “high-risk” people who have had direct contact with Ebola patients while in Liberia, Guinea or Sierra Leone, the three West African nations most affected by the outbreak.
