U.S. Army says it faces huge equipment, training risks with budget cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army warned on Monday that mandatory budget cuts due to resume in fiscal 2016 would be devastating to a service that is already facing huge risks as it tries to keep forces ready for battle, replace aging equipment and r…
Toddler critically injured in New Hampshire bouncy house accident
MANCHESTER N.H. (Reuters) – A New Hampshire toddler was hospitalized in critical condition after a gust of wind lifted a bouncy house he was playing in with his brother, authorities said.
U.S. CDC head criticized for blaming ‘protocol breach’ as nurse gets Ebola
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Some healthcare experts are bristling at the assertion by a top U.S. health official that a “protocol breach” caused a Dallas nurse to be infected with Ebola while caring for a dying patient, saying the case instead shows how far the nation’s hospitals are from adequately training staff to deal with the deadly virus.
Three believed dead in small plane crash in Chicago suburb
(Reuters) – All three people believed to be aboard a small plane died when it crashed into the only vacant lot on a block of residential homes in a Chicago suburb, authorities said on Monday.
FAA Chicago-area air traffic site back in full operations
(Reuters) – Full operation was restored on Monday at a Chicago-area air traffic control site that was shut down in September by a fire allegedly set by a field technician, forcing extensive flight delays and cancellations, the Federal Aviation Administ…
St. Louis area police arrest at least 17 during weekend of protests
FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) – Hundreds of civil rights activists and protesters applauded speakers, preachers and poets on Sunday in a an arena in St. Louis, Missouri, capping a weekend of protests against police violence that included 17 arrests earlier in…
Fay downgraded after brushing Bermuda with high winds, rain
HAMILTON Bermuda (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Fay lost strength after briefly reaching a Category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic on Sunday, sweeping past Bermuda with strong winds, felling trees and knocking out power to thousands in the British territory.
Tropical Storm Gonzalo forms in Atlantic, heads for Puerto Rico
MIAMI (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Gonzalo formed on Sunday in the Atlantic Ocean, east of the Caribbean Islands and was forecast to become a hurricane by the time it reaches Puerto Rico on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Gonzalo to strengthen but unlikely to hit U.S. mainland: NHC
(Reuters) – Tropical storm Gonzalo is expected to strengthen while it moves through the Leeward Islands tonight and early Monday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory on Sunday.
Boston patient does not appear to have Ebola, hospital says
(Reuters) – A man in Massachusetts who was being evaluated at a Boston hospital for a possible Ebola infection does not appear to have the deadly disease, officials at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center said on Sunday night.
