Florida to monitor health of travelers from Ebola-hit countries
(Reuters) – Florida will require 21-day health monitoring of people returning to the state from Ebola-affected countries in Africa, Governor Rick Scott said, even though the state has no airports authorized to receive travelers from the three nations.
Waiting on Jeb: Will another Bush run for the White House in 2016?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Jeb Bush’s flirtation with a possible run for the White House in 2016 has been so low key that some in his party aren’t convinced he’s prepared to take on the challenge.
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 …
