Two NFL players arrested for trespass in separate incidents
(Reuters) – Police in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Minneapolis arrested two professional football players on trespassing and other charges, authorities and local media reported Sunday.
Ebola patient in Dallas struggling to survive, says CDC head
DALLAS/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States was fighting for his life at a Dallas hospital on Sunday and appeared to be receiving none of the experimental medicines for the virus, a top U.S. health official sa…
At Dallas church service, prayers of Ebola patient and families
DALLAS (Reuters) – It was like any other Sunday morning worship service at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, where Louise Troh, the quarantined girlfriend of the first patient in the United States diagnosed with Ebola, is a member of the congregation.
No signs of foul play seen in Pennsylvania 9/11 memorial fire
(Reuters) – Investigators have found no signs of foul play or arson in a fire at a 9/11 memorial complex in Pennsylvania which destroyed a U.S. flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 11, 2001, authorities said on Sunday.
New Jersey boy’s death is first linked directly to enterovirus
(Reuters) – A New Jersey boy who went to bed last month in seemingly good health and died in his sleep is the first fatality linked directly to a strain of enterovirus that has infected more than 500 people, a local medical official said on Sunday.
In Dallas, African immigrants worry about backlash from Ebola case
DALLAS (Reuters) – Some African immigrants in Dallas are worried that the case of a Liberian man who is sick with the Ebola virus in a city hospital is generating ill-feeling, including some taunts and finger-pointing, toward the wider community.
Texas ground beef recalled due to possible metal pieces
(Reuters) – Texas groceries had likely removed by Sunday morning all ground beef from store shelves that was subject to a recall due to possible contamination from tiny pieces of metal, an executive at the company which recalled the product said.
Nebraska hospital prepares for arrival of Ebola patient
(Reuters) – A Nebraska hospital is preparing for the expected arrival of an Ebola patient who contracted the disease in Liberia, a spokesman said on Sunday.
Chicago pedicabs run into rough headwinds from City Hall
CHICAGO (Reuters) – T.C. O’Rourke has encountered plenty of nasty weather in his years as a Chicago pedicab operator – rain, snow and steamy summer heat.
Cuban migrants drank own blood, urine, adrift at sea for 23 days
MIAMI (Reuters) – A group of Cuban migrants drank their own urine and blood after the engine of their homemade boat failed, leaving them adrift in the Caribbean for three weeks without food or water, according to survivors who reached the United States…
