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…
Ebola patient in Dallas turns critical, no new U.S. cases
DALLAS (Reuters) – The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States took a turn for the worse on Saturday, slipping from serious to critical condition in a Dallas hospital, as health officials reported tracking scores of possible cases around the…
Albuquerque officials cancel school dance after mass shooting threat
ALBUQUERQUE New Mexico (Reuters) – An Albuquerque high school on Saturday canceled its homecoming dance after threats were posted online threatening a mass shooting.
Ebola ruled out for ill passenger escorted off plane in Newark
(Reuters) – U.S. disease-control agents in biohazard suits removed a sick passenger and his daughter from a United Airlines jet that landed on Saturday in Newark, New Jersey, but federal health officials later said they had ruled out Ebola as a concern…
Sister of suspected Pennsylvania sniper thinks he has fled area
CANADENSIS Pa. (Reuters) – The sister of the survivalist suspected of killing a Pennsylvania trooper and wounding another three weeks ago said on Saturday she thought her brother had fled the area, and she urged him to surrender to authorities.
Flag that flew over U.S. Capitol on 9/11 destroyed in memorial fire
(Reuters) – The flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 11, 2001, was destroyed in a fire at a 9/11 memorial complex in Pennsylvania, authorities said Saturday.
U.S. disease control agents escort man off flight in Newark: report
(Reuters) – U.S. disease-control agents in biohazard suits removed a sick passenger and his daughter from a United Airlines jet that landed on Saturday in Newark, New Jersey, but local media said the man was not believed by federal health officials to …
Washington hospital rules out Ebola for patient back from Nigeria
(Reuters) – Howard University Hospital said on Saturday that a medical team has determined that a patient feared afflicted with Ebola does not have the disease.
Ebola patient in Dallas takes turn for worse
DALLAS (Reuters) – The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States took a turn for the worse on Saturday, slipping from serious to critical condition, as health officials reported fielding scores of possible cases around the country that proved …
Parents of missing Virginia student plead for help in finding her
(Reuters) – The parents of missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham released a tearful video on Saturday, pleading for help in finding their daughter who vanished three weeks ago.
