Hot, dry weather in California stokes wildfire fears
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The fall season has brought a wave of hot, dry weather to California, with parts of the state baking this weekend in triple-digit temperatures and officials expressing concern the summer-like heat could spark a massive wildfire….
U.S. CDC: Many inquiries about possible Ebola cases, no new infections
(Reuters) – U.S. health officials have fielded inquiries about as many as 100 potential cases of Ebola since the first patient with the deadly virus was detected in the country, but no new infections have been identified, a senior health official said …
Boston’s storied horse track, and a way of life, enter final stretch
BOSTON (Reuters) – Since high school, Lorita Lindemann has lived to the rhythm of horse racing – rising before dawn to tend her thoroughbred charges, cheering as they thunder down the track and working into the night to prepare them to compete again.
California coroner releases report on fugitive ex-policeman
(Reuters) – A former Los Angeles police officer who eluded authorities for days following a grudge-driven killing spree fatally shot himself in the basement of a burning cabin, a coroner report released on Friday said.
Eleventh child in Colorado treated for virus-related paralysis symptoms
DENVER (Reuters) – The number of children treated in Colorado for limb weakness or paralysis-like symptoms after coming down with a respiratory virus has risen to 11, a hospital official said on Friday.
Former NFL kicker found to be legally drunk when killed in crash
NASHVILLE Tenn. (Reuters) – Former Tennessee Titans place kicker Rob Bironas’ blood-alcohol level was nearly triple the legal limit on the night he died in a single-car crash near his Nashville home last month, toxicology test results released on Friday showed.
Fire destroys three buildings at Pennsylvania memorial for 9/11 victims
(Reuters) – A major fire destroyed three buildings on Friday at the Flight 93 National Memorial’s headquarters complex in Pennsylvania, near the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, crash of a hijacked airliner, but no one was reported injured.
U.S. parents confront fear of Ebola in classroom
DALLAS (Reuters) – A visibly nervous Qeuna Dawson on Friday walked her two boys to the Jack Lowe Elementary School in Dallas, where a student was removed after coming into contact with the first patient diagnosed with Ebola in the United States.
California surfer injured in shark attack, beaches closed
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A shark attack that left a surfer injured on the central California coast late on Thursday has prompted the closure of three public beaches in the area controlled by Vandenberg Air Force Base, the military installation said on F…
U.S. defends Ebola response, about 50 under observation
DALLAS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials on Friday broadly defended the response to the country’s first case of Ebola, although one acknowledged that while the government was confident of containing the virus, it had been “rocky” in Dallas where th…
