First Japan passenger jet in 4 decades rolling out
TOKYO (AP) — The first made in Japan passenger jet in four decades reaches a development milestone later this week.
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The Disappearance of Kate Middleton
Acute morning sickness has laid Kate Middleton low. While she recovers at her parents’ home, Palace officials are being cagey about when she will next be seen in public.
Exodus campaign to Berlin sparks outrage in Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A group of young Israeli expats have unleashed controversy back home by encouraging others to join them in Berlin, touching on two of the most sensitive issues in Israel: the country's high cost of living and Jews' tortured history with Germany.
Ebola virus facts (7 photos)
Ebola virus disease (formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever) is a severe, often fatal illness, with a case fatality rate of up to 90%. It is one of the world’s most virulent diseases. The infection is transmitted by direct contact with the blood, body fluids and tissues of infected animals or…
Grand Ole Opry star's killer paroled after 41 years in prison
By Timothy Ghianni NASHVILLE (Reuters) - John Brown, one of the two men convicted in the murders of Grand Ole Opry and "Hee Haw" star David "Stringbean" Akeman and his wife, will be released from prison after serving 41 years, officials said on Wednesday. Brown, 64, who had been denied parole five…
Anger, fear over Dallas Ebola nurse who took U.S. flight
By Terry Wade DALLAS (Reuters) - A mix of worry and dismay gripped airline passengers on Wednesday at the Dallas airport where a nurse who treated a dying Liberian man arrived after boarding an Ohio-to-Texas flight with a slight fever and was later diagnosed with Ebola. The woman, Amber Vinson, 29,…
Milwaukee police fire officer who shot man in park
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn has fired an officer who he said instigated a fight with a mentally ill man that eventually led the officer to shoot the man 14 times, killing him.
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Abandoned mines spill orange sludge in Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A popular tourist attraction in southern Arizona is at risk of being contaminated with orange and brown sludge that spilled from two abandoned mines near Patagonia.
California man dies, mother in critical condition after mauling by pit bulls
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) - A California man has died and his mother is in critical condition after they were mauled by pit bulls, authorities said on Wednesday. Juan Fernandez, 59, of Modesto died after he was attacked by pit bulls in the back yard of a house in Modesto on Tuesday, the…
Man charged with 4 murders in western Michigan
MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — An ex-convict was charged Wednesday with killing four women in western Michigan — two this week and his wife and her mother after a prison escape in 1989.
Humans may only survive 68 days on Mars
Washington (AFP) - Space enthusiasts planning a move to Mars may have to wait to relocate: conditions on the Red Planet are such that humans would likely begin dying within 68 days, a new study says.
New investigation opened into '7th Heaven' actor
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Veteran television actor Stephen Collins is being investigated by Los Angeles sheriff's detectives after a woman reported the former "7th Heaven" star exposed himself to her in the early 1980s.
Report: Texas Ebola Nurses Had No Protective Gear For Two Days
Hospital workers were intensively exposed to the first U.S. Ebola patient without wearing protective gear for two days, according to The Dallas Morning News.
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Ebola escalation could trigger major food crisis
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The global famine warning system is predicting a major food crisis if the Ebola outbreak continues to grow exponentially over the coming months, and the United Nations still hasn't reached over 750,000 people in need of food in West Africa as prices spiral and farms are…
Contents of 1901 Boston time capsule revealed
BOSTON (AP) — A Boston time capsule dating to 1901 contained letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, political campaign buttons and a presidential message on U.S. foreign relations, archivists said Wednesday.
Nurse Who Contracted Ebola Called CDC Before Flight
A Dallas nurse who treated an Ebola patient contacted federal health officials before boarding a passenger flight Monday due to a slightly elevated temperature, but was allowed to board the flight because she was not exhibiting additional symptoms of Ebola, ABC News has learned.
Man accused of murdering Seventy-First High School student appears in court
A 19-year-old is being held on more than $1 million bond after being charged in the shooting death of another teen outside a sweet sixteen party in Cumberland County.
Pentagon: 'Several hundred' IS fighters killed in Kobane
Washington (AFP) - US-led airstrikes have killed "several hundred" jihadist fighters in and around Kobane, but the Islamic State group could still seize the besieged strategic Syrian town, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
Courts reject another Arizona immigration law
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's authority to confront its illegal immigration woes was again reined in Wednesday when a federal appeals court threw out a 2006 voter-approved law denying bail to people in the country illegally who are charged with certain crimes.
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Dozens of activists burned a mock U.S. flag as they protested at the U.S. Embassy in Manila on Tuesday, demanding that Washington hand over to the Philippines a U.S. Marine suspected in the killing of a transgender Filipino that the demonstrators labeled a hate crime.
