U.S. Ebola patient showing signs of improvement, wife says
Dr.
Rick Sacra, a 51-year-old Boston physician, arrived Friday at the
Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha for treatment after being flown there
from Liberia, one of five West African countries affected by an outbreak
of the virus. "Rick is very sick and weak, but slightly improved from
when he arrived yesterday," Debbie Sacra said Saturday. Sacra said she
and the couple's 22-year-old son are in Nebraska, but they visited with
Rick, isolated in the hospital's biocontainment unit, for about 25
minutes over a video link. She said he remembered little of his journey
from Liberia and that she was "relieved to see his face and hear his
voice again." Dr. Sacra contracted Ebola while working at a hospital in
Liberia on behalf of the North Carolina-based Christian group SIM USA.Read More ...
Explosions in east Ukraine threaten ceasefire
Powerful
explosions in a key frontline city in eastern Ukraine on Saturday
raised fears that a day-old truce between government and rebel forces
had already collapsed. Numerous explosions were heard and thick smoke
was visible on the horizon of Mariupol, a government-held port city in
the east of the country. A checkpoint held by Ukraine loyalists seemed
to be on fire late on Saturday, according to AFP journalists close to
the scene. The renewed violence came just hours after a phone call
between Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko and his Russian counterpart
Vladimir Putin, who agreed that a ceasefire signed on Friday "was
generally being observed".Read More ...
North Korea sets trial date for detained American
SEOUL
(Reuters) - Matthew Miller, one of three detained Americans in North
Korea, will face trial next week, a short statement carried by state
media said on Sunday, without elaborating any further on what charges
the U.S. citizen faced. Miller, of Bakersfield, California, will go to
trial in North Korea on Sept. 14, the short statement said. The 26-year
old was arrested in April for tearing up his visa upon his arrival in
the isolated country, state media said at the time. The statement did
not mention fellow U.S. ...Read More ...
Wreckage of small U.S. plane believed sunk in ocean, Jamaica says
The
plane, with an unresponsive pilot, crashed on Friday after veering far
off its course to Florida and triggering a U.S. The Jamaica Civil
Aviation Authority said the wreckage is believed to have sunk into the
ocean in an area about 6,600 feet (2,000 meters) deep. “We would have to
assume that the debris sank because we didn’t find it at the surface,”
Jamaica Coast Guard Commander Antonette Wemyss-Gorman said at a news
conference on Saturday. The Jamaica Defense Force "conducted searches
overnight and this morning in same location where they spotted an oil
spill," she said.Read More ...
Singer Simone Battle found dead at West Hollywood home
(Reuters) - Singer Simone Battle, a member of the band G.R.L. and former contestant on the "The X-Factor" television show, has been found dead in her West Hollywood home, authorities said on Saturday. Battle was found on Friday morning and an autopsy could be conducted as soon as Sunday, said Lieutenant David Smith from the Los Angeles County Coroner's Department. "Simone's incredible talent was only surpassed by the size of her heart." News of Battle's death was first reported by celebrity website TMZ.
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Obama to delay immigration action
The president decides to delay any executive action until after November elections.Read More ...
Somali extremists name new leader after U.S. strike, warn of revenge
By
Feisal Omar and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The Somali Islamist
militant group al Shabaab confirmed on Saturday that its leader Ahmed
Godane had been killed in a U.S. Western governments and neighboring
countries want to neutralize a group that they say has exploited
Somalia's chaos to attract jihadists and train them to fight. In a
statement, al Shabaab reaffirmed its affiliation to al Qaeda, and named
its new leader as Sheikh Ahmad Umar Abu Ubaidah, warning its enemies to
"expect only that which will cause you great distress". Little is known
of al Shabaab's new leader, but a local elder who asked not be named
said he had joined al Shabaab in 2006 and, like Godane, hailed from the
Dir clan.Read More ...
Next for former Va. governor: sentencing, appeal
RICHMOND,
Va. (AP) — Prosecutors and defense attorneys aren't through fighting
over the fate of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife,
Maureen.Read More ...
Syrian strikes on Islamic State stronghold kill 29
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria launched a series of airstrikes targeting a stronghold of the Islamic State extremist group on Saturday, killing at least 29 people, most of whom died when one of the missiles slammed into a crowded bakery, activists said.
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Ukraine cease-fire holds, exchange of POWs planned
Both residents and combatants said they do not expect the ceasefire to last long.Read More ...
Mystery shrouds U.S. couple's crash off Jamaica
They were taken on a ghostly 1,700-mile journey after apparently becoming incapacitated at the controls.Read More ...
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