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Palestinian Kills Israeli in Jerusalem Car Attack

Palestinian Kills Israeli in Jerusalem Car Attack

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian man rammed a minivan into a crowded train platform in east Jerusalem on Wednesday and then attacked people with an iron bar after leaving the vehicle, killing one person and injuring 13 in what authorities

Thousands Break Ebola Quarantine to Find Food

Thousands Break Ebola Quarantine to Find Food

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Thousands of people in Sierra Leone are being forced to violate Ebola quarantines to find food because deliveries are not reaching them, aid agencies said. Large swaths of the West African country have been sealed off

Ted Lieu Wins Waxman Seat

Ted Lieu Wins Waxman Seat

LOS ANGELES – Democrat state Sen. Ted Lieu defeated Republican challenger Elan Carr in the race to succeed Rep. Henry Waxman in California’s 33rd congressional district, according to the Associated Press. Lieu was leading Carr by a 56.3-43.7% margin with

Brittany Maynard, Terminally Ill, Takes Own Life

Brittany Maynard, Terminally Ill, Takes Own Life

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Brittany Maynard stuck by her decision. The terminally ill woman who revived a national debate about physician-assisted suicide ended her life Saturday by swallowing lethal drugs made available under Oregon’s law that allows terminally ill people

Scientists Try to Predict Number of US Ebola Cases

Scientists Try to Predict Number of US Ebola Cases

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Top medical experts studying the spread of Ebola say the public should expect more cases to emerge in the United States by year’s end as infected people arrive here from West Africa, including American doctors and

Two-Week-Old Baby Girl Survives Ebola in Sierra Leone

Two-Week-Old Baby Girl Survives Ebola in Sierra Leone

In a striking case of perseverance that may be among the youngest instances of Ebola survival in the history of the disease, a two-week-old baby near Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, was declared Ebola-free after enduring the ravages of the illness

Africans Worst Responders in Ebola Crisis

Africans Worst Responders in Ebola Crisis

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The head of Africa’s continental body did not get to an Ebola-hit country until last week — months after alarm bells first rang and nearly 5,000 deaths later. Pledges to deploy 2,000 African health workers have remained

AP: USA Not Ready for Ebola

AP: USA Not Ready for Ebola

(AP) — The U.S. health care apparatus is so unprepared and short on resources to deal with the deadly Ebola virus that even small clusters of cases could overwhelm parts of the system, according to an Associated Press review of

10 Dead, over 250 Missing in Sri Lanka Mudslide

10 Dead, over 250 Missing in Sri Lanka Mudslide

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A mudslide triggered by monsoon rains buried scores of workers’ houses at a tea plantation in central Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and leaving more than 250 missing, an official said.

Brazil's Rousseff Narrowly Wins Second Term

Brazil's Rousseff Narrowly Wins Second Term

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Left-leaning President Dilma Rousseff was re-elected Sunday in the tightest race Brazil has seen since its return to democracy three decades ago, giving the juggernaut Workers’ Party its fourth-straight presidential victory and the chance to

Secular Party Looks to Win Tunisia Elections

Secular Party Looks to Win Tunisia Elections

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s main secular opposition party was claiming victory on Monday over once dominant Islamists in the country’s historic parliamentary elections. Partial results from the official election commission are expected to be released throughout the day Monday,

Syria Activists Say Kobani Death Toll Passes 800

Syria Activists Say Kobani Death Toll Passes 800

MURSITPINAR, Turkey (AP) — A Syrian activist group said Sunday that the death toll in 40 days of fighting in and around the northern Syrian border town of Kobani has reached 815, as Kurdish fighters battled Muslim militants for a

1st Ebola Case in West African Nation of Mali

1st Ebola Case in West African Nation of Mali

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali reported its first case of Ebola late Thursday, marking a major setback for West African efforts to contain the deadly virus that now has affected six countries in the region and left nearly 5,000 dead.