The Dallas hospital where Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan was treated, and where two nurses who worked on him contracted the disease, apologized again for making "mistakes" - this time in a letter published via full-page ad in two local newspapers ...
America's top infectious disease expert on Sunday again acknowledged that the safety protocols used for the nation's first Ebola patient were inadequate, and that the Obama administration overstated the country's readiness for the deadly virus, amid concern ...
Catholic gay-rights groups said, in the end, a synod of bishops convened to reconsider the church's attitude toward homosexuals failed to live up to expectations.
Hong Kong leader CY Leung has accused "external forces" of involvement in the territory's pro-democracy protests. In a television interview, Mr Leung also said the rallies, which have paralysed parts of the region for three weeks, were "out of control".
The Brad Pitt-led World War II tank drama Fury rolled over the competition at the weekend box office. With an estimated $23.5 million, it easily took the top spot from Gone Girl ($17.8 million), which has ruled for the past two weekends.
Turns out having the week off didn't diminish Mississippi State's poll status. The Bulldogs remained atop the Amway Coaches Poll, in fact strengthening its lead on No .2 Florida State despite the Seminoles' win against another top-five opponent.
North and South Korea briefly exchanged gunfire over their heavily fortified land border, South Korea says. North Korean troops approached the demarcation line separating the two sides, prompting South Korean soldiers to fire warning shots, officials said.
Mngeni, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Anni Dewani, passed away at approximately 2.30pm on Saturday whilst in custody at the Goodwood Correctional Centre hospital in Cape Tow…n. Mngeni, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2011, was reportedly admitted to Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, in June.
Riot crews were out in full force twice Saturday during the Keene Pumpkin Festival in New Hampshire Saturday; Keene State College's president said the students involved will be held accountable.
A popular pumpkin festival in New Hampshire broke out into a riot. It happened near Keene State College. Police say they fired pepper balls into the crowd of thousands. It took several hours of heavy …police presence before the crowd calmed down.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Police searchers found human remains on Saturday that could be those of a University of Virginia sophomore who has been missing since Sept.
Tourists watch surfers out in choppy waves at Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, as Hurricane Ana passes southwest of Hawaii.
Tesla calls on consumers to help them contact the Governor of Michigan and urge him to veto House Bill 5606 which would prevent the carmaker from directly selling their products.
Average mortgage rates have gone down making it affordable for people looking to buy a home. LITTLE ROCK, AR. -- Experts say there's good news for people looking to buy a home.
With the roll out of Apple Pay next Monday, the checkout experience is expected to evolve at some of the biggest retailers and restaurants in the United States.
Apple's unveiling of a new iMac With Retina 5K Display last week was perhaps muted a bit, coming as it did in the thick of a major product launch in Cupertino which also saw the curtain raised on two new iPads, including the Apple iPad Air 2. Those iPads ...
(KTVI)- In “Birdman”, a washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he tries to reclaim his past glory.
Joanne Borgella, who was a contestant on Season 7 of American Idol, died Saturday after a long battle with endometrial cancer, according to a post on her Facebook page.
Former 'American Idol' Contestant Joanne Borgella Dies of Cancer American Idol Season 7 contestant and plus-size model Joanne Borgella has died from a rare form of ca…ncer. The Long Island, New York, native was 32 and had been battling endometrial cancer, which she revealed in a video a year ago h...
Mr. Schue is married! Glee star Matthew Morrisonmarried longtime girlfriend Renee Puente in Hawaii in front of about 50 family members and friends on Saturday, E! News has confirmed.
TALLAHASSEE - Florida State linebacker Terrance Smith fielded questions with residual sweat on his forehead, the lingering display from a 60-minute tussle with Notre Dame; loose headphones, unplugged, bracketing his neck; and, over his torso, ...
Nebraska's De'Mornay Pierson-El quickly established his reputation as one of the nation's top punt returners. This freshman can do more than special teams.
Saints tight end Jimmy Graham's playing time at Detroit will depend in part on how much pain his injured shoulder gives him, reports Fox Sports' Jay Glazer, who said the plan is for Graham to play up to 30 snaps.
Jimmy Graham Expected To Play Sunday - Jimmy Graham Expected To Play Sunday New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham is expected to play Sunday against the Detroit Lions despite still being bothered …by a shoulder injury sustained in week 5 against Tampa Bay. Graham may not start Sunday, but is expected to feature, particularly as a red zone threat against an upstart Lions team on the road. Initial reports suggested that Graham, who has caught 34...
The year that was seemingly supposed to finally yield a championship for the sport's most popular driver may effectively be over by the time the sun sets this evening.
The Red Planet's brush with comet Siding Spring on Sunday was a close encounter of the best kind for science, a once-in-a-lifetime chance to study a pristine remnant of the solar system's birth 4.6 billion years ago, as it makes its first and possibly last visit to ...
Mars Comet! Today, Comet C/2013 A1, also known as comet Siding Spring, will pass within about 87,000 miles (139,500 kilometers) of the Red Planet -- less than half the distance between Earth and our m…oon and less than one-tenth the distance of any known comet flyby of Earth. Siding Spring's nucleus will come closest to Mars around 11:27 a.m. PDT (2:27 p.m. EDT), hurtling at about 126,000 mph (56 kilometers per second). More: http://go.nasa.gov/1whwrbQ
Arachnophobes, please, look away. Harvard University entomologist and photographer Piotr Naskrecki recently had a close encounter with a furry jungle creature, which he initially thought was “a small mammal,” but turned out to be a giant South American ...
This image from the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) shows emission from hot plasma in the Sun's transition region-the atmospheric layer between the surface and the outer corona.
SUNDAY, Oct. 19, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- A cruise ship carrying a lab worker who was being monitored for Ebola returned to its Galveston, Texas, port early Sunday morning, cruise line officials said.
Texas health worker, cruise ship traveler tests negative for Ebola Some good news on the Ebola front: The Dallas hospital lab worker who spent much of a cruise in isolation after possible exposure t…o Ebola, has tested negative for the disease.
Businesses are pushing back against lawmakers' calls to impose a ban on travelers from the three West Africa nations at the center of the Ebola epidemic.
Liberian president asks 'world' to pitch in to fight Ebola - Monrovia AFP - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf made an impassioned appeal to the worlds nations to pitch in to the fight a…gainst Ebola, saying the time for talking or theorising is over.Sirleaf said the three worst-hit west Africa nations -- her own and neighbouring Guinea and Sierra Leone -- were being devastated because what infrastructure they had was destroyed in a ...
