UN: OK to Use Untested Ebola Drugs in Outbreak
The World Health Organization declared it's ethical to use untested drugs and vaccines in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa although the tiny supply of one experimental treatment has …
Deadline to Clear Up Health Law Eligibility Near
Hundreds of thousands of people who signed up under the new health care law risk losing their taxpayer-subsidized insurance unless they act quickly to resolve questions about their citizenship or …
Police, Protesters Again Clash Outside St. Louis
Police in riot gear fired tear gas into a crowd of protesters in a St. Louis suburb where an unarmed black teenager had been fatally shot by police over the …
HRW: Likely Crimes Against Humanity in Egypt
The New-York based Human Rights Watch called Tuesday for an international commission of inquiry into mass killings by Egyptian security forces last summer, saying they likely amount to crimes against …
Ukraine: Russia Aid Can Enter with Red Cross Role
A convoy of 280 Russian trucks reportedly packed with aid headed for eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, but Kiev said it would only allow the goods through under the close supervision …
Robin Williams, 'Comic Supernova,' Dead at 63
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Robin Williams, the Academy Award winner and comic supernova whose explosions of pop culture riffs and impressions dazzled audiences for decades and made him a gleamy-eyed …
HIllary Clinton Seeks to Differentiate From Obama on Foreign Relations
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Laying out a foreign policy vision ahead of a possible run for president, Hillary Rodham Clinton made her most aggressive effort yet to distinguish herself from …
Crime
Jordan Presses New Appeal of 1976 Death Sentence
A Mississippi death row inmate is asking the full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear an appeal.
Displaced Iraqis Flee Camp As U.S. Airstrikes Hit ISIS
KHAZER CAMP, Iraq (AP) — Thousands of displaced Iraqis fled their camp in the face of advancing fighters of the Islamic State group, deepening the humanitarian crisis in the north …
Sports
SEC, Major Conferences Get More Power
The biggest schools in college sports are about to get a chance to make their own rules.
Mississippi GOP Won't Hear Challenge to Cochran
Mississippi's Republican Party on Wednesday refused to hear challenger Chris McDaniel's effort to overturn his June 24 GOP runoff loss to U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran. The party said McDaniel would …
Suburban Detroit Man Found Guilty of Murder In 'Porch Shooting'
DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit man who insisted he killed an unarmed woman on his porch in self-defense was convicted of second-degree murder Thursday after the jury rejected his …
Lawyer: Snowden Can Stay 3 More Years in Russia
Former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden, who is wanted by the U.S. for leaking details about once-secret surveillance programs, has been granted permission to stay in Russia for three more …
Major Provisions of Veterans Health Care Bill
A bill approved by Congress aims to alleviate delays many veterans have faced in getting treatment at Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics and end the widespread practice of covering up …
Russia Hits Back on Sanctions; Bans Food from West
Russia banned most food imports from the West on Thursday in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine, an unexpectedly sweeping move that will cost farmers in North America, Europe and Australia …
