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1st Ebola patient diagnosed in the US dead
DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas hospital spokesman says the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States has died.
Wendell Watson of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital says Thomas Eric Duncan died Wednesday morning.
Duncan arrived in Dallas Sept...
Safety advocates seek stronger warnings on Chantix
WASHINGTON (AP) — Public safety advocates are asking the federal government to strengthen warnings on Pfizer's anti-smoking drug Chantix, even as the drugmaker prepares to argue that a bolded warning about psychiatric problems should be removed from its medicine's label...
Lawyer for Boston Marathon suspect’s friend says his memory was clouded by marijuana
BOSTON (AP) — A lawyer for a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told a jury that he did not lie when questioned by the FBI, but instead was suffering from a cloudy memory caused by heavy marijuana use.
Robel Phillipos is accused of lying about being in Tsarnaev's dorm room when two friends removed Tsarnaev's backpack and other potential evidence the night of April 18,
US Soldiers On the Way to Liberia to Build Ebola Treatment Centers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The commander of the Army's 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, says a handful of his soldiers are already in Liberia, and more head there next week to build treatment centers and begin training medical personnel...
Supreme Court Denies Gay Marriage Appeals
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages, paving the way for an immediate expansion of gay and lesbian unions.
The justices on Monday did not comment in rejecting appeals from Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin...
East Texas man on death row loses at Supreme Court
HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from an East Texas man condemned for the slaying of a 75-year-old auto mechanic during a robbery in Tyler more than a decade ago.
The high court, without comment Monday, refused to review the case of 44-year-old Gregory Russeau...
Houston police seek attacker after cabbie slain
HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston cab driver has been fatally shot after arriving home from work.
Houston police on Monday sought the attacker in what investigators believe was an attempted robbery outside the taxi driver's residence.
Police say the cabbie pulled up to his townhome late Sunday night when an armed person confronted him, opened fire and fled...
Safety agency studying Toyota acceleration problem
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators are looking into a consumer's petition alleging that older Toyota Corollas can accelerate unexpectedly at low speeds and cause crashes.
The inquiry covers about 1.69 million of the compact cars from the 2006 to 2010 model years...