MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Three new Ebola cases have been confirmed in Liberia, a health official said Friday, more than two months after the West African nation was declared Ebola-free for a second time. It is a setback for Liberia, one of the three countries hit hardest by the worst Ebola outbreak in history. The…
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The heavily armed Islamic extremists who shot up a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital, killing 19 people, timed their assault for the moment when guards would be the most lax, allowing them to easily blast their way past a five-man security team before turning their weapons on terrified guests, a security…
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Islamic extremists armed with guns and throwing grenades stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali’s capital Friday morning, killing at least three people and initially taking numerous hostages, authorities said. The Brussels-based Rezidor Hotel group that operates the hotel said early on that the assailants had “locked in” 140 guests and…
( KTRS ) Protests by black University of Missouri students that forced the administration to address racism, mirror efforts made decades ago that led many majority white schools to create African-American studies and other programs. But some experts say those programs and ethnic studies departments across the country are struggling with funding, low-staffing and dwindling…
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (AP) – Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison on Thursday for trading in child pornography and having sex with underage prostitutes, with the judge describing his “perversion and lawlessness” as “extreme.” Judge Tanya Walton Pratt disregarded prosecutors’ recommendation that Fogle get 12 years behind bars, opting…
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WASHINGTON (AP) – A State Department official is defending America’s refugee resettlement program – hours before a House vote on legislation that would raise new hurdles for Syrian and Iraqi refugees entering the United States. Assistant Secretary of State Anne Richard tells a House Judiciary Committee panel that refugees face intensive screening by several federal…