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Police, Protesters Clash In St. Louis After Police Shooting

Friday, October 10, 2014

Police and protesters in St. Louis faced off for a second night following the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old black man by an off-duty white police officer.

The killing of Vonderrit D. Myers Wednesday night by the officer who was working a second job for a security firm has ...

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Pakistani Teen Malala Yousafzai Shares Nobel Peace Prize

Friday, October 10, 2014

Updated at 11:50 a.m. ET

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen who was attacked by Taliban militants for promoting education for girls, will share the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian campaigner against exploitation of children.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee says on Nobelprize.org:

"Showing great personal ...

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Stephen Hawking In Guest Vocal On Pink Floyd's New Album

Thursday, October 09, 2014

Stephen Hawking will bring his iconic synthesized voice to Pink Floyd's new album, The Endless River, set for release in November. It's the famed physicist's second collaboration with the British band, having appeared on the 1994 track "Keep Talkin'" from The Division Bell.

Rolling Stone says the new ...

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Hong Kong Officials Call Off Talks With Student Activists

Thursday, October 09, 2014

Hong Kong government officials have canceled talks with student leaders, saying it is "impossible to have a constructive dialogue" because the pro-democracy activists had called for stepped-up protests if officials failed to make concessions.

Although mass demonstrations that shut down parts of Hong Kong last week have dwindled, Chief ...

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Hospital: Condition Of Spanish Nurse With Ebola Is Deteriorating

Thursday, October 09, 2014

Updated at 11:35 a.m. ET

Hospital officials in Spain are saying that the condition of a nurse quarantined with Ebola has worsened.

Yolanda Fuentes, an official at the Carlos III hospital in Madrid, says of Ebola patient Teresa Romero Ramos: "Her clinical situation has deteriorated but I can't give any ...

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Turkey: Unilateral Ground Operation Against ISIS 'Unrealistic'

Thursday, October 09, 2014

Turkey's foreign minister says it is unrealistic to expect his country to unilaterally intervene in Syria to protect Kurds against the self-declared Islamic State.

"It is not realistic to expect Turkey to conduct a ground operation on its own," Mevlut Cavusoglu told a news conference in Ankara, according to ...

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Off-Duty St. Louis Officer Fatally Shoots 18-Year-Old Black Man

Thursday, October 09, 2014

An off-duty white police officer in St. Louis shot and killed an 18-year-old black man who police say opened fire during a chase in south St. Louis. The incident sparked renewed protests in a city already rocked by anger over the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in ...

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The 'Blood Moon' Eclipse Was Quite A Show

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Here are some photos taken of the eclipse in the U.S., China and Nepal:

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Dallas Ebola Patient Thomas Eric Duncan Has Died

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Updated at 12:15 p.m. ET

Thomas Eric Duncan, the 42-year-old man who contracted Ebola in Liberia and later traveled to Dallas, where he was being treated, has died, hospital officials say.

A statement from the company that runs Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, where Duncan was in isolation, read:

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Spanish Nurse Says She Reported Her Ebola Symptoms Several Times

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Updated at 2:30 p.m. ET

Here's a roundup of the latest developments on Ebola. We'll update this post as news happens.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest confirmed that the U.S. will conduct additional screenings of passengers arriving from the Ebola-infected region of West Africa. JFK, Newark, Chicago O'Hare, Dulles ...

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Kurdish Protesters Killed In Turkey Amid Calls To Save Kobani

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Updated at 1:15 p.m. ET

At least a dozen people have been killed as Kurds protest across Turkey demanding that the government do more to break the siege of the Syrian border town of Kobani.

For days, Turkish tanks have deployed to the border within sight of the fighting between ...

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Scientists Share Chemistry Nobel For Breakthrough In Microscopy

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Two Americans and a German will share the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a new type of microscopy that allows researchers, for the first time, to see individual molecules inside living cells.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded Americans Eric Betzig and William Moerner and German scientist ...

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'Blood Moon' Eclipse To Be Visible Throughout U.S.

Tuesday, October 07, 2014

If you missed the total eclipse of the moon in April, you might have another chance: On Wednesday morning, the second of four lunar eclipses this year and next will occur.

While the eclipse will be visible from all of North America, "If you're in the central or western parts ...

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Islamic State Poised To Capture Syrian Border Town, Turkey Warns

Tuesday, October 07, 2014

Updated at 11:35 a.m. ET

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is warning that the Syrian border town of Kobani is on the verge of being captured by the self-declared Islamic State.

"Kobani is about to fall," he told Syrian refugees in the Turkish town of Gaziantep, near the border.

Islamic ...

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CDC's Chief: Details This Week On Ebola Airport Screening

Tuesday, October 07, 2014

Update at 1:15 p.m. ET

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says details on the measures to screen air passengers for Ebola, mentioned Monday by President Obama, will be announced this week.

Thomas Frieden, in an interview with All Things Considered, says he's "confident that you'll ...

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3 Scientists Win Nobel In Physics For Development Of Blue LED

Tuesday, October 07, 2014

A trio of scientists, two from Japan and one from the U.S., will share the Nobel Prize in physics for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which led to a new, environmentally friendly light source.

Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and U.S. scientist Shuji Nakamura were selected ...

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Why Ebola Patients Are Getting Treatment In Nebraska

Monday, October 06, 2014

Freelance journalist Ashoka Mukpo, who contracted Ebola in Liberia, arrived at the University of Nebraska Medical Center today, becoming the second patient with the deadly disease to be treated there.

Why is he being sent to Nebraska instead of some other facility? Because the hospital is home to ...

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Executive Who Spearheaded NPR's Digital Strategy To Leave Network

Monday, October 06, 2014

Update at 11:25 a.m. ET

Kinsey Wilson, who has been a driving force behind NPR's digital strategy for the past six years, will leave the network, NPR CEO Jarl Mohn announced today.

Wilson, an executive vice president and chief content officer, "is widely credited with positioning NPR as a leader ...

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Australia Resumes Search For Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Monday, October 06, 2014

Six months after Malaysia Airlines MH370 disappeared from radar en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, Australia has resumed a search in the Indian Ocean for possible wreckage.

The Associated Press says: "The GO Phoenix is one of three ships that will spend up to a year hunting for the ...

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Hong Kong Protest Sites Quieter After Weekend Of Arrests

Monday, October 06, 2014

The number of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong has dwindled today after a weekend that saw dozens of arrests and an angry backlash from business owners whose shops were shut down amid the demonstrations.

The South China Morning Post says: "Protest sites are quiet on Monday as some demonstrators ...

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