News

Happy Birthday To Google Doodle Honoree Dr. Jonas Salk!

12:51pm October 28, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

On the 100th anniversary of the polio pioneer's birth, Google takes note with a doodle. As the world gears up to fight Ebola, it's a good time to remember one of the heroes of a 1950s epidemic.

Pope Francis inaugurates a bronze statue of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI with Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo.

Religion

Pope Says God Not 'A Magician, With A Magic Wand'

12:45pm October 28, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Speaking at an assembly of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Francis also affirmed that evolution and the Big Bang are consistent with a creator.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power has her temperature taken as she arrives in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Monday. Power is on a visit to West Africa to get a first-hand look at the global response to the epidemic.

U.N. Ambassador Goes To Sierra Leone For Closer Look At Ebola Crisis

12:23pm October 28, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Samantha Power, the U.S. envoy to the U.N., is on a multi-nation swing through West Africa to see how the global response to the deadly virus is faring.

Robel Phillipos (left), a college friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, departs federal court on Monday. Phillipos was found guilty Tuesday of two counts of lying to the FBI.

National

Friend Of Accused Boston Bomber Found Guilty Of Lying To Police

12:20pm October 28, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Prosecutors said Robel Phillipos lied to the FBI agents investigating the April 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others.

Medical Journal To Governors: You're Wrong About Ebola Quarantine

12:13pm October 28, 2014

by Jason Beaubien

Govs. Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo have called for mandatory quarantine for "high risk" individuals returning from Ebola-stricken countries. The New England Journal of Medicine begs to differ.

Gilead's once-a-day pill for hepatitis C is the latest expensive and effective treatment that insurers say is a business challenge.

Health & Safety

Insurers May Cover Costly Hepatitis C Drugs Only For The Very Ill

11:27am October 28, 2014

by Michelle Andrews

Many insurers are restricting access to new drugs that are easier to take and that promise higher cure rates because the price tags can run $95,000 or more.

Police officers stand guard in front of the Hefei City Intermediate People's Court in China's Anhui Province.

World News

China May Drop 9 Crimes From List Of Death Penalty Offenses

10:01am October 28, 2014

by Frank Langfitt

The move appears to be part of a trend to reduce the use of the death penalty in a country that still executes more people than any other.

Army Says Troops Coming Back From West Africa Will Face 'Controlled Monitoring'

9:40am October 28, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

The troops will be confined to a housing complex at their base in Italy for 21 days. The news comes just as the White House tried to convince New York and New Jersey to drop mandatory quarantines.

A geologist maps the margin of the lava flow in the open field below Cemetery Road near the town of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii. Dozens of residents from the village may be forced to evacuate.

Hawaii Lava Flow Less Than 100 Yards From Homes In Pahoa Village

9:10am October 28, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The flow, which began at Mount Kilauea in June, threatens to take out dozens of homes on the Big Island.

Health & Safety

Corneal Implants Might Make Reading Glasses Obsolete

9:03am October 28, 2014

by Patti Neighmond

For most people, the need for reading glasses is as inevitable as gray hair and wrinkles. Companies are experimenting with corneal implants to improve the ability to focus close up.

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