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A freelance photojournalist with the Ebola virus has returned to the United States for treatment. Ashoka Mukpo, is the fifth American diagnosed with the Ebola virus. He was on assignment in Liberia for NBC News when he tested positive for Ebola last week and was sent back to the United States on a specially-equipped plane. […]readmore
Boston -The Coast Guard plucked four lobstermen from the sea when their lobster boat sank Thursday, about 40 miles south of Block Island, Rhode Island.Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England received a distress call at about 4:15 a.m. from the four-man crew aboard the Sakonnet Lobster that the 60-foot boat was taking on water.The Coast Guard First District […]readmore
Little Compton, RI – U.S. Coast Guard rescued early Friday morning off Sakonnet Point two fishermen and still searching for the third missing fisherman. The search began after the Little Compton Fire Department received a call from family members late Thursday night of the three missing fishermen. The family members told them that they should […]readmore
Tens of thousands of Pacific walruses have gathered on a beach in northwest Alaska because they cannot find sea ice for resting. During a routine aerial inspection of wildlife along Alaskan coast, marine life experts from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) photographed a pod of walruses estimated to contain 35,000 animals. The […]readmore
DALLAS, TEXAS—Doctors in Dallas, Texas say the first person ever diagnosed with the Ebola virus in the United States remains in serious, but stable condition, as health officials monitor family members and others who had contact with him after he arrived from Liberia. Officials say around 100 people may have had contact with the infected […]readmore
BANGKOK—An internal document of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) foresees sex offenders who prey on children taking advantage of Southeast Asia’s planned economic integration in the coming years, posing a rising challenge for law enforcement that already struggle to address such crimes. Southeast Asia’s planned economic integration is promoted as a key […]readmore
Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong are threatening to take over several government buildings if the territory’s Beijing-friendly chief executive does not resign Thursday. The student protesters are giving Leung Chun-ying until midnight local time (1600 GMT) to resign, and have already begun camping outside his office in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, and have demanded China […]readmore
Mexican authorities say they have captured Hector Beltran Leyva — one of the country’s most wanted drug kingpin suspects. Soldiers arrested him Wednesday in the central Mexican city of San Miguel de Allende after a nearly year-long operation. No other details are available. Beltran Leyva is one of four brothers who allegedly headed a vicious […]readmore
A Rhode Island child has died of a bacterial infection associated with Enterovirus D68, state public health officials said on Wednesday. The 10 year old of Cumberland, Emily Otrando, died as a result of a staphylococcus aureus sepsis associated with the respiratory virus, which the Rhode Island Department of Health in a statement called a […]readmore