Pentagon: 1 weapons bundle seized by militants

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon is confirming that Islamic State group militants were able to seize one of the 28 bundles of weapons and medical supplies dropped to Kurdish forces on Monday. Army Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, says that two of the bundles went astray. One was destroyed by the U.S. The other […]

Ebola airport checks expand; nurses get training

WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal government is closing a gap in Ebola screening at airports while states from New York to Texas to California work to get hospitals and nurses ready in case another patient turns up somewhere in the U.S. with the deadly disease. Under the rule going into effect Wednesday, air travelers from […]

Florida teen arrested on child porn charges

PLANT CITY, Fla. (AP) – Authorities say a Plant City teen faces 93 counts of possession of child pornography and four counts of lewd and lascivious molestation. Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokeswoman Samantha Andrews says the 16-year-old was being held in the Hillsborough County Jail on nine related counts of sexual performance of a […]