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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's health minister says the country has confirmed six more cases of Ebola, including a nurse who has died from the virus. All six people had direct contact with a Liberian-American man who flew into Lagos (LAY'-gohs) last month after contracting the virus. Patrick Sawyer died of Ebola five days later. Nigerian officials are checking on others who had contact with Sawyer to see if they are showing Ebola symptoms.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. officials are preparing to fly the body of Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene back home from Afghanistan. The two-star general was killed in an "insider attack" yesterday that left 15 others wounded. As the investigation into that attack is carried out, another insider attack is being reported in southern Afghanistan. Officials there say an Afghan police officer appeared to have drugged seven of his colleagues before shooting them dead.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Two Pakistani intelligence officials say a U.S. drone has fired two missiles at a sprawling compound in North Waziristan (vah-ZEER'-ih-stahn), killing seven militants. The Pakistani army has been carrying out a major offensive against local and foreign militants in North Waziristan. U.S. officials say militants use the tribal region as a launching point for attacks on NATO and U.S. forces in neighboring Afghanistan.
BEAVERCREEK, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in southwest Ohio say a man brandishing a gun inside a Wal-Mart store has been shot to death by police. A Montgomery County coroner's office investigator says the 22-year-old man was fatally shot at a Wal-Mart in the Dayton suburb of Beavercreek last night after he failed to comply with verbal orders from police. A woman in the store at the time also died, but the coroner's office says she may have had a heart attack or some other medical condition.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine mother arrested for driving 124 mph with her two children in the car earlier this year is now facing a driving under the influence charge in a separate incident. Twenty-six-year-old Cheryl Gilson was sentenced Monday to six months in jail for the April offense after pleading guilty to endangering the welfare of a child and other charges. The second incident happened three weeks ago. Police have charged Gilson with operating under the influence with a 6-year-old in her car.
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