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WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says the Islamic State militants who beheaded American journalist James Foley had demanded more than $132 million for his release. A second U.S. official says the ransom demands were sent in emails to Foley's family in New Hampshire. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ransom by name. U.S. policy prohibits paying ransom or negotiating with terrorists.
ATLANTA (AP) — Doctors say there's no danger to the public from the two American aid workers who've been released from an Atlanta hospital after being treated for Ebola. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Kent Brantl and Nancy Writebol no longer have the virus in their blood and therefore pose no health risk. Doctors say Ebola patients and are not contagious once they've recovered and generally do not have a relapse. Brantly was released today and Writebol was quietly discharged on Tuesday.
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police records show 163 arrests have been made in the Ferguson, Missouri, protest zone since police fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9, but only seven are residents of the St. Louis suburb. A spokeswoman for St. Louis County tells The Associated Press that 128 people have been arrested for failure to disperse, 21 for burglary-related charges, four for assaulting police officers. Others were charged with crimes such as trespassing, peace disturbance and destruction of private property.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is finalizing new restrictions on hundreds of medicines containing the highly addictive painkiller hydrocodone. The new rules mean that drugs like Vicodin, Lortab and generic versions will be subject to the same prescribing rules as painkillers like codeine and oxycodone. Patients will be limited to one 90-day supply of medication and will have to see a health care professional to get a refill. Hydrocodone has become the most widely prescribed drug in the country.
DETROIT (AP) — A Polish-American cardinal who was a confidant of Pope John Paul II has died. Edmund Szoka (SHAHK'-uh) served as governor and financial administrator of the Vatican and headed the archdiocese of Detroit before he retired from active ministry in 2006. The archdiocese says Szoka died of natural causes last night at a Michigan hospital. He was 86.
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