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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens have terminated the contract of running back Ray Rice. The NFL team made the move just hours after the release of a video that appears to show Rice striking his then-fiancee in February. The NFL suspended Rice for two games in July for domestic violence. The league drew criticism that it wasn't tough enough -- and later announced that players responsible for domestic violence would be suspended for six games.
ATLANTA (AP) — Civil rights leaders and representatives of the Atlanta Hawks will meet, in the aftermath of the disclosure of a racially charged email written by the team's co-owner. Both sides say they're trying to set up a meeting in the next two days. The Rev. Markel Hutchins and others criticized the team after Hawks co-owner Bruce Levenson announced yesterday that he would sell his controlling interest, partly because of an email he wrote two years ago, offering a theory that black fans were keeping away white fans.
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The World Health Organization says one of its doctors has been infected with Ebola while working at a treatment center in Sierra Leone. The agency says the doctor is stable and will soon be evacuated out of the country. This is the second time a health care specialist working with the U.N. agency has been infected with the disease.
CAIRO (AP) — Arab nations aren't offering any specifics -- but they may be willing to play a role as the West steps in to challenge extremists from the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. The Arab League today called for its members to fight that group. But the resolution doesn't explicitly support an expanded U.S. military option against the group. President Barack Obama is expected to outline his strategy on Wednesday, after meeting tomorrow with congressional leaders.
PRAGUE (AP) — A British boy who was taken by his parents from a hospital in the U.K. without the consent of doctors has arrived in Prague to get treatment for his brain tumor. Ashya King, who is five, was flown to the Czech capital on a medically-equipped plane from the Spanish city of Malaga (MAL'-uh-guh). His parents have been trying to get their son treated with proton beam technology, which isn't yet available for patients with brain tumors in Britain. The parents were arrested by Spanish police, but were released after British authorities canceled the arrest warrant.
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