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WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the Secret Service has resigned suddenly. Julia Pierson's departure comes just a day after she was subjected to tough questioning and criticism from lawmakers about recent security failures. The last straw appears to have been allowing an armed guard with a criminal history to be in the same elevator with the president.
DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas hospital has acknowledged that the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. initially went to an emergency room last week but was sent home, despite telling a nurse that he had been in West Africa. He was admitted two days later after returning to the ER. The decision by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital not to admit him immediately could have put others at risk of exposure. Federal health officials are tracking those who may have had contact, including several children.
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal health officials say they aren't sure about a possible link between a virus causing severe respiratory illness across the country and four deaths. Enterovirus 68 is behind a spike in harsh respiratory illnesses in children since early August.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma prosecutor says he plans to seek the death penalty against a man accused of beheading a woman at an Oklahoma food processing plant. Prosecutors have charged Alton Nolen with first-degree murder and two counts of assault for allegedly attacking a second worker. Nolen, a recent convert to Islam, asked a judge to name a Muslim as his court-appointed lawyer. The FBI is investigating because of the nature of the attack.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the city of Stockton, California, must follow U.S. bankruptcy laws and pay its creditors as well as its pension fund. The ruling came in a lawsuit by Franklin Templeton Investments, which hoped to collect its unsecured $32.5 million claim from city assets including the pension fund. The case is being closely watched by advocates for worker pension funds.
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