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U.S. Top News: U.S. doctor stricken with Ebola said to be improving

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08/4/2014

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U.S. doctor stricken with Ebola said to be improving

ATLANTA (Reuters) - An American doctor stricken with the deadly Ebola virus while in Liberia and brought to the United States for treatment in a special isolation ward is improving, the top U.S. health official said on Sunday.

Security alert prompts U.S. authorities to shut White House entrances

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service cleared Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House on Monday and closed one of its gates after a bomb-sniffing dog alerted them to a car in a nearby garage.

One dead, thousands stranded after southern California storms

(Reuters) - One person died and thousands of people were stranded after thunderstorms raged through Southern California mountain communities on Sunday, unleashing mudslides and floods, officials said.

U.S. chicken farmers latest caught in Russia sanction crosshairs

(Reuters) - Russia's threatened ban on U.S. poultry imports, the latest move in a sanctions skirmish over Moscow's support of rebels in Ukraine, has agriculture companies alert to the risks of a conflict that's already roiled trading of crops ranging from soy, beef and fruit to California pistachios.

Tropical storm Bertha strengthens as it moves away from the Bahamas: NHC

(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Bertha, the second named storm of the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season, is strengthening quickly as it moves away from the Bahamas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday.

Second Maryland concertgoer dies of suspected overdose

(Reuters) - A second person has died of a suspected drug overdose following a Maryland pop and dance music festival that left another dead and more than a dozen hospitalized with drug-related illnesses, police said on Sunday.

Florida to begin redrawing unconstitutional congressional maps on Thursday

TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) - Florida legislative leaders said on Sunday they plan to call a special session on Thursday after a judge ordered them to redraw the state's U.S. congressional maps and held open the possibility of delaying general elections in November.

Washington woman arrested on murder charges in death of toddler

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Washington state woman was arrested on Sunday on murder charges after her two-year-old daughter was found dead and her teenage daughter badly hurt in an Oregon resort hotel, officials said.

Some 400,000 in Ohio without drinking water, tests show lower toxin levels

TOLEDO Ohio (Reuters) - Health authorities tested water for toxins in Toledo, Ohio, on Sunday as some 400,000 people remained without safe drinking water for a second day following the discovery of high toxin levels from algae on Lake Erie.

U.S. Air Force Academy to probe reports of rape, drug use

DENVER (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force Academy's superintendent ordered an investigation into the school's athletic programs on Sunday amid reports of sexual assaults, drug use and academic cheating, primarily among football players at the elite institution.