Caribbean governments impose bans on travel from Ebola-stricken countries
By Gavin Lipsith From The Moodie Report LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN. Jamaica and Colombia are among several countries in the Caribbean and South America to have implemented bans on arrivals from the Ebola-affected region of West Africa – some of them including…
Houston orders pastors to hand over sermons on gays
By Melanie Batley From Newsmax The city of Houston has issued subpoenas to a group of pastors requesting any sermons they’ve written that cover the subject of homosexuality, gender identity, or mention of Annise Parker, the city’s first openly lesbian…
D.C. judge awards $622m to victims of 1998 embassy bombings
By Nate Beck and Zoe Tillman, From Legal Times A federal judge in Washington on Wednesday awarded $622 million to victims of the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, resolving the last remaining claims against the governments…
Netherlands says OK for biker gangs to fight Islamic State
From Business Insider The Hague (AFP) – The Dutch public prosecutor said on Tuesday that motorbike gang members who have reportedly joined Kurds battling the Islamic State group in Iraq are not necessarily committing any crime. “Joining a foreign armed…
Three Grenadians to run NY Marathon for charity
From Caribbean Life Grenadians Jerry Bascombe, Dennis Mason and Anderson Simon, will have the experience of a lifetime when they take part in the TCS New York Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. They will navigate the 26.2-mile run, through…
[UK] Paramedics dumped dead body next to bins – because their shift had ended
By Harry Readhead From Metro UK An ambulance team has been branded ‘inhumane’ after dumping a dead body next to a set of rubbish bins – so they could finish work on time. A crew was dispatched from Downham Market,…
GM hit with recall class actions for 30 million consumers
By Amanda Bronstad, The National Law Journal Plaintiffs lawyers leading the fight against General Motors Co. over its ignition-switch recalls have filed two consolidated class actions on behalf of 30 million consumers across the country. The complaints, filed on Tuesday…
West Indies cricket tour India discontinued! / India sends $74M damages bill
From ESPNcricketinfo ‘We were left with no option’ – WICB The WICB has said it was left with no option but to “discontinue” the tour of India after the players had informed the board through the team management that they…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
An app that lets you converse with the deaf, no sign language necessary
By Sarah Buhr From Techcrunch Transcense is a new app that accurately translates conversations in real time so the deaf and hard of hearing can participate in meetings, presentations and conversations. Founders Thibault Duchemin, Pieter Doevendans and Skinner Cheng say…
