10th Sierra Leonean doctor dies of Ebola

10th Sierra Leonean doctor dies of Ebola

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone

Another Sierra Leonean doctor has died from Ebola, the 10th to succumb to the disease, in what the country’s chief medical officer on Sunday called a shocking trend.

Dr. Aiah Solomon Konoyeima died Saturday, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr. Brima Kargbo. His death came a day after two other doctors died from Ebola.

Konoyeima worked at a children’s hospital in the capital.

Hundreds of health workers have been infected in this outbreak, which overall has sickened more than 17,500 people, mostly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Of those, about 6,200 have died.

US gas prices fall 12 cents per gallon

CAMARILLO, Calif.

A national survey reveals the average price of regular gasoline has plunged an additional 12 cents per gallon over the past two weeks, to $2.72.

Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that the decline continues a nationwide trend.

Royal couple starts 3-day visit to US

NEW YORK

Britain’s Prince William and his wife, Kate, arrived in New York City on Sunday, the royal couple’s first official visit to the U.S. and their first experience with the Big Apple.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s black Cadillac Escalade pulled up in front of the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan to a throng of media and shrieking admirers, who were kept behind police barricades across Madison Avenue.

William and Kate have a full schedule of events in New York, including a visit to the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum and a basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

William also is scheduled to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House today while visiting Washington to attend a World Bank conference.

Cops question man in train stabbings

DETROIT

Detectives will be looking into the mental state of a Michigan man charged with attempted murder in the stabbings of three other passengers and a conductor on an Amtrak train, a police chief said Sunday.

Michael Williams, 44, of Saginaw, spoke over the weekend with detectives, but Niles, Mich., Police Chief Jim Millin declined to discuss possible motives behind the Friday night attack.

Williams faces an initial court hearing today. He is in the Berrien County Jail on a $1 million bond.

Chlorine gas sickens 19 at hotel

ROSEMONT, Ill.

Chlorine gas sickened several people and forced the evacuation of thousands of guests from a suburban Chicago hotel early Sunday, including many dressed in cartoonish animal costumes for an annual “furries: convention who were ushered across the street to a convention center hosting a dog show.

Nineteen people who became nauseated or dizzy were treated at hospitals, and at least 18 were released shortly thereafter. Within hours, emergency workers decontaminated the Hyatt Regency O’Hare and allowed people back inside. Six-foot-tall rabbits, foxes and dragons poured into the lobby, chatting and giving one another high paws.

The source of the gas apparently was chlorine powder left in a ninth-floor stairwell at the hotel, according to the Rosemont Public Safety Department. Investigators believe the gas was created intentionally and are treating it as a criminal matter.

Associated Press