Obama’s Effort to Train Syrian Rebels to Fight ISIS Won’t Work: CIA

President Obama on Tuesday told coalition military officials from around the world that they’ve had some “important successes” against ISIS, though they face a long-term campaign with many ups and downs. There are 60 countries in all taking part in in the U.S.-led efforts to “degrade and ultimately destroy” the ISIS terrorists who have overrun large sections of northern Iraq and Syria since last summer. So far, the campaign has been very much a mixed bag, “with the Islamic State losing control of territory in some places while making gains in other,” reported The Washington Post. Related: The Merger of ISIS and al-Qaeda Could Cripple...

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Dallas Ebola patient traveled on Frontier flight from Cleveland; Airline contacting passengers on flight

CLEVELAND, Ohio-- The second Texas nurse confirmed with Ebola in Dallas traveled by air from Cleveland to that city on a Frontier Airlines flight two days ago and may have been contagious at the time, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the airline. The CDC is now working to notify the 132 passengers on the flight-- Flight 1143. The healthcare worker was visiting family in Akron from October 8th to October 13th, according to the Ohio Department of Health (ODH). "As of right now we do not have a case of Ebola in Ohio, but we are going to be working  to identify any close contacts that the individual...

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Monster storm that stretches from the coast of Spain to Canada threatens to wreak havoc on both sides of the Atlantic.

A giant storm with hurricane force winds was seen swirling eastward across the Atlantic Ocean, NOAA indicated  It is expected to lessen in strength, but parts of the United Kingdom may experience 'stormy conditions' Two other storms are also barreling across the Atlantic Ocean - Hurricane Fay and Hurricane Gonzalo Gonzalo has already battered the West Indies - downing trees, flooding streets and destroying buildings - and could become a category four storm as it heads towards Bermuda A monster comma-shaped storm stretching across nearly the whole North Atlantic is threatening to wreak havoc on both sides of the ocean. Video ...

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Pentagon Warns of Immediate National Security Threats From Climate Change

Rising sea levels, hotter global temperatures, wildly fluctuating precipitation patterns, and more frequent extreme weather systems will likely intensify global instability, hunger, and poverty. These events could very well lead to acute food and water shortages, an explosion of pandemic diseases, waves of destitute refugees, and violent conflagrations over dwindling natural resources — a likelihood that should be viewed as an immediate threat to America's national security. Those are the sobering themes of a new report on climate change, authored not by scientists or environmentalists, but...

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Purdue professor says Ebola 'primed' to go airborne

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The first case of Ebola transmitted between patients in America has experts across the country reviewing safety protocols. At Purdue University, Dr. David Sanders has been studying the virus since 2003 – specifically how this particular Zaire strain of Ebola enters human cells. While the virus has thus far only been shown to be transferred via bodily fluids, Sanders argues that it could become airborne."It can enter the lung from the airway side," Sanders said. "So this argues that Ebola is primed to have respiratory transmission. "We need to be taking this into consideration," he continued. "What if? This is not a crazy, 'What if?' This is not a wild, 'What if?'" Sanders said the longer the virus spread and mutates, the more likely airborne transmission...

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Texas dept.: 2nd person tests positive for Ebola

BREAKING NEWS: Second healthcare worker tests positive for Ebola in Texas    Worker cared for Thomas Eric Duncan at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas    Reported a fever yesterday and was immediately isolated at the hospital.    Health officials interviewed patient to quickly identify potential exposures.    Nurse Nina Pham is currently being treated for Ebola at the same hospital    CDC has blamed 'breach in protocol' that lead Miss Pham to catch the virus. A second healthcare worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has tested positive for Ebola. The ...

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