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District of Columbia
Former CIA official pleads to stealing gold
WASHINGTON -- A former senior CIA official pleaded guilty Tuesday in Virginia to a charge that he abused his position and government funds to enrich himself by acquiring Florida real estate and hundreds of gold bars worth over $40 million, according to court records.
David J. Rush fabricated a "highly classified" government program to justify the acquisition of luxury property in south Florida, according to a court filing.
Tennessee
Death row inmate conscious, speaking
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is awake and speaking at a hospital, her lawyers said Tuesday, six days after the state's attempt to execute her by lethal injection left her unconscious and on a ventilator.
Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital as executioners attempted to put her to death for the 1995 beating and stabbing death of classmate Colleen Slemmer.
World
Puerto Rico
Heavy rains pummel St. Vincent, Grenadines
SAN JUAN -- The government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines shuttered all schools on Tuesday after heavy rains unleashed flooding and landslides across the eastern Caribbean island.
The local meteorological office said that more than 5 inches of rain have fallen in 24 hours as a tropical wave moves through the region.
Kenya
Gov't confirms first Ebola case, death
NAIROBI -- A Kenyan who had been living in Congo before returning to Nairobi over the weekend became Kenya's first confirmed case of Ebola and the country's first death from the disease in the fast-moving outbreak, authorities said Tuesday.
The man had been residing in Congo for the past seven years and fell ill about a month ago.