Activists and civilian groups have been angered by delays to an official investigation. FEMA maintains a cadre of more than 4,000 reservists to deploy to disaster zones, in addition to thousands of surge capacity force members from other federal agencies who . In the 20th century the rapid growth of the West continued. Alaska. Power. BAMAKO, Mali (AP) In Bamako's popular Darsalam neighborhood, a young gendarme stands by a newly barricaded street, his hand on the trigger of a rifle pointed slightly to the ground. All rights reserved. Copy the Google (ICS) or Outlook (ICS) link address to subscribe to this calendar (or download the file to import current events) in a program which supports the iCal format. FEMA maintains a cadre of more than 4,000 reservists to deploy to disaster zones, in addition to thousands of surge capacity force membersfromother federal agencies who can be called to respond if needed. For more information contact pwr@uua.org. NEW ORLEANS (AP) An 83-year-old missionary nun from Louisiana has been released nearly five months after she was kidnapped from her bed in the west African country of Burkina Faso, news agencies report. OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) An 83-year-old American nun kidnapped from her bed in Burkina Faso earlier this year has been released by her captors unharmed, Catholic church officials in the West African nation said Wednesday. DOUALA, Cameroon (AP) Off the coast of West Africa, the Trondheim is a familiar sight: a soccer field-sized ship, plying the waters from Nigeria to Mauritania as it pulls in tons of mackerel and sardines and flying the red, yellow and green flag of Cameroon. Virginia woman Jane Pyo was charged with abduction and trespassing after allegedly taking a 3-year-old's hand and taking them inside Tyson Corner Center. It looks like Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina will be the next high-profile Republican to formally jump into the 2024 GOP presidential nomination race, with a May 22 announcement. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Uganda next week will host a ministerial meeting on the outbreak of the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus which has no proven vaccine and has caused alarm in the East Africa region. The Army has released the identities of three soldiers killed earlier in the week in a helicopter crash, and say a fourth person was injured. Kevin Dahlgreen, a homeless advocate in Oregon, discusses a bill that would decriminalize camping in public spaces and what action the state can take to get the homeless crisis under control. Two people were killed and another was hospitalized after a shooting in Seattle, Washington, Saturday night. But especially it is that vast stretch of plains, mountains, and deserts west of the Mississippi that has loomed so large in American folklore, a region of cowboys, Indians, covered wagons, outlaws, prospectors, and a whole society operating just outside the law.