Five Things You May Have Missed This Weekend
From arrests at a Ferguson protest to dogs who saved a woman's life.
— -- Ebola made headlines this weekend, with a female health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital becoming the first person known to contract Ebola in the United States. Here are five more things that made the news.
1. 17 Arrested in St. Louis Protests of Police Shootings
Seventeen people were arrested on suspicion of unlawful assembly, St. Louis police said Sunday, and more protests followed over the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., this summer.
Organizers of the four-day Ferguson October summit are protesting the shooting of the black man by a white policeman, which sparked sometimes violent demonstrations in the predominantly black St. Louis suburb of Ferguson in August.
Early Sunday morning, several protesters made their way to the south St. Louis neighborhood where another black 18-year-old was killed by a white police officer recently. Protesters occupied a Quicktrip gas station convenience store and staged a sit-in.
2. Mechanical Problem Blamed in Deadly Hayride Crash
Investigators are blaming a mechanical problem for the Halloween hayride crash that left a Maine teen dead and more than 20 other people hurt.
The state fire marshal's office says the problem caused the vehicle towing the hay wagon not to stop before it careened down a hill and struck a tree Saturday night.
Officials say 17-year-old Cassidy Charette of Oakland was killed in the crash. Sgt. Joel Davis of the fire marshal's office says she was with a group of friends who travel to the farm in Mechanic Falls every autumn.
3. Family Reports Actress Misty Upham Missing
Police in Washington state say an actress known for her roles in "August: Osage County," ''Frozen River" and "Django Unchained" is missing.
The Seattle Times reports that 32-year-old Misty Upham hasn't been heard from or seen for the past week.
Officials at the Auburn Police Department say the acclaimed Native American actress was staying at a family member's apartment on the Muckleshoot reservation near Auburn. Her father filed a missing persons report on Monday.
4. Man Throws Smoke Bomb at Diners, Disappears Down Subway Hatch
Police in New York were searching for a man who popped up from a sidewalk subway hatch and lobbed a smoke bomb at a pair of fancy restaurants, sending diners scrambling.
The man was captured on video emerging from a hatch used for emergency exits from the New York subway system. The hatches are used by emergency responders to evacuate riders from the subway if necessary.
On security video, diners were seen fleeing their tables as smoke started to overtake the outdoor eating areas for the Da Silvano restaurant and the Bar Pitti restaurant. According to the New York Police Department, no one was injured.
5. Dogs Save Woman's Life After Near-Fatal Fall
A Florida woman who suffered a near-fatal fall thanked two guardian angels2614123926141239, her dogs Higgins and Dodger, for saving her life.
Judy Muhe, 76, of Palmdale, Fla., broke her shoulder and bruised her head when she fell in her kitchen. Muhe, who lives by herself and has Parkinson's disease, could not get up on her own and drifted in and out of consciousness for two days.
Muhe told ABC News station KABC-TV that her two golden retrievers, 10-year-old Higgins and 4-year-old Dodger, kept her alive.
"They went for days without food and water. They stayed with me," Muhe said. "By keeping me warm, and keeping me comfortable, as they could, the main thing was they let me know that I was not alone."