A massive storm fueled by the remnants of Typhoon Nuri did not do much damage in Alaska's sparsely populated Aleutian Islands, but forecasters say it's anchoring a system that will push a frigid blast of air into the mainland United States and send temperatures plunging early this week.

(CNN) -- Authorities are treating the disappearance of a 53-year-old Denver Broncos fan from a game last week as an "active missing person's investigation," and while foul play isn't evident, nothing's been ruled out, Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said Tuesday.

The bodies of seven women found over the weekend in northwest Indiana have been been linked to an unidentified man who is in police custody and led authorities to three of the bodies, officials said Monday. The women were found throughout Hammond and Gary, according to the Lake County coroner's office.

The president of the World Bank, Jim Kim, admitted on Wednesday that the international community had "failed miserably" in its response to the Ebola virus that has killed more than 3,800 people in west Africa and warned that the crisis now affecting Spain and the US was going to get much worse.

A most unfortunate butt-dial and an altercation about meatballs are among the weirdest crime stories of the week: 1. Guy butt-dials 911, gets busted for drugs: There's no need for phone-tapping when criminals call the police on themselves. That's what allegedly happened to Grant O'Connor, 25, when police say he butt-dialed 911 as he chatted about a dealer and doing drugs.

Officials in 10 states are reporting cases of respiratory illness, some severe enough to send children to hospitals. In Kansas City, Mo., more than 300 cases of respiratory illnesses were reported last month, according to the state Department of Health and Senior Services.

The latest American doctor to be infected with Ebola in West Africa is expected to arrive at Nebraska Medical Center early Friday morning for treatment, according to missionary group SIM. Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, was treating pregnant women in the ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, when he became...