NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The health care worker now quarantined at a New Jersey hospital because she had contact with Ebola patients in West Africa is sharply criticizing the way her case has been handled.

Kaci Hickox told the Dallas Morning News she stopped at Newark Liberty International and questioned over several hours after touching down Friday. She said none of those who questioned her would say what was going on or what would happen to her.

Hickox is a nurse who had been working with Doctors Without Borders in Sierra Leone. Officials say she was taken to a hospital after developing a fever, but Hickox says she was merely flushed because she was upset by the process.

Hickox tested negative for Ebola in a preliminary evaluation. Hospital officials would not say whether she would remain there for the entire 21-day state-ordered quarantine period.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The reward has risen to $21,000 for information about a drive-by shooting that killed a 6-year-old Kansas City girl.

The Kansas City Star says tips are coming in to a group called the Ad Hoc Group Against Crime. But Maj. Karl Oakman says police seeking to solve the killing of Angel Hooper need more leads and more people to call.

Donations have come from the Carter Broadcast Group and 7-Eleven Stores, which operates the chain of convenience stores.

City Councilman Jermaine Reed is the interim executive director of Ad Hoc. He says he is “fed up” with the violence.

PINEVILLE, Mo. (AP) – Authorities have identified the person killed in a southwest Missouri home-invasion as a 35-year-old man.

The Joplin Globe reports that Rodney Frederick died Wednesday night when three people broke into a home near the town of Jane. The McDonald County Sheriff’s Department says a woman and a young boy were tied up before Frederick was shot. Witnesses said two of the suspects wore masks.

The sheriff’s department says a suspect had been taken into custody. But no charges had been filed in McDonald County Circuit Court in connection with the murder by the time the courthouse closed on Friday afternoon.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is recognizing gay marriage in six more states, extending federal benefits to those couples.

Attorney General Eric Holder says the states are: Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, North Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming.

Saturday’s announcement brings the total number of states with federal recognition of same-sex marriage to 32, plus the District of Columbia.

Couples married in these states will qualify for a range of federal benefits, including Social Security and veterans’ benefits.

Holder says the Justice Department also has determined that it can legally recognize gay marriages performed in Indiana and Wisconsin after federal courts declared state marriage bans unconstitutional. Subsequent developments created confusion about the status of those unions, but Holder says the federal government will recognize the marriages.

FERGUSON (AP) – The Ferguson-Florissant and Clayton school districts are reminding parents of emergency procedures ahead of the upcoming decision by a St. Louis County grand jury in the Michael Brown shooting.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that both districts sent letters home to parents discussing possible school cancellations or early dismissals, should safety concerns emerge.

The two districts are also asking for updated phone numbers and emergency contacts. The note to Ferguson parents discusses possible road closings that would affect school bus routes.

Schools typically send reminders before the start of winter on inclement weather procedures. But the two districts, along with the Riverview Gardens system, want parents to be especially alert over the next few weeks.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A United Express flight has made an emergency landing at a southwest Missouri airport after experiencing a cabin depressurization problem.

KSPR-TV  reports that the Denver-bound flight landed after 5 p.m. Friday at Springfield-Branson National Airport. Airport spokesman Kent Boyd says passengers and crew were treated for symptoms of depressurization, including as nose and sinus problems.

The flight originated in Birmingham, Ala.

KANSAS CITY (AP) – Attorneys for a suburban Kansas City man who confessed to killing the wife of his prayer group leader say his statements to police came after an exorcism when he wasn’t in his right mind.

Former Grandview resident Micah Moore is charged with first-degree murder in the October 2012 death of Bethany Deaton, whose body was found in her minivan parked at Longview Lake. A coroner initially ruled her death as a suicide because of a note and empty 100-count bottle of acetaminophen found inside the vehicle.

The 25-year-old told police he killed her at the behest of her husband, the charismatic leader of a tight-knit prayer group affiliated with the International House of Prayer.

Moore’s attorneys are seeking to exclude his confession from trial, scheduled to begin next month.

LOUISBURG, Kan. (AP) — The husband of a state senator is working to oust a northeast Kansas trial judge who ordered the court clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

The Kansas City Star reports Brian Baumgardner is targeting Johnson County Chief District Judge Kevin Moriarty.

Moriarty faces a retention vote Nov. 4 in the 10th Judicial Circuit,

which is made up of Johnson County. Baumgardner — husband of Republican state Sen. Molly Baumgardner — lives in neighboring Miami County but told The Star on Friday that “a bad judge harms everybody.”

Moriarty issued his order Oct. 8 after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand lower-court rulings striking down bans on gay marriage as unconstitutional. The Kansas Supreme Court has halted the issuance of any licenses pending a hearing scheduled Nov. 6.