Nurse Amber Vinson’s family says she is Ebola-free
Dallas nurse Amber Vinson was Ebola-free Wednesday, according to family members in Atlanta, where she is being treated for the virus.
Featured
CDC to implement elaborate monitoring for West African visitors
The U.S. will soon require every airline passenger from Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia who arrives in one of six states to undergo 21 days of official monitoring for symptoms of Ebola.
White House
In Ebola czar, Obama again looks outside his government for help
President Barack Obama welcomed his new Ebola czar to the job Wednesday, the latest example of looking outside his own government for someone to help run a major government initiative.
Congress
Chairing Space Subcommittee attracts campaign cash for Miss. congressman
As chairman of a House Science and Technology Committee panel over the last four years, Republican Rep. Steven Palazzo of Mississippi has been a vocal advocate of U.S. space exploration, calling for the resumption of manned flights.
World
Protesters burn city hall in Mexico town where 43 students vanished
Masked assailants Wednesday set fire to the city hall in Iguala in a rampage triggered by the failure of Mexican authorities to resolve the case of 43 missing student teachers.
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Courts & Crime
Blackwater guards found guilty in 2007 killings of Iraqi civilians
An infamous chapter of the Iraq War closed Wednesday as a jury convicted four former Blackwater Worldwide contractors of killing unarmed civilians in the chaotic streets of Baghdad.
