1. Mounting Crises Raise Questions on Obama Team’s Ability to Cope

    1:07 PM ETEarly stumbles in the handling of the Ebola crisis and the belated response to the Islamic State have fueled speculation that President Obama may shake up his staff.

  2. Kaci Hickox, Nurse Who Treated Ebola Patients, May Sue Maine Over Quarantine

    12:47 PM ETThe nurse threatened to go to court if Maine does not let her move freely by Thursday, setting up what could be a test case of whether state quarantines are legal.

  3. Bellevue Workers, Worn Out From Treating Ebola Patient, Face Stigma Outside Hospital

    11:28 AM ETSome employees at the New York medical center say they are feeling snubbed, a result of working at the place handling the city’s first Ebola case.

  4. Fed Announces End to Bond-Buying, Citing Job Gains

    2:10 PM ETThe central bank noted recent weakness in some gauges of inflation expectations, but it said the likelihood of persistently low inflation had diminished.

  5. The Upshot
    Quantitative Easing Is About to End. Here’s What It Did, in Charts.

    11:47 AM ETThe program has slowly helped the economy recover, but it has had many side effects, including making lots of people on Wall Street wealthy.

  6. A Funeral as Big as the Names His Paper Covered
  7. Iowan’s Playbook, for Women to Win Men’s Vote
  8. First Draft: Poll Shows Democrats Slipping Among Young Voters
  9. interactiveThe Upshot: Obamacare: Who Was Helped Most
  10. My Captivity
  11. Football Injuries Lead to Steady Stream of High School Forfeitures
  12. Egyptian Forces Demolish Homes for Buffer Zone Along Gaza Border
  13. Deadly Landslide Hits Central Sri Lanka
  14. Steinway Piano Showroom Is Moving to a New Home in Midtown
  15. Galway Kinnell, Poet Who Followed His Own Path, Dies at 87
  16. ArtsBeat: Director of Atlanta’s High Museum to Step Down
  17. State of the Art: Looking for a Design Behind Amazon’s Devices
  18. Michael Sata, Sharp-Tongued President of Zambia, Dies at 77
  19. On Baseball: Oddities Abound in Even World Series
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Markets

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Opinion

  1. Editorial: Europe’s Ambitious Climate Goal
  2. Op-Ed Contributor: It’s Game Over for ‘Gamers’
  3. Frank Bruni: Toward Better Teachers
  4. Thomas L. Friedman: ISIS and Vietnam

PoliticsU.S. Politics

  1. First Draft: Today in Politics
  2. Political Memo: Savior or Scapegoat: No Middle Ground for Senate Midterm Campaign Chairmen