Nurse Amber Vinson’s family says she is Ebola-free
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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.
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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. 2 hours ago
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Rush is on to prepare Americans for new voting laws
Less than two weeks before Americans go to the polls, a scramble is on to educate voters and election officials nationwide about a spate of new voting laws that could affect turnout and impact key gubernatorial and Senate races. 2 hours ago
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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.
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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. 58 minutes ago
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Nurse Amber Vinson’s family says she is Ebola-free
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Ways and Means to Treasury: Cough up witness
The head of a powerful congressional committee demanded in a letter to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Wednesday that the agency produce for interview before November elections a department lawyer who allegedly has knowledge about elements of the...
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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. 2 hours ago
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