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DALLAS (AP) — When Thomas Duncan traveled to the United States from Liberia last month, he said on an airport questionnaire that he hadn't had any contact with people infected with Ebola. That, apparently, was not the case -- and now, Liberian authorities plan to prosecute him. He's being treated in a Dallas hospital, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. And Texas health officials have ordered four members of his family to stay inside their Dallas home.
HONG KONG (AP) — The next move in Hong Kong may be up to the pro-democracy demonstrators -- now that their demand for the resignation of the territory's chief executive has been rejected. Instead, Hong Kong's top official offered to arrange talks with the protesters, who've filled the streets for a week with massive demonstrations.
BEIRUT (AP) — There's been a rare protest in Syria today by supporters of President Bashar Assad against the governor of the central city of Homs. The protest came a day after a pair of bombings killed 25 children and eight adults outside an elementary school. Some accounts place the death toll much higher. During Syria's civil war, open criticism against the government by Assad loyalists has been rare. But anger has been growing since August, when Islamic State group extremists seized three military bases and killed hundreds of Syrian soldiers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Muslim woman who was denied a job at Abercrombie and Fitch because of her headscarf will have her day at the Supreme Court. The justices today said it will consider whether the retailer discriminated against the woman, who wasn't hired because the headscarf clashed with the company's dress code. The justices today didn't accept or reject any gay marriage cases -- although a decision on those could come later this month.
WASHINGTON (AP) — He's not on the ballot, but President Barack Obama and his health care law are the stars of roughly a tenth of the ads being run by candidates for state office. The Center for Public Integrity reviewed the ads for state-level campaigns and found that spots featuring Obama and his health care overhaul have run more than 300,000 times. The president features even more prominently in campaigns for the U.S. Senate. In those races, more than a third of the ads feature Obama.
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