Stock futures are pointing to a sharply lower opening Thursday.
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Have We Learned From Our Numerous Ebola Mistakes?
The handling of the first U.S. Ebola case has been one embarrassment after another for the U.S. health care system.
Fasten Your Seat Belt! Stocks Drop Again at Open
A bevy of worries, including Ebola, conspired to hand Wall Street further losses at the opening bell on Thursday.
Ramping Up: Bermuda Braces for Hurricane Gonzalo
Bermuda issued a hurricane watch for Category 4 Hurricane Gonzalo, which is expected to pass “perilously close” to the island on Friday.
Will Asian Immigrants’ Family Businesses Survive?
After three generations in the U.S., a family business dating back to 1930s Shanghai has just shut its doors. And it’s not alone.
Ebola Is a Midterm Issue, and It’s Not Helping Democrats
Republicans seem to be a lot more comfortable campaigning against President Obama and Democrats when there’s fear out there.
Obama May Send National Guard to Liberia: Sources
Sources said that eight engineers and logistical specialists from the Guard would probably be included in the first deployment.
Flight to Recovery? Ebola-Stricken Nurse Expected to Be Moved
The other nurse who contracted Ebola in Dallas, Amber Vinson, was flown on Wednesday to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.
Who’s the Guy in Plainclothes With the Ebola Nurse?
While three people in full HazMat gear helped Amber Vinson onto a specially equipped jet, a man wearing no protective gear stood nearby holding a yellow envelope.
Close to Home: Ebola Nurse Didn’t Venture Far on Visit
Officials say she visited one “retail establishment,” where she saw five friends who are now in voluntary quarantine.
Pistorius’ Sister in Tears Over Court Confrontation
Oscar Pistorius’ sister Aimee left court in tears Thursday after an apparent confrontation with a self-confessed killer at the sprinter’s sentencing.
General Escalates Libya Attack
The general, Khalifa Hifter, has led a six-month campaign to rid the violence-torn country of Islamists.
Hong Kong Leader Open to Talks With Protesters
But Hong Kong’s chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, said he was in no position to offer concessions to the protesters’ demands for democratic elections.
Oscar Pistorius’s Sentencing Hearing Shifts Focus to South Africa’s Prisons
On the fourth day of televised proceedings, the defense questioned the ability of the country’s prison system to accommodate disabled people like Mr. Pistorius.
Sinosphere Blog: Trying to Walk Their iPhones, Artists Run Into Trouble in Beijing
The artists Han Bing and Hui Li planned to satirize consumers’ hunger for the newest iPhones in a performance artwork, until they were told to leave a shopping center by members of the management staff.
Mount Sinabung erupts
Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung has erupted sporadically since 2010 after being dormant for 400 years. This latest series of eruptions began on Oct 5.
ISIS fight: Send more weapons to Kobani, Kurdish official urges
A Syrian Kurdish official calls on the international community to allow weapons into the border town of Kobani, saying the town is still in danger from ISIS militants.
Texas nurse cleared to fly before Ebola diagnosis
The U.S. government is ramping up its response to the Ebola crisis after a second Dallas nurse became ill and it was disclosed that she had been cleared to fly a day before her diagnosis.