- The U.S. is not prepared to ban
flights from West Africa over
Ebola but will institute additional passenger screening in the
U.S. and West Africa. - Sen.
Bob Casey (D-Pa.) is the latest senator calling for a debate
and a vote on authorizing the use of military force against ISIS,
the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. As ISIS tries to seize a
Syrian town near the Turkish border, Turkey’s foreign minister says
NATO has a plan should ISIS attack the country. - Democrats in the
House of Representatives say they’ve been abandoned by labor
and environmental groups ahead of the midterm elections. - The Republican governor of Pennsylvania,
Tom Corbett, who looks headed for defeat in November, wants a
bill passed that would criminalize behavior by convicts found to
cause their victims continued “mental anguish.” The bill was
introduced after Mumia Abu Jamal, convicted of killing a
Philadelphia cop in 1981, gave a commencement address at a college
in Vermont. - The
State Department says it’s concerned by border skirmishes
between Pakistan and India. - The Mexican army has taken over security in
Iguala after 43 students disappeared and a mass grave was
found.
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