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Obama coalition-building again ... this time on Ebola

Cuba’s president contributes nearly 400 medical staff

Turkey says it helps Kurdish fighters enter Syria

Yet Kurds say help hasn’t arrived

U.S. airdrops arms to Kurds in Syrian town of Kobani

The airdrops Sunday were the first of their kind and followed weeks of U.S. and coalition airstrikes in and near Kobani, near the Turkish border. The U.S. said earlier in the day that it had...

Ebola fear, monitoring eases for some in Dallas

DALLAS – About 120 people are now being monitored for possible infection with Ebola because they may have had contact with one of the three people in Dallas who had the disease, Texas health...

Nation & World Briefs

Australia to deploy special forces in Iraq CANBERRA, Australia – Australia will soon deploy 200 special forces troops in Iraq to advise and assist Iraqi security forces a month af...

Quarantine ends for family, friends

They had contact with infectious Ebola patient

WHO won’t discuss Ebola mistakes document

LONDON – The World Health Organization said Saturday that it wouldn’t explain details contained in an internal document obtained by The Associated Press in which the UN health agency said i...

Gay-rights group backs use of HIV-prevention pill

Medication’s cost can reach into the thousands

Ebola: What went wrong?

In containment efforts, plenty of blame to share

Fewer initiatives might still drive voter turnout

Voters are disgusted by both parties, and an uninspiring midterm election campaign threatens to set new records for low turnout. But in key states across the country, some political strategi...

Nation briefs

High Court objects to voting rules changes WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has allowed Texas to use its strict voter ID law in the November election even after a federal judge said...

Cautious optimism over Nigeria’s kidnapped girls

Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – There’s no dancing in the streets, but people in the hometown of more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls are cautiously optimistic about...