CDC's Chief: Details This Week On Ebola Airport Screening
Tom Frieden tells NPR's All Things Considered that he's confident new measures to screen airport passengers for the deadly disease will be announced this week.
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Islamic State Poised To Capture Syrian Border Town, Turkey Warns
Militants with the self-described Islamic State raised their group's black flag over the eastern gate in Kobani on Monday.
3 Scientists Win Nobel In Physics For Development Of Blue LED
American Shuji Nakamura, and Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan, will share the prize for co-developing a blue light-emitting diode that triggered a revolution in lighting technology.
Panetta: Fight Against Terrorism Will Be A Long, Sustained War
In a new memoir, Leon Panetta says he and other presidential advisers argued to leave some U.S. forces in Iraq after 2011. That might have left Iraq in better position to fight ISIS, he tells NPR.
Nurse In Spain Infected With Ebola Virus
Spain's health minister confirmed that a nurse who treated two Ebola victims has tested positive for the disease. She is the first person to contract Ebola outside of West Africa.
Families Want To Know What Happened To Missing Mexican Students
Officials say those responsible for the disappearance of 43 students will be brought to justice. The students went missing after a confrontation with police, who authorities say work with a drug gang.
Lithuania Seeks U.S. Support Against Russian Aggression
The prime minister and foreign minister of Lithuania are in the U.S. this week, seeking support for their fellow Baltic states as well. Robert Siegel talks to Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius.
Relatives Fear Mexican Students Are Among Dead In Mass Graves
Relatives are gathering to demand information and government action after the discovery of mass graves in southern Mexico, possibly containing the bodies of 43 missing Mexican college activists.
3 Win Nobel Prize In Medicine For Discovering Brain's 'Inner GPS'
The scientists, one working in Britain and a husband-and-wife team from Norway, will share the award for work that began in the 1970s and spanned decades.
Why 4.4 Billion People Still Don't Have Internet Access
More than half the global population has never been online. But Silicon Valley giants are trying to change that.