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ATLANTA (AP) — The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says he has no doubt that the first confirmed case of Ebola in the U.S. will be stopped in its tracks. Federal officials confirmed the disease in a patient who is being treated in isolation at a Dallas hospital. The infected person traveled to the U.S. from Liberia. The outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people across West Africa.
WASHINGTON (AP) —Yet another embarrassment for the Secret Service. The Washington Post and Washington Examiner are reporting that President Barack Obama rode an elevator in Atlanta this month with an armed security contractor who had three criminal convictions. The Post says agents questioned the contractor and discovered his criminal history after he refused to stop video recording the president with a phone camera. Agents didn't know he was armed until he was fired on the spot by a supervisor and the man turned over his gun. The agency's head was criticized today in Washington for the recent intrusion at the White House.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) —Relatives of family members in California who appear to pose a threat can now ask a judge to remove firearms from the threatening individual. Gov. Jerry Brown signed the legislation today. Supporters say the law may have prevented a May 23 attack in which six people were fatally stabbed or shot and 13 others wounded in Isla Vista. A few states allow law enforcement to seize guns from people they deem to be a danger, if a court order is obtained.
SALHIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi Kurdish fighters, known as peshmerga (pesh-MER'-gah), have scored a key victory over Islamic State group fighters at a border crossing with Syria. The extremists were beaten back after heavy fighting that included vicious house-to-house combat and close-quarters sniping. Meanwhile, in the Syrian town of Kobani, near the Turkish border, Kurdish fighters are on the defensive because of an extremist offensive.
FRACKVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A man serving life in prison for killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981 has been selected as a commencement speaker at his Vermont alma mater. Goddard College says on its website that Mumia Abu-Jamal's (moo-MEE'-ah AH'-boo jah-MAHLZ') recorded remarks will be played Sunday at a commencement, along with a video about him. Abu-Jamal graduated from Goddard in 1996.
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