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HONG KONG (AP) — China's ruling party is warning of "chaos" and is expressing strong support for Hong Kong's embattled leader, as democracy supporters threaten to occupy government offices unless he steps down by the end of today. Thousands of mostly students have been protesting for a week, pressing for freer Hong Kong elections. Fewer demonstrators are camped out today because it's a holiday, but protest leaders say they plan to step up their action if Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung (lee-ung) Chun-ying doesn't resign.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the U.S. Secret Service has resigned, after facing criticism from lawmakers who questioned her at a hearing earlier this week about security breaches involving President Barack Obama. Julie Pierson tells Bloomberg News that she feels leaving the agency is "the noble thing to do" and that her departure "would take pressure off the organization."
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's parliament is considering a motion that would give the government new powers to launch military operations in Syria and Iraq and allow foreign forces to make incursions from its territory. Lawmakers previously approved operations into Iraq and Syria to attack Kurdish separatists or thwart threats from the Syrian regime, but today's motion expands those powers to address threats from the Islamic State militants.
DALLAS (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has sent a team to the airport in Liberia's capital, Monrovia, after a man who flew from there to Dallas was diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus. CDC officials say they want to make sure passengers are being properly screened. Thomas Eric Duncan, who became ill several days after arriving in Dallas, is now in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man plans to plead guilty in federal court in Columbus, Ohio today in a multimillion-dollar scam involving three former Miami Heat players and the team. The government alleges that Haider Zafar (HY'-dur ZAH'-fahr) defrauded players Mike Miller, James Jones and Rashard Lewis in 2013 by promising to invest $7.5 million in various business opportunities. Prosecutors say instead, Zafar kept the money. Zafar's attorney says he wants to make parties in the case whole and will accept his punishment.
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