Estimated read time: 2-3 minutes
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
NEW YORK (AP) — Officials in New York City are trying to tamp down fears of Ebola, after a doctor was diagnosed with the disease. But some New Yorkers aren't taking any chances. A group of teenage girls riding the L subway train this morning passed around a bottle of hand sanitizer. They said they were taking extra precautions because of the Ebola case. It was one of the subway lines that Dr. Craig Spencer rode after returning home from Africa.
WASHINGTON (AP) — One Republican lawmaker says the new case of Ebola diagnosed in New York is raising "even more questions" about the handling of risks to Americans from the disease. Darrell Issa (EYE'-suh) spoke at the start of a House hearing on Ebola. But Democrat Elijah Cummings said the swift response to the case in New York shows that the U.S. health community has made strides since the initial misdiagnosis of a patient in Texas, who later died.
BAGHDAD (AP) — There's a new concern about Islamic State militants in Iraq. Officials there say the militants used chlorine gas during fighting with security forces and Shiite militiamen last month north of Baghdad. If the reports are confirmed, it would be the first time the extremists attempted to use chlorine since their blitz earlier this year that seized large chunks of northern Iraq and neighboring Syria.
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Federal investigators are at the scene of yesterday's collision between an airplane and a helicopter near a Maryland airport. The crash killed all three men on the helicopter, but spared two others in the plane -- who deployed a parachute to slow its fall.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new figures on new home sales reflect the continuing struggles of the housing sector to recover from the recession that ended more than five years ago. The government says sales of new homes were nearly flat in September. And the government has sharply revised downward what was initially reported as an August surge in buying.
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
