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NEW YORK (AP) — State leaders in New York and New Jersey are backing the 21-day Ebola quarantines for medical workers returning from West Africa. They're at odds with scientists who say the restrictions aren't needed and don't track with the current science about Ebola. Meanwhile, Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is traveling in the West Africa outbreak region promising continued U.S. help in the fight against the virus.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A court official and news reports say South Korean prosecutors want harsh punishment for the captain and crew involved in a deadly ferry sinking, saying it was their negligence that killed more than 300 people. Prosecutors are asking for the death penalty for the captain and life terms for the top three crew members.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a suicide car bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a checkpoint manned by security forces and pro-government Shiite militiamen outside the Sunni town of Jurf al-Sakhar today, killing at least 11 people. The town 30 miles south of Baghdad was just recaptured from Islamic State group extremists. Officials say 23 people were wounded in the car bombing.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian newspaper reports that a worker from a private company dumped expired pesticides into a wastewater canal, creating a toxic gas cloud that caused at least 130 people to be hospitalized. Most of those injured after inhaling the gas were students in a southern city. The area's governor says the worker acted out of ignorance.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is taking executive actions today in an effort to bolster manufacturing in the United States. The White House says the action will direct federal money toward new technologies, apprenticeship programs and competitions designed to help small manufacturers. Administration officials consider manufacturing one of the bright spots of the economic recovery.
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