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2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (266+ words) NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s Health Ministry on Tuesday confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola case from Congo. Health Minister Aden Duale said a Kenyan citizen who arrived in the country on Saturday from Congo via Uganda had been isolated and treated…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago   (438+ words) John Fund writes for National Review Online about the consequences of bad public policies in Chicago and Illinois. Ken Griffin, hedge fund manager and CEO of Citadel, is donating $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University, most of which is intended to…...

1+ hour, 46+ min ago   (400+ words) Jim Geraghty of National Review Online criticizes laws that thwart innovation in the name of protecting jobs. Our James Lileks laments the City of Minneapolis requirement that self-driving cars have a $31.50/hour nondriver sitting in the driver’s seat, even though…...

1+ hour, 43+ min ago   (336+ words) Alana Goodman writes for the Washington Free Beacon about another strike against Michigan’s Democratic US Senate candidate. Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed praised the British democratic system as superior to America’s in a 2010 op-ed, arguing that the British system…...

1+ hour, 40+ min ago   (212+ words) Joy Pullman writes for the Federalist about bad news for major energy companies. Massive energy companies are funding both sides of multibillion-dollar climate litigation because the high-dollar law firms conducting their defense also support their legal adversaries. Major litigation using…...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago   (287+ words) Terry Jones of Issues and Insights ponders the impact of recent polling numbers for President Donald Trump. The national online I&I/TIPP Poll each month queries Americans about how the president is doing, beginning with: “Overall, is your opinion…...

55+ min ago   (215+ words) A cold front will help clear the Carolina clouds on Monday, beginning a long stretch of dry weather this week. Temperatures will cool down for a few days and then warm up again later this week. The WXII 12 First Warning…...

23+ hour, 35+ min ago   (562+ words) No. 25 Pitt will try to maintain its unbeaten start with a new quarterback when it hosts North Carolina on Saturday afternoon. The Panthers play with a national ranking for the first time this season when the Tar Heels visit Pittsburgh....

1+ hour, 33+ min ago   (91+ words) Police say the 4600 block of Pennoak Road in Greensboro is closed in both directions during an investigation. Drivers should take an alternate route. The 4600 block of Pennoak Road is closed in both directions because of a police investigation, according to…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago   (350+ words) Jeffrey Archer, a British bestselling author who sold more than 300 million book copies in his career and a former politician who was jailed for lying in a high-profile libel case, died Monday. Reuters reported that Archer died one day before…...