1. ISIS
Joining the fight?: Federal authorities say he was on his way to fight for ISIS, but 19-year-old Mohammed Hamzah Khan never made it out of Chicago. Federal agents pounced as soon as he cleared security at O’Hare International Airport over the weekend. A round-trip ticket had been purchased for Khan from Chicago to Istanbul. A search of his parent’s home, where he lived, turned up papers supporting ISIS and jihadist causes were found, court documents say. Now Khan’s charged with one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. The charge he faces carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
2. EBOLA
Another Ebola first: A nurse’s assistant in Spain is the first person known to have contracted Ebola outside of Africa. The woman helped treat a Spanish missionary and a Spanish priest, both of whom had contracted Ebola in West Africa. Both died after returning to Spain.
Health officials said she developed symptoms on September 30. Health officials are trying to find everyone the assistant may have had contact with while contagious. So far, there are no other known cases in Spain.
3. SUPREME COURT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Roadblock removed: The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for same-sex marriages in five more states. The court refused to hear cases from the states – Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin – seeking to keep their same-sex marriage bans in place. Experts say its refusal to hear the cases from those five states also means that six more states – Colorado, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kansas, West Virginia, and Wyoming – could soon have to lift their bans on same-sex marriage, because they are covered by the same circuit appeals courts that initially struck down the prohibitions.
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source: CNN.com
