Texas Ebola patient dies  —  (CNN) — Thomas Eric Duncan, the man with Ebola who traveled to the United States from Liberia, died Wednesday morning at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, the hospital said.  —  He had been in critical condition after being diagnosed with the virus in mid-September.

Jimmy Carter: President Obama blew it on ISIL  —  Former President Jimmy Carter is criticizing President Barack Obama's Middle East policy, saying he has shifting policies and waited too long to take action against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.  —  In an interviewed published Tuesday …

BREAKING: Justice Kennedy Halts Same-Sex Marriages In Idaho  —  Wednesday morning, Justice Anthony Kennedy offered another thin ray of light to penetrate the hidden laboratory where he and his fellow justices will decide whether to recognize the Constitution's promise of equality for all Americans.

Man practicing open carry law robbed of gun  —  GRESHAM, Ore. (KOIN 6) — A man practicing his open carry right was robbed of the gun he was openly carrying.  —  William Coleman III was robbed of his Walter- brand P22 just after 2:00 a.m. October 4 in Gresham by a young man who asked him for it …

Tom Cotton: Terrorists collaborating with Mexican drug cartels to infiltrate Arkansas  —  There's been a ton of chatter to the effect that Republicans are on offense against Democrats on immigration and national security alike.  Yet to convert these issues into political gain …

The hardest-working man in Democratic politics  —  Hillary Clinton's potential challengers  —  Washington (CNN) — A Democrat with White House ambitions is furiously criss-crossing the country to help the party's candidates — and it's not Hillary Clinton.

POLICE PEPPER SPRAY WAKE COUNTY TEEN INSIDE HIS HOME AFTER HE'S MISTAKEN FOR BURGLAR  —  The parents of a Wake County high school student are outraged that police pepper-sprayed him inside their home after a neighbor mistook him for an intruder.  —  It happened Monday afternoon on England Avenue in Fuquay-Varina.

SAT Scores and Income Inequality: How Wealthier Kids Rank Higher  —  SAT originally stood for Scholastic Aptitude Test.  But parsing the results by income suggests it's also a Student Affluence Test.  —  On average, students in 2014 in every income bracket outscored students in a lower bracket …

Jon Huntsman says no thanks to 2016 run  —  Jon Huntsman's days on the campaign trail are over.  —  The former Utah governor, who ran a short-lived presidential campaign in 2012, said he would not run in 2016 and has no plans to run for governor again.  —  “I can't describe a pathway through …

U.S. officials: ISIS will capture Kobani, but it's not a big concern to us  —  (CNN) — The key Syrian border city of Kobani will soon fall to the Islamist terror group ISIS, several senior U.S. administration officials said.  —  They downplayed the importance of it, saying Kobani is not a major U.S. concern.

Help Identify Individuals Traveling Overseas for Combat  —  The FBI is asking for the public's help identifying individuals who have traveled—or are planning to travel—overseas to engage in combat alongside terrorist organizations.  —  “We need the public's assistance in identifying U.S. persons …

Piers Morgan Pens Advice Column on CNN, Reveals He Pushed to Replace “Stiff” Anderson Cooper  —  Writing for THR, the former CNN anchor and new MailOnline editor-at-large reveals why news ratings shouldn't matter, when he became a “barroom bore” on guns and how Cooper can't compete with Megyn Kelly