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South African track star Oscar Pistorius is sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for the fatal shooting of his girlfriend.

Oscar Pistorius Gets 5 Years In Prison For Killing Girlfriend

9:09am October 21, 2014

by Dana Farrington

The Olympian was convicted of culpable homicide last month — rather than a more serious charge of premeditated murder — for the 2013 fatal shooting of Reeva Steenkamp in his home.

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Some Millennials — And Their Parents — Are Slow To Cut The Cord

9:03am October 21, 2014

by Samantha Raphelson

Millennials get a lot of financial and emotional support from their parents, which critics say causes delayed adolescence. But actually this close relationship benefits both kids and parents.

Kitibe, 26, has recovered from Ebola and was ready to go home. Then the hospital told him he might have TB.

The Ebola Survivors Who Can't Go Home

9:39pm October 20, 2014

by Anders Kelto

They beat the deadly virus, but transportation back home is hard to come by. So they're living in an abandoned hospital ward, hoping someday to resume the life they had before Ebola struck.

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CDC Announces New Guidelines For Health Care Workers Treating Ebola Patients

7:55pm October 20, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

The new guidelines call for a site supervisor, who makes sure healthcare workers put on and remove their personal protective equipment correctly.

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Indiana Officials Say Man Has Led Them To Multiple Bodies

7:06pm October 20, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Suspect Darren Vann confessed to one murder, with which he has been charged, and subsequently led police to six other corpses in northwestern Indiana, authorities say.

Four months in 2014 have already been the warmest on record.

This Past September Ranks As Hottest On Record, NOAA Says

6:34pm October 20, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

The agency says if 2014 continues to be this hot, it's on pace to be the hottest year on record.

A family passes through Maktab Khaled in northern Iraq, the last Kurdish checkpoint before they make their way to Kirkuk. ISIS-controlled territory lies less than a mile away.

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The Artificial Boundary That Divides Iraq

6:03pm October 20, 2014

by Leila Fadel

A checkpoint near Kirkuk marks the line between Kurdish-controlled territory and the world of Islamic State extremists. Some 5,000 civilians stream across daily, lives and families divided.

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It's smiling at you. I guess it doesn't know what's about to happen.

Sandwich Monday: The Primanti Bros. Pitts-burger

5:35pm October 20, 2014

by Ian Chillag

For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try a sandwich from the famous Primanti Bros. of Pittsburgh.

Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders (center) speaks with Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn (second from left) and British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond (right) during a round table meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday. The m

Latest Developments In The Ebola Story

5:33pm October 20, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The family of the first patient to be diagnosed in the U.S. with the deadly disease ends a 21-day observation period with no symptoms. Meanwhile, the WHO declared Nigeria Ebola-free.

Taqueria La Delicia is a lonchera, or food truck, that parks near a Lowe's Home Improvement store in New Orleans. The owner is Honduran, and so are many of the day laborers who eat there.

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In The Big Easy, Food Vendors Create A Little Honduras

5:31pm October 20, 2014

by Laine Kaplan-Levenson

Thanks to a quirk of history, New Orleans has long had a Honduran population, but it exploded post-Katrina. Nearly a decade later, Hondurans have created a vibrant, if underground, culinary community.