EBOLA

DALLAS - The Texas nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for a dying Liberian man repeatedly visited his room from the day he was admitted to the intensive care unit until the day before he died, medical records show. 

MIDTERM ELECTIONS-EBOLA

WASHINGTON - Democrats are trying to gain a political edge in November's midterm elections on the Ebola front, saying Republican-driven spending cuts have hurt the nation's ability to fight the deadly disease. 

POLICE SHOOTINGS-PROTESTS

FERGUSON, Missouri - Pounding rain and tornado watches didn't deter hundreds of protesters Monday outside Ferguson police headquarters, where they stayed for almost four hours to mark how long an 18-year-old black man's body was left in the street after he was fatally shot by a white police officer. 

UNITED STATES-ISLAMIC STATE

WASHINGTON -President Barack Obama and his military commanders will meet Tuesday with defense chiefs from more than 20 nations participating in the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq. 

NORTH KOREA-US-TREATING TB

WASHINGTON - Despite worsening U.S.-North Korean relations, an American charity is ramping up efforts against an epidemic of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the isolated country, where it says it is making inroads in fighting the deadly disease.

MEXICO-VIOLENCE

ACAPULCO, Mexico - Hundreds of students and teachers smash windows and set fires inside a state capital building in southern Mexico, as fury erupts over the disappearance of 43 young people believed abducted by local police linked to a drug cartel. By Jose Antonio Rivera. AP Photos.

MEXICO-RADIO SHOOTING

MEXICO CITY - Two gunmen shove their way into a radio studio and open fire on a local activist, killing him while he was broadcasting, prosecutors in the Mexican state of Sinaloa say. It was the first on-air killing in recent memory in Mexico. 

OBAMA-MIDTERMS

WASHINGTON - For President Barack Obama, the stark reality of the looming midterm elections is that the best outcome for his party gets him nothing but two more years of the status quo. 

KENTUCKY DEBATE

LEXINGTON, Kentucky - Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes pledges that she would be independent of President Barack Obama if she wins Kentucky's close and costly U.S. Senate race, but Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says his rival is trying to deceive Kentucky voters about her intentions. 

HOUSE-STATE OF PLAY

WASHINGTON - One by one, Democratic opportunities to seize Republican House seats are slipping away as President Barack Obama's dismal approval ratings and midterm malaise hit the party. The question three weeks from Election Day is how many seats can Republicans win and how close can they get to the post-World War II high of 246 in the Truman administration. By Donna Cassata. AP Photos.

TROPICAL WEATHER

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua - Hurricane Gonzalo forms in the Caribbean and spins toward open ocean after buffeting Antigua and nearby islands with heavy rain and dangerous wind. 

ISLAMIC STATE-KASSIG

INDIANAPOLIS - The parents of an Indiana aid worker threatened with beheading by the Islamic State group rejected suggestions that their son converted to Islam to save himself, saying his interest in Eastern religions began long before he traveled to the Middle East. 

CHURCH ABUSE-MINNESOTA

MINNEAPOLIS - A judge signs off on a settlement in a groundbreaking case that accused Catholic church leaders in Minnesota of creating a public nuisance by failing to warn parishioners about an abusive priest.

RETHINKING POT-NATION'S CAPITAL

WASHINGTON - A debate over legalizing marijuana in the U.S. capital is focusing on the comparatively large number of arrests of African-Americans on minor drug charges. The racial justice aspect of the campaign is one of many factors making the District of Columbia's pot legalization push different from what's happened in Colorado, Washington state and other places around the country.

GUYANA-SUICIDE CAPITAL

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Sleepy, largely rural Guyana has the unusual distinction of being the suicide capital of the world. The causes are hard to pin down, but experts point to high rates of poverty, alcoholism, ethnicity and easy access to deadly farm pesticides. It's a touchy subject in a nation known for the mass suicides and murders among U.S. cult members at Jonestown. 

GAY MARRIAGE-ALASKA

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Gay couples begin applying for marriage licenses in Anchorage on Monday, 15 years after Alaska helped touch off a national debate with a ban on same-sex unions.