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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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Maine Judge Rejects State Quarantine On Nurse Kaci Hickox

Comments (0) | Charles LaVerdiere, ebola, ebola quarantine, Kaci Hickox, maine, Maine District Court, National, paul lepage, quarantine, reuters, Sierra Leone, West Africa

Hickox defied Maine's quarantine order and went bike-riding with her boyfriend. (@dcexaminer / Twitter)

Michelle Tiu
Web Producer

On Friday, Judge Charles LaVerdiere made the decision, declaring fears about Ebola "not entirely rational."

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Ebola-Risk Passengers From West Africa Face Travel Restrictions

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Travel restrictions for US flights from West Africa. (The Speaker/Flickr)

Belinda Cai
Web Producer

Travelers from West Africa must land in one of five U.S. hubs.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

How Ebola Is Spreading Racism

Corinne Gaston
Deputy Opinion Editor

Are race-based fears of Ebola in the Unitd States feeding into the stereotype of the "diseased African?"

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

What If Ebola Came To L.A.?

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(Flickr/Neon Tommy)

Diana Crandall
Associate News Editor

Could you recognize the symptoms of Ebola?

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Sierra Leone Will Do Three Day Lockdown To Combat Ebola

Comments (0) | doctors without borders, ebola, Health, International, Science, Sierra Leone, sierra leone lockdown

(@CBCNews/Twitter)

Shilpa Nagesh
Supervising Executive Producer

From Sept. 19-Sept 21, Sierra Leone citizens will be staying home.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

WHO Launches $100 Million Ebola Response Plan

Comments (0) | dead, doctors, ebola, Guinea, infection, International, killed, liberia, Margaret Chan, medicine, nurses, outbreak, plan, response, Sierra Leone, spread, un, virus, West Africa, WHO

Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor

WHO Director-General Margaret Chan meets with the presidents of affected nations to discuss this "unprecedented" outbreak.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Ebola Continues To Spread, Raising Global Concern

Comments (0) | #EbolaOutbreak, Africa, deadly Ebola virus, Democratic Republic of Congo, ebola, Ebola outbreak, ebola virus, Guinea, Health, Health, liberia, nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, West Africa

Sara Newman
Deputy Editor

Over 670 people have been killed by virus so far.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Western Africa Ebola Outbreak Kills 80, Toll Rising

Comments (0) | Africa, doctors without borders, ebola, International, liberia, Sierra Leone, virus, western africa, zaire

Michael Nystrom
Associate News Editor

The deadly virus is spreading throughout western Africa.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Charles Taylor Sentencing A Step In The Right Direction

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(Travlr, Creative Commons)

Francesca Bessey
Staff Contributor

The sentence indicates that justice has been served for heinous crimes against humanity.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

Liberia's Charles Taylor Given 50-Year Sentence

Comments (1) | 50 years, blood diamonds, Charles Taylor, International, international war crimes court, liberia, rebels, sentenced, Sierra Leone

A typical West African house, up-country, in Sierra Leone. (Creative Commons)

Francesca Martens
Executive Producer

Accused of commiting "some of the most heinous and brutal crimes in recorded human history."

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