September 24, 2014 (San Diego's East County)--East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S.
U.S.
- U.S. to alert retailers to bomb materials to counter home-grown threat (Reuters) Silent crisis: 1 in 5 American kids is poor (CNN)
- U.S. hospitals unprepared to handle ebola waste (Reuters)
- Government self-interest corrupted a crime-fighting tool into an evil (Washington Post)
- Record share of Americans are unmarried – even though most want to say ‘I do’ (CS Monitor)
- U.S. to pay Navajo tribe $554 million in landmark settlement (Reuters)
- Jury: Arab bank liable in terrorist attacks (AP)
- ACLU: TSA Now Using 'Hypothetical Threats' to Assign Passengers to Watchlists (Reason)
WORLD
- Up to 1.4 million Africans could be infected with Ebola by 2015, US officials say (CS Monitor)
- U.S. hits Islamic State in Syria near Iraq border; fighters advance on Kurdish city (Reuters)
- It's not a small world after all: world population will soar (Reuters)
- Dozens of Turkish ISIS hostages freed in ‘rescue effort’ (Time)
- Unease in Scotland following independence vote (CBS)
- French jets strike in Iraq against Islamic state (Reuters)
- ISIS's Enemy List: 10 Reasons the Islamic State Is Doomed (Newsweek)
- China asserts paternal rights over Hong Kong in democracy clash (Reuters)
- Qatar expels Egypt Muslim Brotherhood leaders (UT San Diego)
- Czech president receives threatening letter (AP)
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