The Ebola virus is the best thing to happen to American politicians in years. Ebola has done what neither war, climate change, nor economic meltdown have accomplished. It has united our politicians in action because Ebola is bad. Ebola threatens …

Spaceship Down: Hopes for space tourism within the next year were dashed yesterday with the crash into the Mojave Desert of SpaceShipTwo, a craft designed to take high-paying customers into sub-orbital space. One pilot was killed and the other seriously …

Nation: After a seven-week manhunt, survivalist Eric Frein was captured yesterday to face charges of murdering a Pennsylvania state trooper. Prosecutors say they will press for the death penalty. Frein, 31, was believed to have been living in the woods …

Dynasty: Pitching ace Madison Bumgarner, who pitched nine innings only three days before, came in as a reliever last night and threw five scoreless innings for San Francisco, winning the Giants’ third World Series championship in five years. San Francisco …

Outbreak: With states establishing what amounts to a patchwork quilt of regulations to deal with the Ebola virus, the federal government has established new guidelines. Medical workers exposed to Ebola, or people who’ve had contact with patients in West Africa, …

Outbreak: Under pressure from the Obama administration the governor of New York is backing off, if only slightly, his quarantine requirement for medical workers returning from West Africa. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says that in some cases he will allow home …

Outbreak: Four states are now requiring 21-day quarantines for travelers returning from dealing with Ebola-affected countries. Florida has joined New York, New Jersey, and Illinois. Volunteer aid workers say the quarantine will only add a three-week time commitment and may …