Econ 101: Stocks took a dive yesterday on the announcement that the International Monetary Fund believes the world economy may never return to its rate of expansion before the great recession. The IMF cut its growth forecasts for 2014 and …

The Supremes: The Supreme court gave a backhanded win to advocates of gay marriage yesterday by deciding not to decide about the issue. The court turned down appeals from five states fighting lower court decisions to allow same-sex marriage. The …

World: Police in Iguala, Mexico have begun digging up bodies in a mass grave close to where 43 students went missing late last month. The students attended a left wing school where they had engaged in protests that involved hijacking …

Hong Kong: The chief executive set a Monday morning deadline for pro-Democracy protesters to pull back from the government center and student leaders have begin to comply in a move to clear the way for talks. Protesters still occupy other …

In the Name of Allah: The world is shocked again afterISIS militants released another video, this one showing the beheading of British aid worker Alan Henning. He is the fourth Western hostage to be executed in recent weeks. Henning, 47, …

Ebola: An American freelance cameraman working for NBC News in Liberia has contracted Ebola, according to the network. The unidentified man, age 33, was working with medical correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman and other employees reporting on the Ebola epidemic. The …

Ebola: Reports this morning say that as many as 80 people may have come into contact with Thomas Duncan, the Ebola virus patient in a Dallas hospital. As the details of the case emerge, investigators learned that Duncan was initially …

Outbreak: The first case of Ebola virus in the US has been diagnosed in a Texas hospital, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The patient is a man who took a commercial flight from Liberia to Dallas on Sept. …

Call Security: A man who jumped the White House fence and entered the building made it further inside than previously reported, according to stories in the Washington Post and NY Times. The Secret Service first said Omar Gonzalez made it …

Nation: President Obama admitted last night during an interview with 60 Minutes that the US had underestimated the strength of the Muslim extremist force known as ISIS and overestimated the ability of the US-trained Iraqi army to fight. “That’s true, …