The Epidemic: A Dallas health care worker who helped treat the Liberian man who died of Ebola has tested positive for the virus. If the unidentified person is confirmed to have the disease, it would be the first time Ebola has been transmitted within the United States.

Murder, Inc.: Some of the bodies found in mass graves near Iguala, Mexico are not those of 43 missing students, authorities say. The regional governor said, “I can say that some of the bodies, according to the work of forensics experts, do not correspond to the youths.” After clashes with the police, the students were last seen being herded into police vans. Authorities say they may have been turned over to a local drug gang. The gang may be linked to the family of Iguala’s Mayor Jose Luis Abarca Velazquez, who also has disappeared along with his wife and head of security.

Permawar: A triple suicide bombing outside Baghdad today killed 26 Kurdish security forces. As ISIS encircles, things are heating up. Yesterday about 50 people were killed in bombings in and around Baghdad.

World: A powerful typhoon has slammed the Japanese island of Okinawa, injuring 35 people. The storm was headed to the island of Kyushu today. It’s the second major storm in a week. Last week three US airmen on Okinawa were swept out to sea. A cyclone has also hit eastern India, causing the evacuation of 300,000 people.

Sacked: Seven members of the Sayreville, NJ high school football team have been arrested in a hazing scandal that includes accusations of sexual assault. Police say four freshman members of the team were held against down and touched in a sexual manner against their will. You don’t really want to hear the details. Three of the players are charged with aggravated sexual assault and “engaging in an act of sexual penetration.” Sayreville is considered a powerhouse in New Jersey football, but when the scandal broke, the team’s season was suspended after just three games. Some parents are more upset that the season was cancelled than they are about what the players are accused of doing.

Now You Tell Us: In his new book “Worthy Fights,” Former defense secretary Leon Panetta says he urged President Obama to arm moderate rebels in Syria to avoid a takeover by extremists like the Islamic State. He says he argued that, “If we don’t prevent these Sunni extremists from taking over large swaths of territory in the Middle East, it will be only a matter of time before they turn their sights on us.” He says he also argued that leaving a small US force in Iraq would have stiffened the spine of the army against a resurgent al Qaeda. Mark Lander notes in the NY Times that recent insider accounts have bashed the president while going easy on former Secy. Of State Hillary Clinton. He writes that, “In the growing crop of tell-all memoirs by former Obama administration officials including Robert M. Gates and Timothy F. Geithner, Mrs. Clinton has emerged largely unscathed — proof that in Washington, it is easier to kick a sitting second-term president than a potential future one.” 

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