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Is the 21-day Ebola quarantine long enough?
(CNN) – From the beginning of the Ebola outbreak, the Centers for Disease and Prevention has insisted if someone gets Ebola, the symptoms will show up in 21 days or less. It is a cornerstone of the CDC's science.
And yet, the world health organization says not twenty-one...But forty-two days must pass before a country suffering an outbreak can be called Ebola-free. Why?
CNN's Tom Foreman reports.
world lead
ISIS advancing despite airstrikes
Are U.S. airstrikes against ISIS effective? Tom Foreman maps the current ISIS' territory in Syria and Iraq.
world lead
ISIS holds its ground despite airstrikes
(CNN) – ISIS the main target of airstrikes being carried out by a U.S.-led coalition.
But what targets have been struck, and is the campaign working?
CNN's Tom Foreman reports.
world lead
Putin bets on Vegas, legalizes gambling in Crimea and Sochi
Russian President Vladimir Putin denies sending Russian troops into the Donetsk region of Ukraine.
Of course, he also denied sending troops into Crimea back in March, and now maps have to be re-drawn.
Putin signed a law to turn Crimea into the Las Vegas of Russia, or at least the Tunica, Mississippi of Russia.
You know what they say: Whatever happens in Crimea stays in Crimea - because militias and Russia’s increasingly repressive government won't let it leave.
CNN’s Tom Foreman reports.
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Lessons learned from two plane crashes in two days
(CNN) – With two passenger plane crashes in just one week, what can be learned from these horrific events? Do they have anything in common?
CNN's Tom Foreman walks us through these two crashes, and the circumstances surrounding them.
