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"With their barbaric murder of two Americans, these terrorists thought they could frighten us or intimidate us or cause us to shrink from the world, But today they are learning the same hard lesson of petty tyrants⁴ and terrorists who have gone before, as Americans we do not give into fear. When you harm our citizens, when you threaten the United States, when you threaten our allies, it doesn't frighten us. It unites us"

Speaking in the White House after today's vote, Obama said airstrike against the militants⁵ would continue in both Iraq and Syria. He again said US forces will not have a combat role on the ground. 

 

UN Security Council is expressing alarm about the spread of Ebola, urging all countries to provide health experts in western Africa to combat the virus. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports on a rare Security Council meeting on health issue. 

The US ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, says the resolution that passed unanimously in the Security Council is a call to action. 

"We've called on all nations to take swift and decisive action to contain the further threat of Ebola and we've declared the current outbreak of threat to international peace and security."

The head of the world organization just described the Ebola outbreak as a great peace time challenge that the UN and its agencies have ever faced. Secretary General Ban Gimun is asking for a billion dollars to help countries containing Ebola, warning that the number of cases is doubling every 3 weeks. Michele Kelemen, NPR News, Washington. 

 

2 tech giant are to make it harder for police to access the achieves of data on smartphones. Both Apple and Google Android phones are using a form of encryption to better protect individuals privacy. NPR's Elise Hu reports. 

Those company have been under pressure from privacy applicants⁶ that say they cooperated too much with government requests for data. Now, Apple says it's made technology impossible for the company to unlock the devices that run the new IOS mobile operating system. That's even, if law enforce gets search warrant. Thursday afternoon, Google's Android announced a similar change. The next version of its operating system, due out next month, will include data encryption that works the same way. Android is the most popular operating system for smartphones. Elise Hu, NPR News, Washington. 

 

The number of Americans filing first time jobless claim fell by a larger than it's expected last week. According to Labor⁷ Department, it shows claims for unemployment benefits declined by 36,000 to seasonally⁸ adjusted 280,000. That's the biggest decline since July in the latest scenes despite some scenes are slowing in term with job creation last month. Things seem to be picky back up again heading into the fall. 

 

On Wall Street, the Dow gained 109 points, to 17,265; the NASDAQ was up 31 points. 

 

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Authorities in North California now say they've charged a man with arson⁹ in connection with the so-called "King Fire", the biggest and most dangerous in nearly a dozen of wildfires currently burning in the state. In a criminal complaint , prosecutor¹⁰ charged a man with identity of Wayne Allen Huntsman with willfully and mercilessly set a fire to forestland on September 14. Judiciary is calling the alleged¹¹ arsonist¹² is a serious felony. Their complaint also contain several people fighting the braze were injured as a result. 

 

Federal Appeal Court is overturning the child porn conviction of a man in Washington State because he's a civilian¹³ who caught by navy policy. NPR's Martin Kaste reports the court says the man's computer was illegally scanned by the navy. 

Long standing¹⁴ federal law bars the military from policing civilians¹⁵, but this case has revealed that the naval¹⁶ criminal investigative service or NCIS routinely scan civilian-owned computers when they search the Internet for military personnel that trade in child porn. One of those search snear Michael Dreyer. When NCIS determined¹⁷ him wasn't military, they reported him to civilian authorities. His lawyer is Erik Levin. He says the court likened that to having MP stop cars in downtown Seattle. 

"On the off chance that someone's driving a car, maybe connected to the military."

The Appeal Court threw out Dreyer's 18-year sentence, though the deciding judge said he didn't see enough reason to release a convicted child pornographer. Martin Kaste, NPR News, Seattle. 

 

Head beverage¹⁸ maker¹⁹ PepsiCo, whose products include Gatorade, says recent allegations to domestic violence involving players in NFL present an opportunity to address the matter. PepsiCo chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi in a statement said today that the league has a chance to effect a positive change with the situation presented to them. 

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