Ken Stanford

The People

The White House on Wednesday cautioned against making assumptions about President Barack Obama's changes to immigration rules based on a new federal contract proposal from the Homeland Security Department to buy enough supplies to make as many as 34 million immigrant work permits and residency cards over the next five years.

Global stock markets retreated Friday as the first case of Ebola in New York overshadowed positive economic news.

A rare tornado ripped roofs off buildings, uprooted trees and shattered windows Thursday afternoon in the southwest Washington city of Longview, but there were no reports of injuries.

Democrat Michelle Nunn met with some north Georgians Friday, trying to drum up support in her campaign for Senate. Meanwhile, her Republican opponent, David Perdue, launched a statewide bus tour with the election less than two weeks away.

Stocks are closing with big gains after several major U.S. companies reported higher profits.

The number of people who die trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border has dropped to the lowest level in 15 years as more immigrants turn themselves in to authorities in Texas and fewer are taking their chances with the dangerous trek across the Arizona desert.

U.S.-led coalition airstrikes in Syria have killed more than 500 people since they began last month, mainly Islamic militants, activists said Thursday, as fighting flared yet again in the northern Syrian border town of Kobani.