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U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Michael Froman, Obama aide, mum on date for Pacific trade deal debate

President Obama's top trade adviser refused to give a time-line for submitting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal to Congress, saying the focus now was on educating lawmakers and the public about the 12-nation deal with some of the country's biggest Pacific Rim trading partners.

October 15, 2015
Dr. Bruce Ribner, the Emory University Hospital epidemiologist who treated U.S. Ebola patients, said declaring victory over the illness would be premature. (Associated Press)

U.S. still vulnerable a year after Ebola outbreak, doctors say

A year after an Ebola outbreak gripped the nation, U.S. epidemic experts said Tuesday that heightened vigilance — and more money — are needed to be ready for the next attack, an attack that is likely to come from an unexpected front.

October 13, 2015
Lawmakers grilled Volkswagen of America CEO Michael Horn on Capitol Hill Thursday, pressing him on his company's emissions scandal. The U.S. subsidiary is also potentially facing billions in fines for violating the Clean Air Act, as well as state investigations and class-action lawsuits. (Associated Press Photographs)

Michael Horn grilled on Hill over Volkswagen emissions scandal

Lawmakers expressed sharp skepticism Thursday as the head of German automaker Volkswagen's U.S. operations told a congressional panel that deceptive emissions software in millions of VW diesel cars was installed by lower-level engineers without knowledge of top company officials, in the first public testimony on Capitol Hill since the scandal broke last month.

October 8, 2015
Rep. Michael Capuano, Massachusetts Democrat, urged the FAA to issues drone safety rules before a crash occurs. (Associated press)

FAA faces heat for missing deadline on drone safety rules

Lawmakers criticized federal aviation officials in a Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday for missing a deadline to issue new safety regulations to deal with the soaring popularity of private drones and the potential hazard they pose for air traffic, warning that a crash between a drone and a commercial airplane could just be a matter of time.

October 7, 2015
Syrian refugees arrive on the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on an inflatable dinghy on Sept. 25, 2015. More than 260,000 asylum-seekers have arrived in Greece so far this year, most reaching the country's eastern islands on flimsy rafts or boats from the nearby Turkish coast. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Americans sharply divided on taking in more refugees: poll

The first poll of its kind has found that Americans are sharply divided on the Obama administration's proposal to accept a much greater number of refugees from Syria and other countries over the next two years to aid European allies dealing with a growing global migrant crisis.

September 29, 2015
A Syrian woman holds her child after they arrive aboard a dinghy from Turkey, to the island of Lesbos, Greece, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. A girl about five years old died and at least 13 undocumented refugees and migrants were missing on Saturday after a boat transferring dozens of people from Turkey to Greece overturned off Lesbos island, Greek Coast Guard said. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Quasi Zarkarya, activists press U.S. to take in more Syrian refugees

Qusai Zarkarya, a Syrian who led a monthlong hunger strike to protest the brutality of the Bashar Assad regime in Damascus and who survived a sarin gas attack where his heart stopped beating, fled to the U.S. where he has become an activist raising awareness and help for his country.

September 28, 2015