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Quarantined Ebola nurse Kaci Hickox says she has hired a lawyer to challenge her mandatory isolation.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie offered cautious optimism about Republican gubernatorial candidates who will face voters next week.

Samantha Power's trip comes as three U.S. states begin mandating quarantines for health workers returning from the Ebola-stricken region.

Six weeks of summaries reviewed by NBC News paint a grim picture of the situation in the three Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa.

The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations is visiting West Africa, as more stringent quarantine regulations take hold in some states.

After spending a month fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone, a nurse who tested negative for the disease calls for more "humanity" toward returning health care workers.

The unidentified woman had been working with the group Doctors Without Borders in treating Ebola virus disease patients in Sierra Leone.

"A voluntary Ebola quarantine is not enough," said Cuomo. He and Christie imposed mandatory quarantines for travelers at high risk for Ebola.

The U.S., EU and Russia are closing in on the deadline to make a nuclear deal with Iran, and success seems unlikely.

"Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Teresa Giudice will serve her sentence in the prison that inspired "Orange is the New Black."

N.J. Gov. Chris Christie designated three hospitals to take in travelers displaying Ebola symptoms upon arrival at the Newark airport.

GOP nominee Baker, the subject of an N.J. investigation, says he won't push Gov. Christie to release documents before the election.

U.S. health officials will now monitor all travelers coming to the U.S. from Ebola-stricken West Africa for 21 days.

A passenger who arrived at Newark Airport in New Jersey is being evaluated for Ebola after he showed symptoms during airport screenings.

Parents don't care about the minimum wage, said Gov. Chris Christie.

Two weeks before the midterm election, new polls in competitive states like Louisiana and Kentucky show races still too close to call.

Seven people who tested positive for Enterovirus D-68 have died so far in the U.S. The CDC is investigating links between the virus and paralysis.

Weeks before the election, Christie won't release the findings of New Jersey's investigation of Mass. gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker.

Ebola false alarms have become increasingly common in the U.S., where fear and hysteria over the virus are rampant.

Eric Frein, who continues to evade authorities, may have been spotted in the woods close to Swiftwater, Pa.

A repeat of last year's extreme temperatures and snowfall is "unlikely," according to a national winter outlook.