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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 1, 2014 11:19 AM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 1, 2014 11:19 AM UTC [Ebola Comes to America](https://time.com/3451076/ebola-in-the-united-states-what-you-need-to-know/) Doctors in Dallas, Tex. have confirmed the first case of Ebola to be diagnosed in the U.S. Until now, the only cases of Ebola in the country have been in Americans who were infected abroad and came back for treatment. Here’s everything you need to know [HK Protests Cloud National Day](https://time.com/3450960/hong-kong-china-national-day-democracy-umbrella-revolution-occupy-hong-kong/) Chaotic scenes stole the show from Chinese National Day celebrations in Hong Kong on Wednesday, as thousands of pro-democracy activists set up camp [Calif. Enacts Gun-Safety Law](https://time.com/3450797/california-gun-violence-restraining-order-law/) California residents can now petition a judge to temporarily remove a close relative’s firearms if they fear their family member will commit gun violence [_Twilight_ to Get Facebook Release](https://time.com/3451474/twilight-films-facebook-stephanie-meyer-lions-gate/) Lionsgate and _Twilight_ author Stephenie Meyer will rekindle the vampire-themed saga with a series of films posted on Facebook. The short films are to be made by aspiring female film directors selected by a group of female panelists, including actress Kristen Stewart [Ex-Con Rode Elevator With President Obama](https://time.com/3450943/obama-elevator-secret-service/) An armed security contractor with three prior criminal convictions was allowed to ride with Obama, a violation of Secret Service protocol. Reports add another line to the program’s growing list of blunders, the focus of congressional scrutiny [Taliban Suicide Bombers Kill 7 in Kabul, Wound 21](https://time.com/3451990/taliban-suicide-bombers-kill-7-in-kabul-wound-21/) Taliban suicide bombers struck two buses carrying Afghan soldiers in Kabul early on Wednesday, killing seven people and wounding 21, just a day after the signing of a key U.S.-Afghan security pact. The deal allows U.S. forces to remain in the country past 2014 [AMC Theaters Will Boycott New Netflix Film](https://time.com/3450854/amc-netflix-imax-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-boycott/) AMC joined two other major theater chains, Regal and Cinemark, that are refusing to show _Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend_, which Netflix produced with Weinstein Co. Together, the three chains operate 247 of the 400 IMAX theaters in North America [California Mayor Shot to Death by Wife, Investigators Say](https://time.com/3451487/daniel-crespo-bell-gardens-california/) The mayor of the Los Angeles–area city of Bell Gardens, Calif., was shot and killed on Tuesday during what authorities said was a domestic dispute with his wife and son. Daniel Crespo Sr. was mayor of the town of about 42,000 people [The Challenges of Turning Syria’s Rebels Into a Fighting Force](https://time.com/3446604/free-syria-army-hazem-assad/) American efforts are aimed at degrading ISIS’s infrastructure and capabilities, but the U.S. has ruled out putting any of its own troops on the ground in Syria. Instead, the plan is to arm and train moderate rebels there, which is proving difficult [Panama Opens Frank Gehry–Designed Museum](https://time.com/3451551/panama-rank-gehry-biodiversity-museum/) Panama has opened a biodiversity museum designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry. It’s his first project in Latin America and a long time coming, construction having started in 1999\. The Biomuseo presents a tour of the Central American nation’s diverse ecosystems [Tens of Thousands of Walruses Gather in Alaska](https://time.com/3450896/walrus-alaska/) Nearly 35,000 walruses were discovered this month on a northwest Alaskan shore as result of being unable to find sea ice to rest upon, a problem aggravated by climate change, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [Study: 96% of Deceased NFL Players’ Brains Had CTE](https://time.com/3450674/nfl-brain-disease/) A study by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ brain repository in Massachusetts found that the instance of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain condition that causes dementia and other cognitive problems, was present in 76 out of 79 brains [_Get TIME’s_ _The Brief e-mail every morning in your inbox_](http://time.com/politicsemail) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3452353/morning-must-reads-october-1/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3452353/morning-must-reads-october-1/"},"headline":"Morning Must Reads: October 1","datePublished":"2014-10-01T11:19:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:30:55.565Z","description":"Ebola Comes to America Doctors in Dallas, Tex. have confirmed the first case of Ebola to be diagnosed in the U.S. Until now, the only...","url":"https://time.com/3452353/morning-must-reads-october-1/","keywords":["Morning Must Reads"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/morning-must-reads/","name":"Morning Must Reads"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3452353/morning-must-reads-october-1/","name":"Morning Must Reads: October 1"}}]}] ```