--- description: U.S. Scrambles to Contain Ebola The Texas health care worker who tested positive for Ebola traveled on a plane just a day before she reported... title: Morning Must Reads: October 16 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Morning Must Reads](/tag/morning-must-reads/) ## Morning Must Reads Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Morning Must Reads: October 16 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 16, 2014 11:45 AM CUT  The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC. The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 16, 2014 11:45 AM CUT [U.S. Scrambles to Contain Ebola](http://time.com/3510341/ebola-airplane/ "undefined") The Texas health care worker who tested positive for Ebola traveled on a plane just a day before she reported a fever, officials said, as the third diagnosis of the deadly disease in the U.S. stoked fear in travelers and sent officials scrambling to contain it [6 Ways Apple’s iPad May Change](http://time.com/3510755/ipad-apple/ "undefined") The tech giant is getting ready to make some major announcements Thursday, and there’s a lot of speculation about what consumers can expect to see [Royals Are the Future of Baseball](http://time.com/3511262/kansas-city-royals-baseball-future/ "undefined") Kansas City, which heads to its first World Series since 1985, represents the changing game of baseball, writes TIME’s Sean Gregory [Neil Patrick Harris Will Host the Oscars in 2015](http://time.com/3511295/neil-patrick-harris-oscars/ "undefined") The actor, best known for his work on _How I Met Your Mother_, has become in recent years a semiprofessional host of sorts, tackling the Emmys twice and the Tonys four times, and exerting a great deal of energy in the process [ISIS in Retreat From Syrian Border Town, Kurdish Official Says](http://time.com/3512529/isis-retreating-from-kobane-says-kurdish-official/ "undefined") The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria has suffered setbacks and begun retreating from parts of the Syrian border town of Kobani, according to a local official, who said Kurdish forces were advancing against the militant group [Bloomberg Helps Democratic Governors Close Gap on GOP](http://time.com/3511747/michael-bloomberg-governors-dga-rga/ "undefined") A national Republican group devoted to helping elect GOP governors has outraised its Democratic counterpart, but reports filed Wednesday with the Internal Revenue Service show that the gap is narrowing, fueled by labor unions and the former New York City mayor [Netflix’s Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day](http://time.com/3511270/netflix-stock-growth-hbo/ "undefined") Stocks in the company fell more than 25% in after-hours trading Wednesday, after the company said it had missed its quarterly subscriber growth forecast, and on the back of news that HBO would begin offering a stand-alone streaming service in 2015 [Stock Markets Are Waking Up to Economic Reality](http://time.com/3512586/business-economy-stock-markets-finance-investment/ "undefined") A significant drop by the Dow, as well as big losses in the European and Asian markets, shows they are reacting to what should have been obvious to investors for some time, “and we can blame some pretty gutless policymaking for it,” writes TIME’s Michael Schuman [U.S. Calls for Probe Into Beating by Hong Kong Police](http://time.com/3512011/occupy-central-hong-kong-democracy-protests-police-beating-ken-tsang-us-state-department/ "undefined") The State Department asked for a “swift, transparent and complete” investigation into the beating by Hong Kong police of a local activist during one of the most violent demonstrations in nearly three weeks of pro-democracy protests [John Grisham Says Child-Porn Sentences Often Too Harsh](http://time.com/3511499/john-grisham-child-porn/ "undefined") The legal-thrillers author spoke at-length about issues he believes are facing the American criminal justice system today, and shared the story of a friend from law school who served time in prison for downloading child pornography [Both Parties See Downside to Winning the Senate](http://time.com/3507993/2014-midterm-elections-senate/ "undefined") Democrats and Republicans quietly agree that the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on the campaign for control of the Senate might not be worth the prize, with political gridlock expected to prevail no matter which party takes the midterm elections [Another _Good Wife_ Star to Exit at Season’s End](http://time.com/3510903/the-good-wife-archie-panjabi-kalinda-sharma/ "undefined") Emmy Award winner Archie Panjabi, who plays private investigator Kalinda Sharma on the CBS drama, will leave the show after Season 6, when her contract expires, in order to star in a pilot for a 20th Century Fox Television drama We will hold an #AskTIME subscriber Q&A this Friday, October 17, at 1 p.m., with TIME Washington bureau chief, Michael Scherer, who wrote this week’s cover story on the most interesting man in politics, Rand Paul. 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