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Families walk by law enforcement near the entrance to The Ivy Apartments. The man diagnosed with Ebola was staying at the complex with family and is now hospitalized. (Associated Press)
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Transit police in Maryland say they stopped the 29-year-old Michael Phelps at the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore around 1:40 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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Health workers in protective gear load the body of a woman suspected of dying from the Ebola virus, into a pickup truck near the area of Freeport in Monrovia, Liberia, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. The first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S. has been confirmed in a man who recently traveled from Liberia to Dallas. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)
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This Oct. 28, 2013, aerial photo shows the Sandy Hook Elementary School, relocated to the former Chaulk Hill School building in Monroe, Conn., after the original building in neighboring Newtown was razed following a Dec. 14, 2012, shooting rampage where 26 people were killed. A threat Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, led to the evacuation of the new Sandy Hook Elementary School in Monroe. The superintendent's office said the students were being moved to a nearby school where they could be picked up by their parents. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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While investigating the disappearance of Virginia college student Hannah Graham, 18, authorities say they have uncovered evidence that links the suspect in her disappearance, Jesse Leroy Matthew, Jr. (center) to a 2005 sexual assault on a 26-year-old Fairfax City woman. (Associated Press)
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Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill speaks to reporters during a news conference Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, in Salt Lake City. Gill ruled a Salt Lake City police officer was justified when he shot and killed Dillon Taylor last month after the 20-year-old repeatedly ignored commands to show his hands and made a motion as if he were pulling a gun from his waistband. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Washington Nationals' Stephen Strasburg, left, talks with third base coach Bob Henley (14) Arizona Diamondbacks during a baseball game on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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In this Oct. 5, 1924, photo made available by the Library of Congress Senators Joe Judge is safe at 3rd in the 9th inning of the 7th game of the World Series in Washington between the Washington Senators and the New York Giants. (AP Photo/Library of Congress)
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Ailina Tsarnaeva, sister of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, appears in Manhattan Criminal Court, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. Authorities allege Tsarnaeva, of North Bergen, N.J., claimed people she knew could bomb the home of a woman who was previously involved with her husband. Her lawyer Susan Marcus said Tuesday that the claim is “uncorroborated.” Bail was set at $5,000. (AP Photo/New York Post, Steven Hirsch, Pool)
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As many as 50,000 illegal immigrants a year could be allowed to remain in the U.S. if President Obama decides that traffic crimes no longer rise to the level of deportation. The Center for Immigration Studies, which advocates for a crackdown in immigration laws, said many of those lesser offenses are just the tip of more serious crimes, so excusing the traffic crimes could mean letting killers remain in the U.S. (AP photo)
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Prison records indicate that Alton Nolen, the suspect in the beheading of a coworker at an Oklahoma food processing plant, had spent time in prison and was on probation for assaulting a police officer. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Department of Corrections)
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Wrapped in plastic as protection from pepper spray, a student protester stands behind a makeshift barrier blocking main streets in the business district of Hong Kong Monday. (Associated Press)
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Proponents and opponents of Illinois' concealed carry gun law are weighing in on how it will affect the relative safety of Chicago, the homicide capital of the nation. (Associated Press)
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Arizona Diamondbacks manager A. J. Hinch and coach Matt Williams, right, sit in the dugout prior to a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies Friday, June 4, 2010, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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President Barack Obama speaks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 44th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. Obama told the audience that the mistrust of law enforcement that was exposed after the fatal police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, has a corrosive effect on all of America, not just on black communities. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Highway construction, expansion and maintenance are among government services often taken for granted, according to Theresa Caldwell. Above: expansion of Interstate 26 southwest of Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
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Attorney General Eric Holder, center, sits with his wife Sharon Malone, right, as they wait for President Barack Obama to speak at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 44th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. Obama told the audience that the mistrust of law enforcement that was exposed after the fatal police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, has a corrosive effect on all of America, not just on black communities. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Maryland wide receiver Jacquille Veii (34) react with teammates after Maryland defeated Indiana 37-15 in an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, in Bloomington, Ind. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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The parents of Michael Brown, Lesley McSpadden, left, and Michael Brown, Sr., right, speak to The Associated Press during an interview in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. Michael Brown's parents say they are unmoved by the Ferguson police chief's apology in their son's shooting death by a police officer. Instead, Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr. told The Associated Press they would rather see an arrest, and Brown Sr. said he wants the police officer "in handcuffs." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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FILE - In this July 15, 2002 file photo, Rep. James Traficant, D-Ohio, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Ethics Committee. Traficant, who spent time in prison on corruption and racketeering charges, has died after being critically injured in a tractor accident at his northeast Ohio home. He was 73. Dave Betras, the Mahoning County Democratic Party chairman, says Traficant died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014 in the hospital. Betras says he was notified by the Traficant family attorney. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)
