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On this edition for Saturday, October 20, health officials try new methods to contain the Ebola outbreak in the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also, millions vote in Afghanistan’s long-delayed parliamentary election amid Taliban violence. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

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Full Episode: October 20, 2018 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

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Millions vote in Afghanistan’s long-delayed election

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A new Ebola vaccine is being tested in war-torn Congo

By PBS NewsHour

Health officials work to contain Ebola outbreak in Congo

By Benedict Moran, Jorgen Samso

Full Episode: October 19, 2018 – PBS NewsHour full episode

DOJ announces criminal charges as Russian citizen accused of election interference

News Wrap: Pompeo denies hearing audio of Khashoggi murder

Why health care has become a top issue for voters in deep red states

How a new ethics investigation fits into Ryan Zinke’s other problems

As Europe battles over border policy, migrants flood to Spain

By Malcolm Brabant

Shields and Brooks on health care, Trump’s Khashoggi reaction

‘Beautiful Boy’ resonates for a country gripped by addiction

By Jeffrey Brown

Full Episode: October 18, 2018 – PBS NewsHour full episode

News Wrap: Taliban kills influential Afghan police chief

Final Khashoggi column laments ‘state-run narrative’ in the Arab world

In desperate quest to reach U.S., Central American migrants fear gangs, police

By Danny Gold

Why the federal deficit is rising, despite economic growth

Will Trump’s support yield GOP victory in Montana Senate race?

By Anna Rau

Proposed immigration policy penalizes legal residents for use of public benefits

By Catherine Rampell

How ‘Football Inc’ missed warning signs around Aaron Hernandez

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Nation Oct 20

Warren ancestry highlights how tribes decide membership

By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press

Health Oct 20

Immunotherapy scores a first win against some breast cancers

By Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer

World Oct 20

Chaotic Afghan parliamentary polls draw to a close

By Rahim Faiez, Amir Shah, Kathy Gannon, Associated Press

Nation Oct 20

Why radiation protection experts are concerned over EPA proposal

By Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, The Conversation

World Oct 20

Caravan at Mexico-Guatemala border shrinks as migrants cross

By Sonia Perez D., Mark Stevenson, Associated Press

Health Oct 20

An Ebola outbreak presents a new mystery involving children

By Helen Branswell, STAT

World Oct 20

Turkish reaction: we won’t allow “cover-up” in Saudi killing

By Christopher Torchia, Zeynep Bilginsoy, Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press

Politics Oct 20

Trump: Saudi arrests in Khashoggi death ‘a good first step’

By Zeke Miller, Ashley Thomas, Associated Press

Alaska Governor Bill Walker (left) speaks, as North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum listens, at the "Curbing the Opioid Epidemic" session at the National Governors Association summer meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S., July 13, 2017. Photo by REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Nation Oct 19

Bill Walker, Alaska governor, suspends re-election bid

By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press

World Oct 19

U.S. goals in Afghanistan seem more remote after attack

By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press

Representatives of NGOs stage a demonstration on the disappearance of Prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in front of the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul, Turkey on October 08, 2018. Photo by Ahmet Bolat/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

World Oct 19

Jamal Khashoggi confirmed dead by Saudi state media

By Jon Gambrell, Suzan Fraser, Associated Press

World Oct 19

Why did Saudi Arabia want to silence Jamal Khashoggi?

By Gabriela Martinez

Officials say a government computer system that interacts with HealthCare.gov was hacked earlier this month. Photo illustration by REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

Nation Oct 19

Hackers breach HealthCare.gov system, nab data on 75,000 people

By Associated Press

Politics Oct 19

In Arizona, courting the independent vote requires a new playbook

By Daniel Bush

Signs display the jackpots for Mega Millions and Powerball lottery drawings at a newsstands in midtown Manhattan in New York, U.S., October 19, 2018. Photo by REUTERS/Mike Sugar

Science Oct 19

How winning $1 billion in Mega Millions could lead to bankruptcy

By Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation

The FBI recovered a pair of stolen ruby slippers as part of a sting operation in 2017. Smithsonian conservation experts examined the shoes in July. Photo courtesy: Smithsonian Institution

Science Oct 19

How the Smithsonian helped the FBI in the case of stolen ruby slippers

By Julia Griffin

Divine Redeemer Catholic Church is reflected off another church across the street in Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania. The church was one of the locations where a priest accused of sexual abuse had been assigned. Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters

Nation Oct 19

How a Catholic sex abuse report in Pennsylvania echoed around the U.S.

By Dan Cooney, Courtney Norris

Representative French Hill, a Republican from Arkansas, left, speaks during a July news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Photo by Zach Gibson/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Politics Oct 19

PAC won’t pull ad suggesting ‘lynching’ if Democrats win

By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press

Nation Oct 19

Russian woman charged with U.S. election interference

By Deb Riechmann, Eric Tucker, Associated Press

A Honduran migrant protects his child after fellow migrants, part of a caravan trying to reach the U.S., stormed a border checkpoint in Guatemala, in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico October 19, 2018. Photo by REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

World Oct 19

Caravan migrants break through fence at Guatemala border

By Sonia Perez D., Mark Stevenson, Associated Press