1. EBOLA
Staying safe: Newly released Ebola guidelines by the CDC focus on better protecting health care workers. More training and supervision are key elements, plus the requirement that no skin should be exposed when workers are wearing personal protective equipment. Healthcare workers will also be drilled on how to put on and take off the gear. The CDC has been under fire since two Dallas nurses contracted the virus and dozens of other healthcare workers were put under a 21-day monitoring period for possible exposure to Ebola.
2. PISTORIUS
Sentencing day: From a globally lauded athlete to convicted killer, Oscar Pistorius’ fall from grace will culminate with his sentencing Today. The Olympian will be sentenced for culpable homicide for the death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Culpable homicide in South Africa means a person was killed unintentionally, but unlawfully. State prosecutor Gerrie Nel has called for a minimum prison sentence of 10 years for Pistorius. There is no legal minimum sentence for culpable homicide in South African law, so the decision will be up to the judge’s discretion.
3. INDIANA SERIAL KILLER
Suspect may be a serial killer: The investigation of a man suspected in the deaths of at least seven women in northwest Indiana could expand to other states and stretch back decades, authorities say. Up to this point, Darren Deon Vann has only been charged in the death of 19-year-old Afrika Hardy, whose body was found in a Motel 6 in Hammond over the weekend, Hammond Police Chief John Doughty said. But officials in neighboring city of Gary say there’s much more to this case. The bodies of six other women have been found there. Several police agencies are now working the case, which could grow larger and expand to at least one other state, they say.
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source: CNN.com
Five Things To Know For Your New Day – Tuesday, October 21, 2014 was originally published on praisecleveland.com
