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An obituary for U.S. investment manager Richard Rainwater is presented.

The article discusses litigation risk faced by Continental Resources Inc., EOG Resources Inc., and other energy firms engaged in hydraulic fracturing in the U.S. At issue is how the companies dispose of toxic fluids underground, which researchers say can contribute to seismic activity. The Oklahoma Supreme Court will decide whether a lawsuit filed by Sandra Ladra against Spess Oil Co. and New Dominion LLC can proceed. Ladra's house was damaged by an earthquake.

The article discusses the Ice Music cross-cultural concert series in Lulea, Sweden which features musical instruments created from ice by founder Tim Linhart, noting performances by musicians from Austin, Texas such as guitarist Charlie Sexton, Swedish musicians such Olle Nyman and Rebecka Digerwall, and Anders Bo Eriksen from Denmark.

The article discusses safeguards in place in the U.S. to protect Americans from the Ebola virus disease following the diagnosis of a nurse at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas with Ebola after she came in contact with Liberian patient Thomas Eric Duncan. Topics include efforts by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prevent the spread of an epidemic including federal guidelines for how to handle patients who might have Ebola.

The article discusses developments in the case of Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian hospitalized in Dallas, Texas with the Ebola virus. Duncan passed away on October 8, 2014. Public health officials continued to monitor several dozen people who may have had direct or indirect contact with Duncan. Dallas County Sheriff's Office official Michael Monnig was hospitalized with flu-like symptoms. The U.S. government said it would start screening arrivals from West Africa at five major airports.

The article reports that according to the U.S. Justice Department, the Supreme Court will review rulings that block plans of administration of U.S. President Barack Obama on deportations for undocumented immigrants and presents views of Josh Earnest, Press Secretary of White House, on the same.

The article reports on the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling which upheld a decision by the lower court that blocks the plans of President Barack Obama's administration to defer deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants.

The article focuses on the claim by the lawyer of Adacia Chambers, who is charged of four counts of second degree murder after slamming her car into a sidewalk packed with parade spectators during the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade on October 24, 2015, that his client is suffering from mental illness and is not under the influence of alcohol when the accident happened.

The article reports that the state of Texas is now experiencing extensive flooding one year after dealing with extensive drought conditions, with 82% of the state declared already drought-free, according to U.S. Drought Monitor.

The article discusses research led by Southern Methodist University scientists which investigated potential contribution of oil and gas drilling operations to earthquakes.

The article reports on the challenge of rising costs on continuing the stricter border control implemented by former Texas Governor Rick Perry, which as of April 2015 is an expenditure that is expected to cost the state 400 million U.S. dollars a year in the next budget cycle.

This section offers news briefs in the U.S. as of November 2014 including the death of Larry McQuilliams after shooting at buildings in Austin, Texas, the rescue of two boys, Elijah Martinez and Jason Rivera, who have been trapped in a snowpile in the Hudson Valley in New York, and a Second Amendment case in the Supreme Judicial Court involving homeless person Jaime Caetano, who was given a stun gun by her friend to protect herself from being beaten by her ex-boyfriend.

The article discusses the settlement between the family of Thomas Eric Duncan and the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas in Texas for the medical treatment of Duncan, Duncan's diagnosis with Ebola following his initial release from hospital, and Duncan's arrival from an Ebola-stricken country.

The article discusses the growth of toll roads across the U.S. as cash-poor states seek to relieve traffic congestion without increasing taxes, focusing on the political backlash in Texas' Dallas-Fort Worth area, state gasoline taxes, and increased toll-road construction in Florida.

The article looks at the treatment of a patient with Ebola virus disease at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas, reporting on the hospital's response to allegations from nurses at the facility that they were being put at risk due to the hospital's inadequate safety procedures.

The article discusses the infection of medical personnel with Ebola in Dallas, Texas, focusing on warnings from political leaders in the area that more cases are possible, as well as criticism of the hospital's preparedness for treating Ebola.

The article discusses Tom Frieden, the Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), focusing on Frieden's pledge that the CDC will intensify its response to an Ebola outbreak by training on-the-ground health workers and dispatching an infection-control team to hospitals.

The article discusses the unease that is felt by many residents in Dallas, Texas after the community was informed that a second case of Ebola has been discovered, focusing on the health of a female hospital worker who treated the now-deceased Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan at local hospital.