Amid Corruption Scandal, FIFA Will Hold Presidential Election Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Amid Corruption Scandal, FIFA Will Hold Presidential Election The Swiss Joseph "Sepp" Blatter, who has been FIFA's chief since 1998, is expected to win despite the recent arrests of leading officials. The U.S., England and others said they won't support Blatter. Read this story Muhammadu Buhari Becomes Nigeria's President Buhari has become the first opposition figure to be inaugurated since Nigeria won its independence in 1960. Read this story On The California Shore, Sizing Up Female Marines' Combat Readiness The Marines are conducting a yearlong experiment aimed at settling whether women can handle the punishing world of ground combat. The goal is to create gender-neutral physical standards. Read this story A Year Later, #WeNeedDiverseBooks Has Left Its Mark On BookCon The Twitter campaign was born out of the controversy around the lack of diverse voices in the event's panels. This year, one organizer says, the first panel they booked was with that campaign. Read this story New Jersey Lassa Fever Death Reveals Holes In Ebola Monitoring System Back from a Liberia trip, the patient developed Ebola-like symptoms. One hospital sent him home. A few days later he ended up in an Ebola isolation ward and died. What went wrong? Read this story more news stories

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