Events at a Glance
ANTHRAX
Two postal workers at a site that handles mail for the Capitol died, likely from anthrax, officials said, and two more remained hospitalized with the life-threatening disease. Officials also expressed concern about as many as nine other Washington-area people who have shown symptoms consistent with the disease.
MILITARY FRONT
U.S. warplanes pounded Taliban positions near front lines outside Kabul and the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif as officials said bombing would not let up. The Taliban said U.S. and British planes struck a hospital in the western city of Herat, killing more than 100 people. The report could not be independently confirmed.
CONGRESS
Money laundering legislation aimed at choking off the flow of illicit funds to terrorists was on the verge of approval this week. Lawmakers will return to work in the U.S. Capitol today, but House and Senate office buildings will remain closed pending the final results of tests for anthrax, Capitol Police said.
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