News digest: Oct. 18, 2001

THE DAY'S EVENTS

• FBI Director Robert Mueller and Postmaster General John E. Potter announced a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of those reponsible for recent anthrax attacks.

• The four terrorists convicted of the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

• An CBS News employee in New York and a postal worker in New Jersey have tested positive for anthrax, bringing the nation's total to six this month. The other four people diagnosed with anthrax are two employees of American Media Inc. in Florida, a NBC News employee in New York, and the 7-month-old son of an ABC News employee in New York.

• Thirty-one Senate staffers have tested positive for anthrax exposure, including five Capitol police officers and many aides to Senate Democratic Majority Leader Tom Daschle. All of the affected staffers are being treated with antibiotics. The House suspended work until Tuesday and three Senate office buildings are closed to permit a full security sweep.

• President Bush arrived in China this morning to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit and to strengthen the international coalition against terrorism. Bush will meet first with Chinese President Jiang Zemin.

• U.S. warplanes focused their attack Thursday on the capital city, Kabul. Targets included military bases, air defenses, and troop positions.

• In his first trip to New York since September 11, Vice President Dick Cheney will visit the World Trade Center site today with New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.