Amid rain showers and a tornado watch, police in Ferguson, Mo., made dozens of arrests Monday afternoon and into the evening of people who had gathered to protest the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, the black 18-year-old who was killed by a white police officer in August.
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Ebola: Does the risk justify the intensity of coverage?
If you’ve been anywhere near a television or computer in the past 24 hours, you may have wanted to take cover.
U.S. Pacific Blue Whales Seen Rebounding Close To Historic Levels
Decades after the threat of extinction led to them being protected from whalers, there are now about 2,200 blue whales off the West Coast, according to a new study.
California Quake Means Big Damage For Napa Valley Wineries
Luckily, a historic magnitude-6.0 earthquake in California over the weekend has not resulted in the loss of any human life. The wine country, however, was deeply affected.
Pentagon Says U.S. Aircraft Strike Sunni Militant Artillery In Iraq
Hours after President Obama authorized the use of force in Iraq, U.S. aircraft conducted a strike against Sunni militants near Irbil on Friday.
Report Says FBI, NSA Spied On American Muslims
Reporters Glenn Greenwald and Murtaza Hussain say they have evidence that the FBI and NSA used covert surveillance on the email accounts of 202 American Muslims.
Report Questions U.S. Policy On Overseas Drone Strikes
U.S. strategy that relies on armed drones to kill terrorism suspects overseas “rests on questionable assumptions and risks increasing instability and escalating costs,” according to a year-long study by a group of prominent military, intelligence and foreign policy experts.
Most Cuban-Americans Oppose Embargo, Poll Finds
A new poll released on Tuesday shows a big shift in opinion by the Cuban-American community in South Florida: A majority (52 percent) of Cuban-Americans said the U.S. should end its embargo of Cuba.
‘Stunning’: Reactions To Eric Cantor’s Election Loss In Virginia
Few saw the historic collapse coming, although the final tally shows Brat won handily, with 56 percent of the vote to Cantor’s 44 percent.
Coup Or Not, It’s Business As Usual For Most Thais
Despite Thailand’s declaration of martial law in what the army said was an effort to end political unrest, most Thais were going about life as normal.