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More Clashes With Police in Ferguson, and Reaction to Autopsy Report

More Clashes With Police in Ferguson, and Reaction to Autopsy Report


More Clashes With Police in Ferguson, and Reaction to Autopsy Report

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:09 AM PDT

Protesters clashed with the police Sunday night, and a new autopsy report for Michael Brown seemed to variously confirm, contradict or raise questions about accounts of the shooting.






Pope Caps Visit to South Korea With Plea for Reconciliation

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 11:43 PM PDT

Pope Francis ended his five-day visit with a Mass and an impassioned plea for forgiveness and renewed dialogue with North Korea.






DealBook: Bank Overseer PwC Faces Penalty and Sidelining of Regulatory Consulting Unit

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 09:17 PM PDT

PricewaterhouseCoopers is said to have agreed to pay a $25 million fine in New York for obscuring misconduct it was supposed to unearth.






Autopsy Shows Michael Brown Was Struck at Least 6 Times

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 08:00 PM PDT

A private, family-requested autopsy shows that Michael Brown was shot at least six times — twice in the head — with all of the bullets striking him in the front.






DealBook: In Silicon Valley, Mergers Must Meet the Toothbrush Test

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 07:29 PM PDT

Companies like Google, Facebook and Cisco Systems are employing unorthodox criteria — say, whether a product is used daily, like a toothbrush — to size up their deal targets, and they are handling most acquisitions internally instead of relying on Wall Street bankers.






Treatment in U.S. Is Rare Chance to Study Ebola

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 07:17 PM PDT

The treatment in Atlanta of two American missionaries allows for extensive testing not available during outbreaks in Africa.

Obama Administration Plans Autopsy of Michael Brown in Effort to Keep Peace

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 06:48 PM PDT

Attorney General Eric. H. Holder Jr. said a federal medical examiner would conduct an independent autopsy of Michael Brown as the Obama administration becomes more involved in trying to maintain peace in Ferguson.

For Chinese, Pope Seems Worlds Away in South Korea

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 06:47 PM PDT

The sparse news treatment of the pope's first visit to the Far East is indicative of the Chinese Communist Party's continuing attempts to maintain a tight grip on Catholicism.






Liberia Expanding Space for Ebola Patient Care

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 05:36 PM PDT

The new Doctors Without Borders treatment unit, a series of large white tents, is designed to hold an initial 120 patients and then to be expanded to accept up to 400.






German Authors Join Protest Over Amazon’s Tactics in E-Book Dispute

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 05:33 PM PDT

More than 1,000 German-language authors have written an open letter deriding Amazon's practices in Europe.

Deadly Floods Strand Thousands of Villagers in Northern India

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 05:19 PM PDT

At least 28 people were killed as deluges set off by heavy rains inundated nearly 1,500 villages, officials said, and more rain was forecast.

15 Missing as Tourist Boat Sinks in Central Indonesia

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 05:11 PM PDT

The boat was on its way from Lombok Island to Komodo Island carrying 20 foreign tourists, four Indonesian crew members and an Indonesian guide when it sank.

‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ Has Raised Millions for ALS Association

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 05:01 PM PDT

The "Ice Bucket Challenge," a campaign to raise money to fight Lou Gehrig's disease, has caught fire on social media, with celebrities drenching themselves in ice water.

Radebeul Journal: Lost in Translation: Germany’s Fascination With the American Old West

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 04:57 PM PDT

The tussles over ownership of Native American artifacts, including scalps, have come to reflect a broader cultural clash between the changing mores surrounding the care and repatriation of human remains.

Arizona Loose With Its Rules in Executions, Records Show

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 04:51 PM PDT

Arizona corrections officials and medical staff members routinely deviate from written rules for conducting executions, state records and court filings show.

Critic’s Notebook: In Lucerne, Andris Nelsons Is a Rising Star

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 02:41 PM PDT

The happenings at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland include the ascendance of the Andris Nelsons.

Music Review: Krassimira Stoyanova in ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ at Salzburg

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 02:10 PM PDT

Harry Kupfer's "Der Rosenkavalier" at the Salzburg Festival updates the story to the cusp of Modernism.

T Magazine: A Beautiful Mind

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 02:00 PM PDT

After a stunning career in fashion, Federico Forquet turned his life's work toward making exquisite houses and gardens. His own in the Tuscan hills is both a sanctuary and a masterpiece.






Ukraine Says Army Controls Center of a Rebel City

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 01:54 PM PDT

The military moved into the heart of the separatist hub for the first time, officials said, chipping at one of the cornerstones of the pro-Russia rebels' disintegrating virtual state.






Kurds Move to Retake Dam as U.S. Bombs Weaken ISIS

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 12:24 PM PDT

The Sunni militants appeared to be falling back on several fronts after two days of American airstrikes in Iraq, Kurdish officials said, as pesh merga troops pushed toward Mosul.






In Wake of Indictment, Perry Defends Veto (and Criticizes Obama)

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 12:00 PM PDT

Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, accused of using his veto power to pressure Austin's top prosecutor to step down, said, "I would make exactly the same decision." He also said President Obama was responsible for a national erosion of the "rule of law."

New Drug Helps Some Bald Patients Regrow Hair

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 10:01 AM PDT

The drug, which suppresses immune system activity, showed significant results for several sufferers of the autoimmune disease alopecia areata.






International Education: The Challenges of ‘Higher-Education Emergencies’

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 09:03 AM PDT

Without technological support and with a lack of financing, an experiment in online courses at an African refugee camp fell short.

International Education: In Scottish Referendum, a Push for Young Voters

Posted: 17 Aug 2014 09:01 AM PDT

As the Sept. 18 Scottish independence referendum approaches, campaigners are reaching out to students to explain what the vote could mean for them.

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