More
protests are taking place today in St. Louis over the fatal
police shooting of Michael Brown. Authorities had said they would
be releasing the name of the officer who shot the 18-year-old
today, but that has not happened because of threats on social
media. The FAA has also banned low-flying aircraft over Ferguson on
behalf of law enforcement.- A mother who had been taken hostage during a bank robbery in
Stockton, Calif.,
was killed not by the robbers, it turns out, but from police
gunfire. She was hit about 10 times (all police) during a
pursuit where both sides shot at each other. - The White House is reversing one of its
bans on lobbyists (not that the administration isn’t full of
them anyway) and allowing them to serve in “advisory” capacity on
industry boards and commissions across the federal government. - President Barack Obama seems to think he may have the
opportunity to
nominate a Supreme Court justice before his term ends. Or he at
least thinks it’s a way to try to motivate embattled Democrats to
fight to retain control of the Senate in November. - A helicopter carrying aid (as well as a New York Times
journalist and a freelance photographer)
crashed in Iraq, killing the pilot. - Barneys has agreed to pay $525,000 to settle claims it
racially profiled black and Latino customers in its efforts to
fight shoplifting and credit card fraud.
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