‘State of Emergency’ Declared in Ferguson Ahead of Michael Brown Verdict, Extreme Weather Coming to New York, Jaden and Willow Smith Hate School: P.M. Links

• Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon
  declared a state of emergency in Ferguson prior to the release
  of the grand jury’s decision regarding whether or not to indict
  Darren Wilson, the cop who shot Michael Brown. Skeptics say Nixon’s
  move is premature.
• Several days of
  “extreme and dangerous snow” is expected in western New
  York.
• Martin Salia, a
  doctor who died from the ebola virus in an Omaha, Nebraska
  hospital earlier today, was initially diagnosed as ebola-free.
• The New York Times
  interviewed Jaden and Willow Smith. The famous teens said
  school is a depressing waste of time.
• President Obama must rely on Mitch McConnell to “secure his
  legacy,” according to
  Politico.
• Diane Guerrero, an actress on Netflix’s Orange Is the New
  Black said her parents
  were deported when she was 14.
• Neil Young is
  boycotting Starbucks because the coffee company thinks anti-GMO
  laws are stupid.

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