Rand
Paul is now officially
running for reelection to the U.S. Senate.
- Bill Cosby has
resigned from Temple University’s Board of Trustees.
- A wife and child of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi have
reportedly been
arrested in Lebanon.
- “President Barack Obama spoke forcefully on Monday about using
his last two years in office to take on the problems of race and
policing illustrated by the controversy in Ferguson, but—for now—he
has offered policy solutions
that fall short of what activists have demanded.”
- President Obama is reportedly considering whether
to open a new front in the air war against ISIS in order to
create a “safe zone” for rebel forces.
- St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar claims that the St.
Louis Rams organization has apologized for the actions of five
players who raised their hands in a Ferguson-inspired protest
before Sunday’s game against the Oakland Raiders. But Keven Demoff,
the executive vice president of football operations for the Rams,
has
denied making any such apology. “I do believe that supporting
our players’ First Amendment rights and supporting local law
enforcement are not mutually exclusive,” Demoff told the Associated
Press.
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