“A video airing on CNN Wednesday showed witnesses’ immediate reactions to the shooting death of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager shot and killed by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer last month. In a cell phone video provided to CNN, two men who were doing construction work on a home …

“Mike Tyson has been hanging out in Toronto, Canada, with incumbent (and often-troubled) Mayor Rob Ford, who is currently running for re-election. Tyson went on Canadian cable channel CP24 Wednesday and talked about his visit. During the interview, reporter Nathan Downer asked Tyson about his criminal past: ‘There’s a race …

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“Attorneys for Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones suffered a setback Wednesday afternoon when a judge denied their request to seal the sexual assault lawsuit against him from public view. Levi McCathern II, primary trial counsel for the NFL team and the Jones family, argued that a lawsuit filed Monday by …

“For the first time since 2010, Google came out staunchly for a free and open internet in a message that encouraged people to “take action” on Wednesday. Google has remained conspicuously silent on the issue since a court ruling earlier this year, while other tech companies like Netflix have opted …

“President Barack Obama addressed the nation Wednesday night, setting out a long-term strategy for defeating the Islamic State — the militant group formerly known as ISIS or ISIL — that includes authorizing U.S. airstrikes against the group in Syria. “We will conduct a systematic campaign of airstrikes against these terrorists. …

“President Obama on Wednesday shared with the American people his broad military plan, including increased airstrikes, aimed at destroying Islamic militants trying to take control of Syria and Iraq. Although he did not say he would seek congressional approval for the strikes, he called on Congress to fund arms for …

“The violent ambitions of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria have been condemned across the world: in Europe and the Middle East, by Sunni nations and Shiite ones, and by sworn enemies like Israel and Iran. Pope Francis joined the call for ISIS to be stopped. But as President …

“A Ted talk turned rowdy last night when the subject came to Israel. Texas firebrand Ted Cruz found he simply couldn’t get a word in edgewise when the crowd at a conference for Middle Eastern Christians in D.C. booed him offstage for expressing support for Israel. The Republican senator was …

“The moment a man enlists in the United States armed forces, his chances of being sexually assaulted increase by a factor of ten. Women, of course, are much more likely to be victims of military sexual trauma (MST), but far fewer of them enlist. In fact, more military men are …