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Michael Brown's Father's Church Set Ablaze (Newser Nine at Nine)

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Michael Brown's Father's Church Set Ablaze

(Newser) - More than a dozen buildings were set ablaze in Ferguson on Monday. Among those that burned: Flood Christian Church. NBC News reports that's the church where Michael Brown's father was baptized on Sunday. The buildings around it were untouched, leading the Rev. Carlton Lee to speculate that it... More »

Courts Dump Anti-Gay Marriage Laws in Arkansas, Mississippi

(Newser) - Arkansas and Mississippi became the latest two states yesterday to have their gay marriage bans overturned by federal judges, but both orders are on hold for possible appeals. Both states had voter-approved constitutional amendments passed in 2004 that defined marriage as being between one man and one woman. In Arkansas,... More »

Cleveland: We'll Release Video of Shot 12-Year-Old

(Newser) - Cleveland police said earlier this week they had no plans to release the surveillance video that shows Saturday's shooting of Tamir Rice , but those plans have apparently changed. A police department spokesman now says that the video documenting what happened between officers and 12-year-old Tamir, as well as audio... More »

Plug Pulled on World's 2nd-Most-Watched Clock

(Newser) - After London's Big Ben, NASA says, its Kennedy Space Center countdown clock was the world's most-watched. Not anymore: It was taken down yesterday, WESH reports. The clock, with 336 40-watt lightbulbs, been around since 1969, alongside Apollo 12, WCSC reports. But all those hundreds of bulbs have to... More »

Ex-Radio Star in Sex Assault Case Drops $55M Suit

(Newser) - Former radio host Jian Ghomeshi has dropped a $55 million lawsuit against his former bosses at the CBC, opting instead to pursue concerns over his firing via his union, the Globe and Mail reports. Ghomeshi will pay the CBC legal costs of $18,000, the Toronto Star reports. The star... More »

Most Americans With HIV Are Doing Nothing About It

(Newser) - More than a million Americans have HIV, but even among the 86% who know they're infected, only a minority are doing anything to control the virus, a new CDC study warns. The study found that only around 30% of the 1.2 million people with HIV have the virus... More »

Coca-Cola's New Venture: Expensive Milk

(Newser) - With soda sales sagging, Coca-Cola is moving into the dairy business. It plans to offer milk with some big differences to the stuff now on supermarket shelves: For starters, it will cost twice as much. A Coke exec told a conference last week that the company's Fairlife will be... More »

New Shakespeare Find Has Gender Switch

(Newser) - An incredibly rare copy of one of Shakespeare's first folios has been rediscovered after sitting forgotten in a French library for centuries—and experts say the find could reveal a lot more about the plays and the playwright. Only around 800 of the first edition of Shakespeare's plays... More »

Car Plows Through Michael Brown Protest

(Newser) - A terrifying moment at one of the many Ferguson rallies across America yesterday: In Minneapolis, a car plowed through a group of people protesting the grand jury decision. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune , the vehicle's driver, a man, started honking at protesters who had blocked an intersection near... More »