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The disclosure that Ferguson teen Michael Brown had cannabis in his system raises questions about the drug's alleged links to crime.

President Obama addressed tensions in Ferguson, Missouri: "Our constitutional rights ... must be vigilantly safeguarded."

"Young people have been waiting for a moment like this," says a reporter as Vine and Twitter explode with images.

Reactions to the shooting death of Mike Brown are sharply divided along racial lines.

A woman on a local radio station in St. Louis explained Officer Darren Wilson's version of the Mike Brown shooting.

The former Texas congressman calls the indictment of the governor "a joke."

James Jeffords, a soft-spoken Vermonter whose defection from the Republican Party in 2001 created an unprecedented power shift in the U.S. Senate and gave Democrats control of the chamber for 18 months, died on Monday at age 80, his former aide said.

Mike Brown’s family says a request to see footage of the teen from the alleged convenience store robbery was denied by Ferguson police.

U.S. officials attribute the recent slowdown to enforcement campaigns, but the numbers have always dipped in the summer.

The National Guard is responding to protests in Ferguson, Missouri, but history suggests its presence hasn't always been welcomed.

Pope Francis Monday endorsed the use of U.S. airstrikes to combat Islamic State militants.

Social media users this weekend criticized Facebook’s algorithm, which filtered Ferguson-related posts even as unrest came to a boil.

"We will not use a curfew tonight," Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said.

The Ferguson Police Department has a history of allegations of misconduct and has been sued twice for civil rights violations.

Chinese state media is using Ferguson as an opportunity to point out America's "human rights flaw" in the wake of Mike Brown's death.

Beijing is reportedly helping Pyongyang search for North Korean defectors who have escaped to China.

The biggest dam in Iraq is back under the control of Kurdish forces — a significant event given the dam's havoc-wreaking potential.

Despite the low risk of transmission by air travel, the U.N. health agency says passengers should be checked before leaving.

Dr. Michael Baden conducted a preliminary autopsy on the 18-year-old and said there were no signs of a struggle.

What is the National Guard? Due to increasing unrest in Ferguson, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered them to Ferguson to help restore peace.

The Sunni militant group targeted the Shueitat tribe because it launched an uprising against ISIS rule in eastern Syria.

The cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ends on Monday at 5 p.m. EDT.

A preliminary autopsy has revealed that Mike Brown, 18, was shot at least six times, including twice in the head.

President Obama decided to cut short his vacation in Martha's Vineyard amid growing domestic and national problems.

"The safety of students is our primary concern," the school district said in the wake of unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.

Floods and landslides have killed nearly 180 people across 10 districts in Nepal and 1,500 villages in India.

Young Jewish men wearing black shirts denounced the bride as a “traitor against the Jewish state” and shouted slogans against Arabs.

Her husband and the five doctors who treated her in Abu Dhabi have been isolated and are being checked for possible infection.

Two years of living inside the embassy has reportedly left Assange with arrhythmia, a chronic cough and high blood pressure.