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“No justice, No peace. No justice, No peace.” So many people showed up at this unity¹ event for Michael Brown that they still into the parking lot to start their own outdoor rally. P xx is a Ferguson resident who didn’t make it inside. “It is massive, it is great. I am proud to see most of people that are out here are young people.” Inside the greater grace church, the reverent² ?? Martin Luther King III, and Missouri highway patrol captain Ron Johnson rally the crowd, pledging to “stand for justice.” Eliza H, NPR news, St. Louis.

 

Meanwhile, the Justice Department was planning a second autopsy³ on Michael Brown. Attorney General Eric Holder⁴ ordered the second one citing extraordinary circumstances. Officials say it will take place as soon as possible.

 

Kenyan plans to bar people travelling from three of the West African countries hardest hit by the Ebola virus into the country. Following that announcement, Kenyan airways⁵ said it will suspend flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone. ? says restricting air services is a critical component⁶ of outbreak containment⁷. The suspension is effective midnight local time on Tuesday. Meanwhile, officials in Liberia are worrying Ebola could soon spread through the biggest ? town in the capital after residents raided a quarantine center for patients thought to have virus and took items including bloods and sheets and mattresses⁸. Officials say up to 20 people with the virus fled the center during the attack.

 

Kurdish forces swept through villages around Mosul Dam today, backed by air strikes from Iraqi and US planes. NPR’s Peter Kenya reports that Peshmerga forces are said to have retaken most of the dam from Sunni Jihadist fighters.

 

With more than a dozen air strikes by the US according to the military central command, Kurdish forces put through ground formally held by extremist fighters calling themselves the Islamic States and attacked Islamist positions at the dam itself. Multiple Peshmerga sources claimed to have completely controlled the dam by night fall, but other officials said fighting was continuing. Retaking the dam is seen as essential to avoid a breach⁹ that could threaten the city downstream on the Tigris River. Kurds say they are relieved after their military suffering an embarrassing defeat in the hand of Islamic State fighters. Peter Kenya, NPR news, northern Iraq.

 

In northeast Arkansas, train fire resulted about 500 evacuees¹⁰ have been allowed to return home. Officials with the Union for Safe say two of their workers were killed, two others were injured when two freight trains carrying toxic¹¹ substances collided and caught fire earlier today.

 

World financial markets, Asian markets are trading slightly positive at the opening bell ?, up to tenth of a percent. This is NPR.

 

Prosecutors¹² say additional charges are expected against the New York couple charged with kidnapping two Amish sisters from their family’s farm stand. The St. Lawrence county district attorney says computer hard drives and other evidence was taken from Stephen Howard Jr. and xx’s house. The girls are now back home with their family.

 

Another major retailer¹³ says a cyber criminal hacked¹⁴ into its payment processing system, compromising consumers’ debt credit card information. xx, a Minnesota public radio reports twins city based Super Values says the date breached¹⁵ affected¹⁶ more than 200 stores in seven states.

 

Super Values says the stores including shoppers and farm ? on the east coast, ? food in Minnesota and shopping ? in Missouri and Illinois. The company says it has no evidence any customer data was misused¹⁷. Steve xx with xx partner said cyber threat intelligence firm ? sets a tax on points sale system are becoming more common.

 

We are taking ? seriously that are going continue coming after us because it is low cost, low risk for them and they understand that it is, you know, somewhat high cost and difficult for us.

 

Super Values says it is offering a year of identity theft protection to anyone whose information was compromised but the company will not say how many people that may be. For NPR news, I am xx.

 

The first female mayor of Pittsburgh has died. xx served from 1988 to 1994. She was known for a complete overhaul¹⁸ of the controversial disciplinary system for police officers and also for reducing a city payroll¹⁹ tax to keep resident for fleeing to the suburbs. She was 96.

 

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