The Brief

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Ferguson Cop Gives His Account

The police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson two months ago told investigators that he and Brown struggled over the officer's gun

Voter ID Test

Court OKs Voter ID Law

The Supreme Court decided Saturday that Texas can enforce its controversial voter identification law in November's midterm elections

Soda

Soda May Age You As Much As Smoking, Study Says

A new study found that a daily soda habit can age your immune cells almost two years. "The extremely high dose of sugar that we can put into our body within seconds by drinking sugared beverages is uniquely toxic to metabolism," a researcher said

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Ads Are Coming to Snapchat for the First Time

Snapchat users will see ads on the messaging app starting this weekend, the social media company said. But it promised the ads won't display in people's messages, saying "that would be totally rude"

Synod On the Themes of Family Is Held At Vatican

Catholic Bishops Approve Revised Report on Gays

Catholic bishops on Saturday approved a revised document laying out the church's position on gays, sex, marriage and divorce, saying the report was a "balanced" reflection of church teaching. But participants said some of the more contentious paragraphs were cut

Tropical Weather

Bermuda Faces ‘Extensive’ Damage From Gonzalo

Tens of thousands in Bermuda were without power early Saturday after Hurricane Gonzalo ripped across the island with 110 mph winds, downing trees and causing untold damage. Weather improved as dawn broke and Gonzalo moved away from the island

Employees do a quality inspection on a Volkswagen AG Jetta vehicle at the company's assembly plant in Puebla, Mexico, on Jan. 23, 2014.

Volkswagen Recalls More Than 1 Million Cars

Volkswagen became the latest automaker to issue a major safety recall, announcing plans to inspect the rear suspension systems of more than a million vehicles in China, Germany and the U.S. No injuries or accidents were reported to be associated with issue

Protesters are pepper sprayed by riot police during a confrontation at Mongkok shopping district in Hong Kong

Fresh Clashes in Hong Kong As Thousands Take to Streets

Thousands of people in Hong Kong recaptured a protest site Friday night cleared by police just a few hours before, in a show of force by the almost three-week-old movement demanding greater democratic rights. Hundreds of police officers attempted to keep the crowds at bay

The NFL logo is displayed on the turf on September 14, 2014.

Ex-Wives of NFLers Say League Covered Up Abuse

Ex-wives of NFL players said in interviews that the league concealed abuse by their husbands. “They would say, ‘Oh, we’re really sorry that you are going through this. We’ll look into it.’ But you never heard back," one said

Turkish Kurds watch smoke rises over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border

Kobani Struggles Amid Medicine and Food Shortages

One local describes how some trapped residents have been forced to break into the houses of neighbors who have fled to take their food. He and others are eating whatever they had stored as well as that left behind by the tens of thousands of who fled