--- description: Nobody Wins in Ferguson Virtually no one connected to the tumult in the St. Louis suburb — whether by proximity, profession or ideology; by happenstance... title: Morning Must Reads: August 20 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Morning Must Reads](/tag/morning-must-reads/) ## Morning Must Reads Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Morning Must Reads: August 20 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 20, 2014 11:21 AM CUT  The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC. The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 20, 2014 11:21 AM CUT [Nobody Wins in Ferguson](http://time.com/3146684/ferguson-michael-brown/ "undefined") Virtually no one connected to the tumult in the St. Louis suburb — whether by proximity, profession or ideology; by happenstance or choice — has escaped the nightly clashes without suffering in ways big or small, writes TIME’s Alex Altman [Exercise Boosts Kids’ Brain Power](http://time.com/3145404/exercise-makes-kids-brains-more-efficient/ "undefined") A new study finds, for the first time, that children who are more fit have more white matter in their brains — a key factor for attention and memory [Video Claims Journalist Execution](http://time.com/3145747/james-foley-isis-iraq-steven-sotloff/ "undefined") A video posted online Tuesday purportedly shows an Islamist extremist beheading American journalist James Foley, who was kidnapped in Syria in 2012 [Patient Tested for Ebola at California Hospital](http://time.com/3147033/ebola-kaiser-permanente-south-sacramento-medical-center-california/ "undefined") Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center has not divulged personal details about the patient or whether they had recently been in West Africa, the virus’ epicenter [Mark Wahlberg May Star in BP Oil Spill Movie](http://time.com/3147499/mark-wahlberg-bp-oil-spill-deepwater-horizon-lionsgate/ "undefined") The actor is in talks with Lionsgate over a movie to be called _Deepwater Horizon—_about the deadly marine oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010—that would have him play the part of a manager who seeks to rescue his crew members [Your Twitter Favorite Button Just Got a Lot More Powerful](http://time.com/3146330/twitter-favorite-timeline/ "undefined") Twitter has updated its help document with information explaining why mysterious new tweets, in addition to sponsored tweets and ads, now show up in your timeline alongside the regular digest of tweets from accounts that you follow [Hopes of Prolonged Truce Fade as Gaza Conflict Reignites](http://time.com/3147494/israel-hamas-truce-ends-gaza/ "undefined") Fighting continued into Wednesday after rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel, which retaliated with renewed airstrikes; the trade in firepower led to the collapse of talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in Cairo [Perry Booked in Politically Charged Abuse-of-Power Case](http://time.com/3145951/rick-perry-power-abuse-case/ "undefined") Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who has vowed to contest the two felony charges stemming from a threat and ultimate veto of funding to the state’s public integrity unit, surrendered himself to sheriff’s deputies to be fingerprinted and have his mug shot taken [Aid Group Slams Global Response to Ebola Outbreak](http://time.com/3147485/west-africa-ebola-global-aid-response-doctors-without-borders-brice-de-le-vingne/ "undefined") Brice de le Vingne, operations director of MSF, has slammed the world’s “lack of willingness and professionalism” to tackle Ebola in West Africa: “We have been screaming for months. Now the situation is even worse,” he says; the World Health Organization reports more than 1,200 people have died [Flash Floods Wreak Havoc in Arizona](http://time.com/3145387/phoenix-flash-flood/ "undefined") Fast and furious rainfall in the Phoenix area damaged houses, left nearly 3,000 homes without power, stranded drivers and forced at least one airborne rescue. The normally arid state experienced up to two inches of rain in the span of an hour [The Real Wolf of Wall Street Is Co-Writing a TV Show](http://time.com/3145596/wolf-wall-street-tv-show/ "undefined") Jordan Belfort, now a motivational speaker and author, is co-writing a show with _Rush Hour_ director Brett Ratner and Australian billionaire James Packer. The upcoming series will be based on the excesses of Wall Street in the 1980s [Hacking Traffic Lights Is Apparently Really Easy](http://time.com/3146147/hacking-traffic-lights-is-apparently-really-easy/ "undefined") Security researchers at the University of Michigan reveal vulnerabilities in crucial roadway infrastructure, which make traffic control systems susceptible to a system-wide attack that would have been impossible in a precomputerized era [_Get_ ](http://time.com/politicsemail "undefined")[TIME](http://time.com/politicsemail "undefined")[_’s_ ](http://time.com/politicsemail "undefined")[_The Brief e-mail every morning in your inbox_](http://time.com/politicsemail "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3147727/morning-must-reads-august-20/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3147727/morning-must-reads-august-20/"},"headline":"Morning Must Reads: August 20","datePublished":"2014-08-20T11:21:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:45:38.971Z","description":"Nobody Wins in Ferguson Virtually no one connected to the tumult in the St. Louis suburb — whether by proximity, profession or ideology; by happenstance...","url":"https://time.com/3147727/morning-must-reads-august-20/","keywords":["Morning Must Reads"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Morning Must Reads","caption":"Capitol","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/morning-must-reads/","name":"Morning Must Reads"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3147727/morning-must-reads-august-20/","name":"Morning Must Reads: August 20"}}]}] ```