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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A preliminary investigation has determined that Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams died of asphyxiation — an apparent suicide. The 63-year-old's body was found Monday in his home in the San Francisco Bay Area. He had been suffering from severe depression. Williams got his big break in the 1970s as the alien in the hit TV show "Mork & Mindy." He won an Academy Award for his role as an empathetic therapist in the 1997 film "Good Will Hunting."
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tributes from inside and outside the entertainment industry are pouring in as word of actor and comedian Robin Williams' death spreads. Chevy Chase says Williams was "a tremendous talent in the most important art of any time — comedy!" Ben Stiller, who co-starred with Williams in "Night at the Museum" says, "His kindness and generosity is what I think of."
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — National NAACP President Cornell William Brooks is asking residents in Ferguson, Missouri to turn their anger into action, following the police shooting death of an 18-year-old black teen. Hundreds of people filled a city church Monday night for a forum hosted by the local NAACP. Brooks told the crowd, "To sneak around under the cover of darkness, to steal, to loot, to burn down your neighborhood — this does not require courage." Looting and vandalism resulted in dozens of arrests Sunday night. There were a few arrests Monday night, but no looting.
SYDNEY (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is urging Iraq's new leaders to work quickly to form an inclusive government. Kerry says the U.S. is prepared to offer additional aid in the fight against militants from the group Islamic State. On Monday, Iraq's new president announced his choice to replace incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (NOO'-ree ahl-MAHL'-ih-kee). But al-Maliki isn't stepping aside quietly and has accused President Fouad Massoum of violating Iraq's constitution.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says a photograph of an Australian-born 7-year-old boy clutching the severed head of a Syrian soldier is "one of the most disturbing, stomach-turning, grotesque photographs ever displayed." The Australian newspaper reported Monday that the photo was taken in northern Syrian and posted on Twitter by the boy's convicted terrorist father, Khaled Sharrouf. Kerry says the photo shows why the militant group Islamic State poses such a threat to the world.
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