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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police in Ferguson, Missouri, say they made 47 arrests last night, but the scene was much calmer than previous nights when protests over the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown erupted into violence. Most of last night's arrests were of people who defied orders to disperse. Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to visit Ferguson today.
HARVEY, Ill. (AP) — Law enforcement officials are continuing to negotiate with at least one hostage-taker for the release of two children and two adults he is still holding inside a house in the southern Chicago suburb of Harvey. The standoff began yesterday afternoon when Harvey police responded to reports from a neighbor of a possible burglary at the home. Two officers were wounded in an initial exchange of gunfire. Four children were released after hours of talks.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The mother of journalist James Foley says: "He gave his life trying to expose the world to the suffering of the Syrian people." U.S. officials say a grisly video posted online yesterday shows Islamic State militants beheading Foley in what the extremists say is retribution for recent U.S. airstrikes against them in Iraq. In a statement posted on a Facebook page, Diane Foley implores the militants to spare the lives of other hostages, calling them "innocents" with no control over U.S. policy.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian militants have launched dozens of rockets from the Gaza Strip and Israel has been responding with more airstrikes today. One of the Israeli airstrikes appears to have targeted Hamas' military chief. Mohammed Deif has escaped numerous Israeli assassination attempts in the past. Hamas officials say the strike killed his wife and infant son, but it's was not clear whether Deif was in the house that was hit.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian police have detained four suspects after protesters scaled one of Moscow's famed Stalin-era skyscrapers today and painted the Soviet star on its spire in the national colors of Ukraine. The protesters also attached a yellow and blue Ukrainian flag to the top of the building east of the Kremlin along the Moscow River. In Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko welcomed the act, calling it a "symbolic" gesture.
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