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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Relatives of 18-year-old Michael Brown have called on those attending his funeral to push for change and help end what they called "the senseless killings." Thousands of people turned out today to honor Brown, who was fatally shot on Aug. 9 by a police officer in Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb. Relatives recalled Brown as a gentle soul with a deep and growing faith in Christianity. Brown's uncle, Bernard Ewing, said he was a "big guy, but a kind, gentle soul."
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for Texas Gov. Rick Perry are asking a judge to dismiss criminal charges alleging that the possible 2016 presidential candidate abused his power with a veto last summer. Perry's attorneys filed the motion today in Austin. They say the law being used to prosecute Perry is unconstitutionally vague. Perry is accused of leveraging his veto power to try to oust a Democratic district attorney whose office oversees the state's Public Integrity Unit.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A senior federal nuclear expert is urging regulators to shut down California's last operating nuclear plant until they can determine whether the facility's twin reactors can withstand powerful shaking from any one of several nearby earthquake faults. Michael Peck, who for five years was Diablo Canyon's main on-site inspector, says in a 42-page, confidential report that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is not applying the safety rules it set out for the plant's operation. The NRC and plant owner Pacific Gas and Electric Co. say the facility is safe.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The conflict in Ukraine has now moved to an area that until now has escaped the intense fighting that's been seen in recent weeks. A Ukrainian official says a column of Russian tanks and armored vehicles entered southeastern Ukraine around dawn today. The reported incursion came a day ahead of a summit that includes the presidents of both Russia and Ukraine.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan says it's ready to provide an anti-influenza drug it developed, as a possible treatment for the Ebola outbreak. A Japanese official says his government can offer the drug at any time, at the request of the World Health Organization. A spokesman for the company that developed the drug says the Ebola and influenza viruses are the same general type.
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