Five Things to Know for Your New Day – Monday, August 11
A Missouri community is outraged after an officer shoots a teen. West Africa scrambles to stop the spread of Ebola. And Iraq reels from humanitarian and political crises.
It's Monday, and here are the "5 things to know for your New Day."
MISSOURI TEEN SHOOTING
Unrest after vigil: Confrontations between police and residents of a St. Louis suburb raged into the night after a fatal weekend shooting of a teen by an officer. Crowds gathered yesterday for a vigil for Michael Brown, 18, in the Missouri town of Ferguson. Protesters hurled bottles at officers and kicked police cars parked on the streets.
IRAQ CRISIS
Humanitarian, political crises: A crisis so dire that families are fleeing to Syria. A militant threat so strong that U.S. forces are striking from the sky. And a power struggle so tense that it could derail hopes for political stability. As Iraq's political and humanitarian crises escalate simultaneously, foreign countries are getting more deeply involved.
MIDEAST CEASE-FIRE
Holding, for now: A new cease-fire between Israel and Hamas appears to be holding today. The lull in fighting, planned to last for three days, is expected to allow another round of indirect negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian officials aimed at finding a more permanent end to hostilities in the Gaza conflict.
EBOLA OUTBREAK
Desperate measures: West African nations are taking drastic action to stem the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Guinea has closed its border with Sierra Leone, and Zambia has banned arrivals of people from countries that've had an Ebola outbreak, a preventive measure to stop the virus from entering the country.
HILLARY CLINTON
Slam on Obama: Hillary Clinton distanced herself from President Obama's approach to foreign policy in an interview published yesterday. "Great nations need organizing principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle," she told The Atlantic. Obama describes his foreign policy doctrine as "Don't do stupid stuff."
There you go. All you need to know to get an early start to your morning.
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Wow!!!!!!!! No happy/ silly topics for this New Day? There has to be some happiness some where in this sad world of ours.
Wow.....I really miss those funny little video clips at the end?!
Wow!!!!!!!! There aren't any happy/ silly things this New Day morning!!!!!!!!
things that humble, hard-working citizens are fed up with: arrogant out-of-control "storm trooper" cops; incumbent corporate controlled representatives(hopefully all incumbents will be voted out of office in the midterm elections); and endless military violence stirred up by the military-industrial complex.
Clinton "Don't do stupid stuff." She's running.................
nobody cares about Shillary
you don't, but the majority of the country does, since they'll vote for her. While you continue to vote for a loser republican.