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Peaceful rallies in Ferguson give way to violence, gunfire

A man was critically wounded in a gun battle with police as street protests turned violent in Ferguson, Missouri, on Sunday night, marring a day of peaceful rallies to mark the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white officer one year ago. The death of Michael Brown, 18, and a grand jury’s decision to spare the officer, Darren Wilson, from criminal charges sparked a prolonged wave of

U.S. charges sixth man in alleged N.Y.-N.J. Islamic State plot

A New Jersey man was arrested on Monday on charges of conspiring to support the militant group Islamic State, becoming the sixth man to be arrested in New York and New Jersey since June as part of what authorities have said is a broader plot. Nader Saadeh, 20, a former resident of Rutherford, New Jersey, had viewed Islamic State propaganda online and planned to travel overseas to join Islamic State,