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News Wrap: Canadian prime minister pledges stronger law enforcement after attacks

By PBS News Hour

What does Michael Brown's official autopsy report actually reveal?

By Joshua Barajas

After the official autopsy on Michael Brown was leaked to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Wednesday, details of the autopsy seemed to be partially misconstrued, according to outside experts commissioned by the newspaper to review the report.

Meet Hurricane and Jordan, the dogs injured in White House jumper incident

By News Desk

The United States Secret Service Thursday tweeted out photos of the two dogs that sustained minor injuries from Wednesday's White House fence jumper.

The real threat Americans face from Ebola is the anxiety that it's causing

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Ebola is giving Americans a crash course in fear.

How to talk in Silicon Valley without saying anything

By Steve Goldbloom

I moved to San Francisco in 2010, in time to witness the extraordinary growth in the Bay Area tech scene. Since then, the startup boom has dominated business headlines: from the leadup to Twitter's IPO, Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp for…

Judge orders latest White House fence jumper held without bond

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The 23-year-old Maryland man who climbed over the White House fence was ordered held without bond in an appearance Thursday before a federal magistrate judge.

Navajo high court postpones election after language fluency becomes issue

By Felicia Fonseca

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The top court on the nation's largest Indian reservation on Thursday ordered tribal election officials to postpone the Navajo Nation's presidential election and reprint ballots without the name of a candidate who was disqualified in a language…

Earning more? Thank immigrant STEM workers

By Simone Pathe

Even opponents of open immigration often support temporary guest workers entering the U.S. on the H1-B visa program. But do immigrants skilled in science and technology undercut wages for U.S. workers? Quite the contrary, according to a new paper from…

Despite appellate rulings, 3 states refuse to allow gay unions

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The writing is on the wall for gay marriage bans in Kansas, Montana and South Carolina after federal appeals courts that oversee those states have made clear that keeping gay and lesbian couples from marrying is unconstitutional.