Steve Mullis
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For your weekend reading, our staff also recommends a piece on an HIV outbreak in Austin, Ind.
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For your weekend, here are four recommendations: How Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became an Internet meme, how The Great Wave went viral, a profile of Hugh Hewitt and why 4Chan's founder walked away.
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The Seattle Seahawks defeated the Green Bay Packers 28-22 to win the NFC title. They'll face either Indianapolis or New England in Super Bowl XLIX.
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Video games have become a ubiquitous, billion-dollar industry, but all of the Playstations, Xboxes and Wiis can be traced back to the work of Robert Baer and his "Brown Box." He died Saturday.
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Wilson, the Ferguson police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown nearly four months ago, writes in a resignation letter that he hopes stepping down will "allow the community to heal."
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The NFLPA says the appeal is based on facts it says reveal a lack of a fair and impartial process, including the role of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
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The White House says it will look at federal programs begun after Sept. 11, 2001, that have given local law enforcement military-grade weapons and equipment.
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In a New York Times report, the private autopsy of the unarmed black teenager shot in Ferguson showed multiple gunshot wounds, including two to the head.
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The fighting has claimed the lives of nearly 850 Palestinians, including those killed at a U.N. school Thursday. Israel had lost 32 soldiers and three civilians.
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After a Malaysia Airlines flight crashed in Ukraine, several airlines have said they are now operating with caution in the area. The U.S. believes the plane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile.