Nation: Former President Jimmy Carter revealed that he has advanced cancer that spread from his liver to other parts of his body. The busy 90-year-old Carter said he would alter his schedule to accommodate treatment, but the prognosis is not …

GeoEcon 101: In the midst of an economic slowdown and a stock market slump, China devalued its currency for the second day in a row. The Central Bank dropped the value of the yuan, by 1.6 percent against the US …

Ferguson: St. Louis County’s executive declared a state of emergency yesterday after street violence returned to Ferguson, Mo. with protests over police shootings. A reporter was beaten and robbed, a police officer was injured, and two teenagers wounded in a …

Ferguson: As the city marked the one-year anniversary of the shooting of teenager Michael Brown, police in Ferguson, Mo. last night shot and critically wounded a man who had been involved in a gunfight and fired at an unmarked police …

Nation: Houston authorities found eight people … five children and three adults … dead inside a home after a standoff and a brief gunfight with a man inside the house. Police had been called to do a welfare check at …

Life: A Colorado jury chose life in prison over death for convicted movie theater shooter James Holmes. The jury had previously decided that Holmes’s mental illness was not a mitigating factor in his killing of 12 people in an Aurora. …

Nation: Jon Stewart made his last appearance as host of the Daily Show last night but the Republican presidential candidates also had their first debate so, sadly, and without Jon Stewart, we lead with that. Standing center stage among 10 …

Nation: The strict Texas voter identification law discriminates against black and Hispanic voters in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, according to a ruling by a federal appeals court. It’s one of several state voter identification laws winding …

Final Cut: Republican candidate Rick Perry of Texas didn’t make the final cut for the debate tomorrow night on Fox News. Neither did Rick Santorum, or the only female candidate, Carly Fiorina. Here’s the roster: Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Scott …

Regulation: A coalition of states, coal producers, and power companies immediately announced plans to fight President Obama’s new greenhouse gas regulations. A lawyer for the coalition said at the announcement, “Our coalition, in short order, will comprise of many states, …