Ferguson: Police Officer Darren Wilson, who was cleared Monday by a grand jury in the shooting of an unarmed black teenager, has resigned from the Ferguson, Mo. police department.

A letter from Wilson released by his lawyer said, in part, “I have been told that my continued employment may put the residents and police officers of the City of Ferguson at risk, which is a circumstance that I cannot allow.” The 28-year-old Wilson was a three-year veteran of the department and his resignation was expected.

Protests continued in Ferguson last night, with some demonstrators saying they still want criminal charges against Wilson.

Yesterday a group of protesters left Ferguson for a weeklong March to the state capital in Jefferson City.

Nation: A 13-year-old boy reported missing four years ago has been found alive living behind a false wall in the home occupied by his father outside Atlanta. The boy recently got to a telephone and called his mother. The first time police officers went to the house they were unable to find the boy until he made another phone call and described where he was. Five people were taken into custody, including the boy’s father and a woman. Both were charged with false imprisonment and cruelty to children.

Weather: Bismarck, -2; Duluth, 4; Chicago, 48; New York, 48.

World: A Los Angeles couple was detained at the Qatar airport only hours after they were cleared of wrongdoing in the death of their adopted African daughter. The prosecution plans to appeal. Matthew and Grace Huang had moved to Qatar so he could work as an engineer on preparations for the 2022 World Cup. Their 8-year-old daughter Gloria died and the couple was accused of denying her food. The parents said she had an eating disorder caused by years of malnourishment in Africa. The case revealed racial prejudice in Qatar because authorities couldn’t understand why an Asian couple would adopt black African children. The couple has two other adopted boys.

>At least two people have died in Cairo protests following a court decision to clear former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek of all criminal charges.

>Islamic State fighters attacked the Syrian town of Kobane from the Turkish side of the border yesterday, according to Kurds defending the town. Witnesses said ISIS drove an armored suicide vehicle into the checkpoint between Turkey and Kobane. The Turks deny the bomber drove through their territory to get to the checkpoint, but admit that it exploded on their side of the border.

Ukraine: An unauthorized convoy of 106 vehicles entered eastern Ukraine from Russia today, the Ukraine government said. Ukraine says Russia is masking weapons shipments as humanitarian aid.

A Ukraine military spokesman said, “The lion’s share of humanitarian supplies find their way to the rebels partly in the form of food, but mostly it is ammunition, equipment and other things for combat operations.”

We Don’t Care That: Black Friday sales were slower this year; Shoppers spent 17 percent more with PCs than mobile phones; Tomorrow is “Cyber Monday.”

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