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President Obama says we don't need Ferguson to know there's still systemic abuse of black citizens by many local police departments and judicial systems.  Now there's a bipartisan movement for reform, including some unlikely bedfellows.

Wearable devices are big business — sold as a way to develop healthier habits. But critics say the urge for self-awareness can make users slaves to technology — and that sharing intimate personal information can make them vulnerable to exploitation.

Both sides in the war on terror are using social media. The Islamic State produces highly sophisticated recruiting videos -- and law enforcement can monitor the people who watch them. But that doesn't make preventing terrorist actions an easy job. We hear about technology, manpower and civil rights.

For the third time, the US Supreme Court is considering a challenge to the Affordable Care Act. Federal health insurance subsidies for seven million Americans will depend on how the Justices rule on arguments they heard today.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a joint meeting of Congress today that negotiations with six countries, including the US and Russia, won't prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. And he said that, ideologically, Iran is no different from the so-called Islamic State or ISIS.

Wisconsin is poised to become the 25th State to allow workers to benefit from union negotiations without paying union dues. We look at the impact—on wages, on political fundraising by organized labor and on the presidential prospects of Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker.

A ruling yesterday by the FCC  means that cable companies and telecoms cannot discriminate between content providers—delivering some at faster speeds -- and higher prices -- than others. We hear about winners, losers—and more battles to come over "net neutrality."

Hillary Clinton hasn't declared her candidacy for President, but the campaign against her is already taking shape. Is she the right person to raise issues of economic inequality and gender discrimination? What about conflicts of interest between the Clinton Foundation and her actions as Secretary of State?

It's already down to the wire for the Department of Homeland Security. Republicans are divided over a partial shutdown, and Democrats are refusing to allow a challenge to the President's actions on immigration.

A federal committee on dietary guidelines reports that 65% of American women are overweight or obese along with 70% of men. Its findings on how we got that way — and what should be done — have surprised most nutritional experts and outraged parts of the food industry.