Here’s some of what I’m reading up on this morning:

• Unrest in Ferguson enters its fifth day since Michael Brown’s shooting, as police arrest at least 16 people, including two journalists and an alderman. 

• Obama may be sending ground troops to Iraq after all. 

• Brazilian socialist presidential candidate Eduardo Campos is killed in a plane crash. 

• Voters in California will decide on a $7.5 million water bond in November. 

• Wal-Mart’s sales disappoint and the retailer cuts its annual profit outlook. 

• A new app called Spring will supposedly make online shopping more fun and beautiful. 

• Five years after the pop star’s death, there’s a new Michael Jackson video out. 

• Pass the salt? Your heart may thank you for it. 

• The massive arapaima, an Amazonian fish that can weight up to 500 pounds, may soon go extinct due to overfishing.