Here’s what I’m reading up on this morning:
- For the second day, U.S.-led forces strike oilfields held by Islamic State in Syria.
- The U.S. is reportedly considering softening its stance on Iran’s uranium enriching centrifuges.
- Mexico detains an army officer and six soldiers over the gruesome killing of 22 people in June, first described as a gun battle.
- Now that Holder’s leaving, who might replace him?
- Police in Ferguson arrest at least four people after chief Tom Jackson, who’d earlier apologized to Michael Brown’s family, tried to join protestors.
- Stacey Dean Rambold, the Montana teacher who served just one month in prison for raping a 14-year-old who later committed suicide, will be re-sentenced.
- Following a tough winter at the start of this year, the economy grew 4.6 percent in the second quarter.
- Peace out, Facebook; hello Ello.
- How to Get Away with Murder premieres on ABC. Here’s a recap.
- Part of Earth’s ocean water may be older than the sun.