Watch Footage From 17-Year-Old Katy Perry's First Tour

Dayna Evans · 08/31/14 10:20AM

Before Katy Perry was the mega controversy-causing Lite-Brite pop star that she is today, she was an Alanis Morrissette acoustic guitar-player with a "pizza face" and a Christian bent. In footage recently unearthed by videographer Jim Standridge, the 17-year-old star is seen crying over her parents, talking about repeating ninth grade, and loving the tour life, all while redoing her hair a thousand times.

Federal Judge Finds Texas Abortion Law Unconstitutional

Kelly Conaboy · 08/31/14 09:00AM

A federal judge ruled on Friday that a key component of Texas's anti-abortion law, which required all abortion clinics to meet the standards of hospital-level surgical centers, is unconstitutional. The ruling spares a dozen abortion clinics from closure.

The Life and Death of Michael Brown: A Ferguson Reading List

Jason Parham · 08/31/14 09:00AM

Words sustain us. In the weeks following the death of Michael Brown—the unarmed 18-year-old fatally shot by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson—there has been much written about Brown's life, the love he had for his family and friends, his affinity for rap music, and the racial tensions that plague the small St. Louis suburb. Daily dispatches from reporters like Wesley Lowery, Julie Bosman, Tyrmaine Lee, and Ryan J. Reilly, among others (not too mention Alderman Antonio French's real-time tweets) provided a ground-level view into what had been described as a warzone.