A homeless man from the West Village just learned that his dog, taken away by the NYPD earlier this month, was euthanized at an ASPCA animal hospital without his permission. DNAInfo New York, which had been looking into the dog's fate, broke the news to his owner yesterday.

Daniel Andrew, the California Highway Patrol officer who was seen repeatedly punching an unarmed black woman on video last month, could face serious felony charges for the beating, according to the CHP.

Traditionally, Americans only see the inside of a gym from January 2- January 15, before giving up on their New Year's resolutions. Their actual need for athletic apparel is minimal. This does not stop Americans from buying athletic apparel as fast as they can.

R&B artist John Legend covered Marvin Gaye's masterpiece of socially conscious R&B, the 1971 album What's Going On, during a show last night at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. This concert has been planned for months, but in the wake of the Michael Brown shooting and subsequent response in Ferguson, Mo., Legend's choice of material was particularly resonant (if not flat out prescient). The show had a very what-we-need-right-now feel. Underneath his blazer, Legend wore a T-shirt that read "DON'T SHOOT."

The scene was described as largely peaceful in Ferguson, Mo. Wednesday night, as protests demanding justice for the killing of teenager Michael Brown by Darren Wilson continued. "Tonight, the radios were mostly quiet," Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson told CBS News. "There were no Molotov cocktails, no fires, no shootings. Tonight, we deployed no smoke, no tear gas, and no mace."

You don't have to be fully aware of what you're doing to participate in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Do it an hour after getting your wisdom teeth out, while you're still high on anesthetic? Still counts, even if you can't remember which good cause you're supporting. Even if you don't have a bucket.

A Tumblr quote floated over to me about around the time of Trayvon Martin's murder, from a Jonathan Lethem book that I've never read (The Fortress of Solitude). At this point, I don't really need to read it, because it's already asked me the most important question I've heard in a long time: "At what age is a black boy when he learns he's scary?"

Kent Brantly, one of the two American doctors infected with Ebola while working in west Africa, is expected to be released from Emory University Hospital today. The second patient, Dr. Nancy Writebol, remains in recovery, but is regaining strength, her husband told CNN.

A group of fisherman off the coast of Florida shot this moderately horrifying video of a prehistoric-looking fish taking down a small shark in a single bite.

The New York Times reports that the Islamic militant group ISIS originally demanded a multimillion-dollar ransom before ultimately beheading American journalist James Foley.

A pair of tone-deaf white people supporting Darren Wilson—the police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo. last week—made a brief and unpopular appearance at the Ferguson protests tonight.

Today the St. Louis, Mo. police department—located just four miles away from Ferguson—released the 911 phone calls and video from yesterday's police shooting that left 25-year-old Kajieme Powell dead on the sidewalk.

Earlier this summer, US Special Operations forces entered Syria in a failed attempt to rescue James Foley and other American hostages that left one service member injured.

The wealthy father of a Texas teen whose "affluenza" defense helped him avoid prison after a deadly drunk driving accident has been arrested for allegedly pretending to be a police officer, the Dallas News reported.

In this first, SFW installment of subscription porn website Broke Straight Boys's online "reality show," adult performer Paul Canon returns to Florida to discuss his sexuality and career with his parents and two brothers. And you thought going home was hard!

Footage released by the NYC Housing Authority reveals that the NYPD may have tried to cover up their role in the death of a Japanese student, who died last year after he was run over by a police car in Queens.

Just a few weeks after Ezra Klein's bro-splainer site wondered, for no apparent reason, how the "spontaneous reunification" of Pangaea would affect the Ebola epidemic, Vox is now entering the realm of media criticism and asking: "How would we cover Ferguson if it were happening in another country?"

Over the course of the last year, NFL cheerleaders have attempted to raise their pay to at least minimum wage through various lawsuits. In June, two Oakland Raiderettes sued the league for fair pay. The NFL's official response? Not our problem.

Whenever an unarmed young black man is shot dead by the police, white conservatives determined not to feel guilty flock to one news source for their absolution: National Review.

It would take the manly charisma of Nick Offerman to make the kind of pseudo-deep musings that tend to occur in the shower sound profound and wise. Fortunately, Nick Offerman.