The Department of Justice will open a civil rights investigation into the entire Ferguson, Missouri police department after the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by police. A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled to uphold the state's same-sex marriage ban, the first such ruling since last year's historic Windsor decision. President Obama and other NATO leaders will meet today in Wales to discuss the group's response to Russian aggression in Ukraine and Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria. Al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri has announced the formation of a new wing of the terrorist organization in the Indian subcontinent. Mobile carrier Verizon will pay a record $7.4 million fine for violating the privacy rights of customers over the last seven years.