Police in Ferguson, Missouri declared a state of emergency in response to protests Sunday and civil disobedience on Monday, arresting dozens throughout the afternoon and evening. Former "Little House on the Prairie" television star Melissa Gilbert will run as a Democrat in Michigan's 8th Congressional district, taking on incumbent House Republican Mike Bishop. China has devalued the yuan in response to poor economic data this summer, but analysts believe a further slide in the currency may just be beginning. US Securities officials have broken up an insider trading ring that used Ukrainian hackers to steal corporate press information from financial news services to profit illegally. Google is now a part of Alphabet, Inc, a new parent company formed by Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to restructure the company's varied corporate interests.