10 things you need to know today: August 12, 2015

1. Clinton team handing over email server to Justice Department

Hillary Clinton's attorney will give the Justice Department the private server she used during her four years as President Obama's secretary of state, Clinton's presidential campaign said Tuesday. Clinton's team also handed over a thumb drive containing copies of thousands of Clinton's emails. The FBI is conducting an investigation to determine whether there is evidence any classified information was mishandled. Clinton has "pledged to cooperate" with the inquiry, her campaign spokesman said.

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2. Police release video of Ferguson shooting as arrests mount

The St. Louis County Police Department released a video Tuesday showing a young man identified as Tyrone Harris, 19, pulling what appears to be a handgun from his waistband moments before being shot by police. The incident took place on the first anniversary of the fatal shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown by a white cop. The violence touched off renewed unrest after a day of peaceful protests on Sunday. About 150 people have been arrested, but the protests quieted Tuesday night.

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3. Sanders overtakes Clinton in latest New Hampshire poll

Hillary Clinton is no longer the Democratic frontrunner — at least in New Hampshire. A new Franklin Pierce University/Boston Herald poll shows Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) leading Clinton 44 to 37 percent in the state. These numbers are a drastic shift from the last such poll, taken in March, in which Sanders trailed Clinton 44 to 8. This is the first poll to show Sanders with a lead over Clinton in the 2016 race.

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4. Texas police officer fired over fatal shooting of black teen

Arlington, Texas, Police Chief Will Johnson said Tuesday he had fired police officer Brad Miller "for exercising poor judgment" leading up to when he fatally shot a black Texas teenager last week at a Dallas-area car dealership. Miller, who is white, was still in training and was criticized for approaching the teen, 19-year-old Christian Taylor, with no plan for arresting him. Taylor, a football player at Angelo State University, was the latest in a series of unarmed black men to die in confrontations with police.

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5. Prisoners accuse guards of violent interrogations following murderers' escape

Inmates at the upstate New York prison from which convicted murderers David Sweat and Richard Matt escaped in June said they were beaten by guards seeking information on the fugitives, according to a New York Times investigation. One prisoner said a guard put a plastic bag over his head and threatened to waterboard him. Others said they were beaten while handcuffed, or slammed against cell bars. More than 60 inmates have since filed complaints; none were tied to the escape.

The New York Times

6. Amnesty International approves call for decriminalizing consensual sex work

Amnesty International delegates at the Dublin International Council Meeting on Tuesday voted to support decriminalizing consensual sex work and protecting the rights of sex workers globally. Esohe Aghatise, anti-trafficking manager at Equality Now, said Amnesty was supporting "powerful sex trade barons who exploit the weak and poor." Amnesty policy adviser Catherine Murphy said decriminalizing consensual sex work would not weaken laws against exploitation and child abuse.

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7. China weakens currency for second day, jolting markets

China weakened its currency — the remnimbi, also known as the yuan — for the second straight day on Wednesday. Tuesday's two percent drop was the largest one-day decline since China's modern foreign exchange system began in 1994. Wednesday's 1.6 percent drop was the second largest. Economists view the moves, which have rattled international markets and renewed trade tensions, as part of an effort to support Chinese exporters by making their goods cheaper overseas.

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8. Judge denies bail to Mississippi couple accused of trying to join ISIS

A judge on Tuesday denied bail to a young Mississippi couple accused of trying to fly to join the Islamic State in Syria. Jaelyn Delshaun Young, 20, and Muhammad "Mo" Dakhlalla, 22, were arrested at a Mississippi airport as they prepared to board a flight with tickets to Istanbul on what they said was their honeymoon. U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Allan Alexander said that even though the pair had no criminal history their desire to commit terrorism is "probably still there."

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9. Man lights self on fire during anti-Japan rally in South Korea

An 81-year-old South Korean man set himself on fire Wednesday outside Japan's Seoul embassy during a protest over Tokyo's failure to apologize to "comfort women" forced to provide sex to its World War II soldiers. Onlookers quickly doused the flames and emergency workers rushed the man to a hospital, where he was in critical condition with third-degree burns on his arms and torso, and severe lung damage. About 1,000 people participated in the protest to mark the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese rule on Aug. 15.

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10. Jets quarterback Geno Smith out after teammate breaks his jaw

A teammate punched starting Jets quarterback Geno Smith in the locker room early Tuesday and broke his jaw. Smith is expected to miss six to 10 games. Coach Todd Bowles said outside linebacker Ikemefuna Enemkpali threw the punch and was released from the team immediately. Bowles did not say what caused the dispute other than that it was "very childish" and not something the team would tolerate. "You don’t walk up to another man and punch him in the face," he said.

The New York Times