THE GIST. The United States Justice Department is set to release a report which accuses the police in Ferguson, Missouri of racial bias.

FERGUSON. Last year 18-year-old black man Michael Brown was shot dead by a white police officer in Ferguson, with the resulting civil unrest making news around the world. A grand jury decided not to indict the police officer, although some experts suggested the prosecution manipulated the process to get that result.

FINDINGS. The report found that black people account for 86% of traffic stops in Ferguson, while making up only 63% of the population, and once stopped were twice as likely to be searched as white people - even though the cars of white people were more likely to contain contraband.

FEEDBACK. The Ferguson Mayor isn't happy about the lengthy investigation, wondering why "they haven't told us something needs to be changed, as they found it." Attorney-General Eric Holder, responsible for the investigation, said "I'm confident people will be satisfied with the results."

THE GIST. Russian opposition leader Boris Nemstov was murdered in Moscow on Friday night, killed in a drive-by shooting in the heart of Moscow.

THE MAN. Nemstov was a former Deputy Prime Minister, who campaigned against corruption and the current government, publicly called Russia's war in Ukraine "murderous and insane" and said Vladimir Putin was a "pathological liar."

THE MURDER. The government initially called the murder "provocative" and suggested Nemstov was "sacrificed" - basically blaming anti-government forces for his death. Putin said he would be "missed like spice, which in small doses can give a rich taste."

THE MARCH. Tens of thousand of people marched through Moscow in protest, chanting "I am not afraid" and "Russia without Putin!", while the US President Barack Obama urged the Russian government to conduct an impartial investigation into the murder. Putin laughed and said, "Yeah mate, no worries."

Matrimonial. South Korea, the home of mass weddings, has legalised adultery, over-turning a law which imposed a two-year jail term for extra-marital affairs. The politician spear-heading the change said, "South Korea is already the leading country for mass weddings, but we realised there's a huge untapped market out there. Now we can lead the world in mass divorces, too."

Queen hit. A Gold Coast woman has avoided jail time for her violent attack on a 77-year-old blind bus passenger last year, despite the former Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie appealing against the "manifestly inadequate sentence." Bleijie added that "anybody that violent and stupid should be taken off the streets". The Gold Coast Mayor scoffed at the plan, asking Bleijie if he planned to personally arrest every single person in Surfer's Paradise.

Quid pro quo. Australian police say a popular 'sugar daddy' website, which connects young women with older wealthy men, could be breaking prostitution laws. Relationships Australia's Kylie Dunjey, clearly not versed in the irresistible magnestim of anonymous old men on the internet, says the key question is: "if there was no money involved, would there still be attraction?" One of life's great mysteries.