police shooting of michael brown in ferguson

CLEVELAND (AP) — Nearly 400 days after a white police officer fatally shot a black 12-year-old carrying a pellet gun in an encounter captured on surve...

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans paused Thursday to celebrate their blessings despite terrorism fears and racial tensions over fatal police shootings across ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When Pharrell Williams signed up to perform at an all-star concert highlighting race relations in America, the multi-layered musician ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — When cotton balls were scattered outside the black culture center at the University of Missouri's flagship campus in 2010 in a cl...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Black men and women joyously returned to the National Mall on Saturday for the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, calling fo...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County police must strengthen policies for handling protests, improve training on diversity and community policing, and do ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of Black Lives Matter activists, black and white, marched outside the Minnesota State Fair this weekend, hoping to bring at...

HOUSTON (AP) — A man charged with killing a suburban Houston officer first shot the 10-year veteran in the back of the head and fired a total of 15 ti...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — As a white Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer returned to the witness stand Friday, prosecutors challenged his statements to ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The University of Texas will move a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis away from the center of campus, but statues o...

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police outnumbered protesters along West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson overnight, signaling the demonstrations around the anniver...

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The latest in the events marking the anniversary of the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri (all times local...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The director of "Straight Outta Compton" says he's "very happy with the accuracy" of the movie that depicts the creation and eventu...

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The latest in the events marking a year since the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri (all times local): ___...

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A suspect who authorities say opened fire on officers in Ferguson, Missouri, on the anniversary of Michael Brown's death was crit...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of blacks in the United States — more than 3 out of 5 — say they or a family member have personal experience with being t...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — EDITOR'S NOTE — A year ago, most Americans had never heard of the St. Louis suburb called Ferguson. But after a white police officer ...

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police antagonized crowds gathered to protest in Ferguson, violated free-speech rights and made it difficult to hold officers acc...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Vandals have targeted monuments dedicated to the leaders and soldiers of the Confederacy, painting the slogan "Black lives matter" on...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The weariness, the rage, the depressing conviction that black life is stuck in a murderous loop fueled by racism — these emotions re...