Michael Brown

Shots fired in peaceful Ferguson gathering after car hits protester

Gunfire broke out during a demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri, on the second anniversary of Michael Brown's death, disrupting what had been a peaceful gathering but apparently wounding no one.

To boost enterprise unit, Symantec to buy Blue Coat for $4.7 billion

Technology security firm Symantec Corp said it would buy privately held cyber security company Blue Coat for $4.65 billion in a cash deal that will ramp up Symantec's enterprise security business.

Year after Michael Brown's death, another black teenager killed in police firing near Ferguson

Police shot dead another black teenager near Ferguson on Wednesday, days after the first anniversary of death of Michael Brown in north St. Louis, Missouri.

State of emergency in Ferguson after police gunfire wounds 18-year-old on Brown shooting anniversary

Authorities declared a state of emergency in Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday to prevent a repeat of the violence that erupted during protests overnight to mark the police shooting of an unarmed black man one year ago that ignited a national firestorm on race relations.

On anniversary of Ferguson shooting, demonstrator injured during clashes

The violence came at the end of a day of somber remembrance to mark the anniversary of the shooting of black teen Michael Brown by a white police officer

Baltimore on edge: Obama raises questions on race relations as riot control took over city

National Guard troops were deployed to prevent Baltimore spiralling into mayhem as President Barack Obama warned that recent incidents "raise troubling questions" about the policing of black communities.

Michael Brown's family to sue city of Ferguson over teen's death

The family of an unarmed African American teenager killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri has said it will sue the city for his "wrongful death."

Michael Brown shooting: Calm prevails in Ferguson after 2 police officers were shot

Protesters called for calm but vowed to keep pushing for change in Ferguson a day after two police officers were shot in the Missouri city where racial tensions have flared.

Michael Brown shooting: 2 officials shot during protest over resignation of police chief at Ferguson

A 32-year-old officer from nearby Webster Groves was shot in the face and a 41-year-old officer from St. Louis County at Ferguson was shot in the shoulder

Michael Brown shooting: Ferguson police chief resigns after scathing federal report

The police chief in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson resigned Wednesday in the wake of a scathing US Justice Department report prompted by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer.