— -- Each day when the nightly violence in Ferguson, Missouri, subsides, Erma Dupree and other volunteers descend on the tense town's streets to sweep up the broken glass, shell casings and ...

Missouri governor outlines Ferguson preparations November 11, 2014 by JIM SALTER, Associated Press | Updated November 11, 2014 at 6:20 p.m.

FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - Police in Ferguson, Missouri, fired several rounds of tear gas to disperse protesters late on Wednesday, on the fourth night of demonstrations over the fatal shooting last ...

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FERGUSON, Missouri - Missouri Governor Jay Nixon ordered the National Guard on Monday to help restore peace to the St Louis suburb of Ferguson, hours after police fired tear gas to disperse people ...

Police are in military-grade riot gear. Journalists are being arrested. Peaceful protesters have faced tear gas and rubber bullets. Since 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — When cotton balls were found scattered outside the black culture center at the University of Missouri's flagship campus in 2010 in a clear reference to slavery, two white ...

Delrish Moss said he hopes to diversify the police department. — -- Veteran Miami police officer Delrish Moss was sworn in today as the first black police chief of Ferguson, Missouri, telling ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) on Thursday declared a state of emergency and activated the state’s National Guard in anticipation of protests across the state — and in ...