Schools reopen in Baltimore, streets quiet after curfew
By AMANDA LEE MYERS and DAVID DISHNEAU Schools reopened across the city and tensions seemed to ease Wednesday after Baltimore made it through the first night of its curfew without…
Political and civil unrest
Latest on police-custody death: 500 Guardsmen in Baltimore
By The Associated Press A spokesman says Monday’s riot is the first time the Maryland National Guard has been called up for a civil disturbance in the state since 1968,…
Burundi Red Cross: 6 killed in anti-president protests
By ANDREW NJUGUNA,and RODNEY MUHUMUZA At least six people have been killed in clashes between police and civilians demonstrating against the Burundian president’s bid for a third term, a spokesman…
Thousands attend funeral for Freddie Gray in Baltimore
By JESSICA GRESKO and TOM FOREMAN Jr. The six Baltimore police officers suspended after a man suffered serious spinal injuries while in custody should tell the public what happened, an…
Protests in Baltimore over man’s death in police custody
By AMANDA LEE MYERS and TOM FOREMAN Jr Protesters who have been holding demonstrations almost daily this week over the death of Freddie Gray are promising their biggest march yet…
South Carolina police officer charged with murder is fired
By BRUCE SMITH and JEFFREY COLLINS A white South Carolina police officer who claimed he killed an unarmed black man in self-defense has been fired, the city’s mayor announced Wednesday,…
Bloody Sunday 50th anniversary: Thousands crowd Selma bridge
By KIM CHANDLER and PHILLIP LUCAS SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of people crowded an Alabama bridge on Sunday to commemorate a bloody confrontation 50 years ago between police and…
Another community gathering planned after fatal shooting
By TODD RICHMOND MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A community group plans to gather Sunday to discuss the fatal shooting of an unarmed, black 19-year-old by a white police…