Protests erupt as cop cleared; feds to investigate
By TOM HAYS and COLLEEN LONG A grand jury cleared a white police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man stopped for selling loose, untaxed…
Political and civil unrest
Taiwan, Hong Kong a challenge for China’s Xi
By RALPH JENNINGS and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN In this Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014 photo, police officers throw a pro-democracy protester on the main road outside government headquarters in Hong Kong as…
A glance at developments in Ferguson
President Barack Obama planned to hold meetings Monday on the Ferguson situation, and a few members of the St. Louis Rams football team showed their support for protesters who have…
Ferguson officer who shot Michael Brown resigns
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER Ferguson officials planned to address the resignation of a white police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown, a black resident of the St. Louis suburb…
VANDALISM, LOOTING AFTER VIGIL FOR MISSOURI Michael Brown
By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHR A man leaves a store on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. A few thousand people crammed a suburban St. Louis street Sunday…
Police and World Cup protesters clash in Brazil
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and BRADLEY BROOKS Demonstrators push over a police car during a protest demanding better public services and against the money spent on the World Cup soccer…
Thailand’s junta bans all anti-coup protests
By THANYARAT DOKSONE Thai soldiers form a line while guarding a bus stop area to prevent an anti-coup demonstration at Victory Monument in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, May 29, 2014. Hundreds…
Putin promises to respect Ukraine’s election
By LAURA MILLS and PETER LEONARD Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Investment Forum Friday, May 23, 2014. Putin said Friday at…