Mexican farmer immolates self during protest
By MANUEL DE LA CRUZ TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (AP) — A young farmer in southern Mexico has set himself on fire outside the Chiapas state legislature building to demand the…
Protests and demonstrations
Protesters of chokehold death rally around nation
By The Associated Press Demonstrators around the country staged die-ins, blocked roadways and marched into stores to protest a New York grand jury’s decision to not indict a white police…
Police cases converge to stir national debate
By TOM HAYS and COLLEEN LONG From the White House to the streets of some of America’s biggest cities, the New York chokehold case converged with the Ferguson shooting and…
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…
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…
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…