Protesters in police shooting injure officers, shut highway
By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Authorities used tear gas to disperse protesters in an overnight demonstration that left about a dozen officers injured in North Carolina’s largest city and shut down…
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Backlash grows over North Carolina LGBT discrimination law
By EMERY P. DALESIO An economic backlash broadened Tuesday against a North Carolina law that critics say discriminates against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people with PayPal announcing it has…
Report released after SC white deputy shoots black homeowner
By BRUCE SMITH As a South Carolina sheriff’s deputy responded to a report of a home invasion, he shouted commands at a black homeowner holding a gun before firing at…
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…
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,…