Speaking at an early-morning press conference Thursday, Missouri Highway Patrol Capt. Ronald S. Johnson noted that the 11th night of protests in Ferguson were mostly peaceful as protesters gathered calmly and police did not use smoke, tear gas or pepper spray, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Johnson credited the police, community leaders, clergy and the…

While tempers continue to flare in Ferguson, Mo., after a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed African-American teen Aug. 9, there are still a number of issues that now must be considered. As several stories have emerged and Ferguson continues to split at its racial seam, state prosecutors have to decide whether to…

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is ordering the National Guard into Ferguson after a Sunday night of unrest resulting in police using tear gas to get protesters off the streets before a midnight curfew. The violence comes after news reports that a private autopsy ordered by the family of Michael Brown showed that the unarmed teenager,…

A new eyewitness to the fatal police shooting of unarmed Ferguson, Mo., teen Michael Brown has come forward, claiming that she saw Brown and the officer scuffling and witnessed the fatal shots that left the 18-year-old dead. According to Tiffany Mitchell, who spoke to Don Lemon on CNN Tonight, Brown was trying to pull away…

Because kids have nothing better to do with their time except douse themselves in flammable liquid and then light themselves on fire while a friend records it on video until the fire is put out, “the fire challenge” was born, and now a Charlotte, N.C., mother has been arrested for allegedly helping her teenage son…

President Barack Obama called the death of Michael Brown—the 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., on Saturday—”heartbreaking” and asked that the community allow for the details to “unfold.” “Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to his family and his community at this very difficult time,” a statement released…

Marlene Pinnock, the African-American grandmother whose July 1 beating by a California Highway Patrol officer went viral after video footage was loaded on the Internet, spoke for the first time since the incident, telling the Associated Press in an exclusive interview that she thought the officer was going to “kill her.” The video footage, which…

It took a jury of 12 people less than two days to find Theodore Wafer, the Detroit-area man who shot and killed unarmed 19-year-old Renisha McBride, guilty of second-degree murder, manslaughter and felony firearm in a fatal shooting, ABC News reports. The jury, consisting of seven men and five women, began deliberations on Wednesday after…

The NBA’s Greg Oden was arrested Thursday morning after a domestic dispute in which it is reported that he punched his ex-girlfriend in the face and told police, “Things got out of control and I started to go after the victim.” According to Fox 59, officers were called to a Lawrence, Ind., apartment around 3:30…

There must be a huge weave shortage in Houston, since a group of robbers have robbed another beauty-supply store, getting away with several thousand dollars’ worth of fake hair. Houston police told KHOU-TV that the robbers used their vehicle to break through a wall of the Sense Beauty Supply store in northwest Houston early Wednesday…