Ferguson Unrest

About 200 people attended a vigil in St. Louis on Thursday near where a black teenager was killed by police a day earlier, sparking angry clashes between residents and officers amid rumors the victim was only 13 years old, a city alderman said.

Following a week of racially charged protests in Baltimore, US President Barack Obama on Monday said that the residual effects of racism have built up over time and created inequality.

Police fired smoke bombs and pepper pellets at protesters who defied a citywide curfew that went into effect late Tuesday across Baltimore, the latest US city roiled by unrest stoked by anger over police treatment of blacks.

The New York Times on Monday won three prestigious Pulitzer Prizes and a St Louis newspaper took the breaking news photography award for its coverage of the racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.

Demonstrations broke out in New York City after a grand jury, on Wednesday, declined to charge a white police officer in the choking death of a black man, days after a similar decision sparked unrest in US cities.

US President Barack Obama will seek to release funds aimed at equipping more police officers with body cameras following the racially charged fatal shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, the White House said on Monday.

The mayor of the US suburb at the center of a deadly police shooting that sparked repeated nights of racially charged unrest pledged Sunday to rebuild the riot-hit town.

Police and protesters were absent as a Thanksgiving Day calm descended on downtown Ferguson on Thursday, allowing residents to clean up after unrest that battered the St Louis suburb, even if was not clear how long the peace would last.

The streets of Ferguson, Missouri, were mostly quiet on Wednesday after two nights of racially charged unrest following a U.S. grand jury decision to clear a white policeman over the killing of an unarmed black teenager.

Russia pointed on Wednesday to rioting in Ferguson and protests across the United States as evidence that its detractors in Washington were hypocrites and in no position to lecture Moscow on human rights.

Some 2,000 National Guard troops helped ward off a second night of rampant arson and looting in suburban St Louis after a grand jury declined to indict a white policeman in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, and sympathy protests spread to several US cities.

Two FBI agents were shot and wounded at a house in north St Louis County early today, though the incident was "not directly related" to racially charged unrest in and around nearby Ferguson, an agency spokeswoman said.

Russia said on Tuesday that the racial unrest in the US town of Ferguson highlighted "massive" domestic problems in America that stemmed from Washington's failure to respect human rights.

Some 61 people were arrested during a night of unrest in the St. Louis suburbs following a grand jury's decision not to charge a white police officer for the fatal August shooting of an unarmed black teen, the St. Louis County Police Department said on Tuesday.

The Federal Aviation Administration is restricting the path of some flights into Lambert-St. Louis International Airport amid the unrest in Ferguson following a grand jury's decision not to indict the white police officer who fatally shot a black 18-year-old.

About 200 people attended a vigil in St. Louis on Thursday near where a black teenager was killed by police a day earlier, sparking angry clashes between residents and officers amid rumors the victim was only 13 years old, a city alderman said.

Following a week of racially charged protests in Baltimore, US President Barack Obama on Monday said that the residual effects of racism have built up over time and created inequality.

Police fired smoke bombs and pepper pellets at protesters who defied a citywide curfew that went into effect late Tuesday across Baltimore, the latest US city roiled by unrest stoked by anger over police treatment of blacks.

The New York Times on Monday won three prestigious Pulitzer Prizes and a St Louis newspaper took the breaking news photography award for its coverage of the racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.

Demonstrations broke out in New York City after a grand jury, on Wednesday, declined to charge a white police officer in the choking death of a black man, days after a similar decision sparked unrest in US cities.

US President Barack Obama will seek to release funds aimed at equipping more police officers with body cameras following the racially charged fatal shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson, the White House said on Monday.

The mayor of the US suburb at the center of a deadly police shooting that sparked repeated nights of racially charged unrest pledged Sunday to rebuild the riot-hit town.

Police and protesters were absent as a Thanksgiving Day calm descended on downtown Ferguson on Thursday, allowing residents to clean up after unrest that battered the St Louis suburb, even if was not clear how long the peace would last.

The streets of Ferguson, Missouri, were mostly quiet on Wednesday after two nights of racially charged unrest following a U.S. grand jury decision to clear a white policeman over the killing of an unarmed black teenager.

Russia pointed on Wednesday to rioting in Ferguson and protests across the United States as evidence that its detractors in Washington were hypocrites and in no position to lecture Moscow on human rights.

Some 2,000 National Guard troops helped ward off a second night of rampant arson and looting in suburban St Louis after a grand jury declined to indict a white policeman in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, and sympathy protests spread to several US cities.

Two FBI agents were shot and wounded at a house in north St Louis County early today, though the incident was "not directly related" to racially charged unrest in and around nearby Ferguson, an agency spokeswoman said.

Russia said on Tuesday that the racial unrest in the US town of Ferguson highlighted "massive" domestic problems in America that stemmed from Washington's failure to respect human rights.

Some 61 people were arrested during a night of unrest in the St. Louis suburbs following a grand jury's decision not to charge a white police officer for the fatal August shooting of an unarmed black teen, the St. Louis County Police Department said on Tuesday.

The Federal Aviation Administration is restricting the path of some flights into Lambert-St. Louis International Airport amid the unrest in Ferguson following a grand jury's decision not to indict the white police officer who fatally shot a black 18-year-old.