Tag: Missouri
U.S. state of Missouri executes disabled Johnson, snubs Pope Francis
Johnson, 61, was found guilty by a jury of murdering three convenience-store employees in 1994.
Nigerian man bags 27 years imprisonment
Olayinka Ilumsa Sunmola, of Lagos, who defrauded hundreds of lonely U.S. women online was sentenced, Thursday, to 27 years in…
State of emergency declared in Ferguson
The governor of the US state of Missouri declared a state of emergency Monday and activated the National Guard ahead…
Police officer shot in Ferguson
A police officer was shot in the arm late Saturday in Ferguson, Missouri, where the fatal shooting of an unarmed…
Two shot and wounded, 31 arrested in Ferguson
Two people were shot and wounded and 31 arrested Monday in the latest night of unrest in the Missouri town…
Missouri governor deploys National Guard to Ferguson
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon on Monday ordered National Guard troops to help police restore order in Ferguson, the town shaken…
Police hurl tear gas at US protesters in Ferguson
Riot police late Sunday hurled tear gas and marched on rioters in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson, wracked by…
One shot, 7 arrested as violence flares in US
One person was shot and seven people were arrested as police battled to impose a curfew in the riot-hit US…
Protests, looting in US city after police shoot unarmed teen
Protesters clashed with police and looted stores in the Midwestern US suburb of St. Louis, a day after an officer…