Aug 14 Watch After night barrage of gas and grenades, images of Ferguson confrontations resonate around U.S. By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Aug 14 How Twitter is getting it right in Ferguson By Colleen Shalby, Hari Sreenivasan When Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery and Huffington Post reporter Ryan Reilly were unjustly arrested Wednesday in Ferguson, Missouri -- an incident that even President Barack Obama commented on during a press conference Thursday -- the news broke first on… Continue reading
Aug 14 Ferguson events draw Obama into national conversation on race By Julie Pace, Associated Press The president decided to speak on the issues in Ferguson after receiving a late-night briefing Wednesday from Attorney General Eric Holder on the violence that had escalated while Obama mingled with former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary… Continue reading
Aug 14 Governor announces Missouri Highway Patrol to provide security in Ferguson By News Desk and Associated Press Gov. Jay Nixon was scheduled to speak to press and community members at 4 p.m. Continue reading
Aug 14 Ferguson police chief, Sen. McCaskill speak at news conference By News Desk Ferguson, Missouri police chief Thomas Jackson spoke to the press Thursday, calling the situation in the St. Louis suburb a "powder keg," but said that law enforcement was aiming to "facilitate" the protests. Continue reading