Fourth person dies following Amtrak train derailment in Missouri
A fourth person has died after an Amtrak train carrying about 275 passengers and a dozen crew hit a dump truck at a railroad crossing...
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Severe floods hit Missouri as U.S. storms sweep north
By Kevin Murphy and Mary Wisniewski Floods in Missouri forced hundreds of residents out of their homes on Tuesday after four days of storms sent...
New rally planned for Ferguson after man shot in night of violence (Update 6)
By Carey Gillam A new round of rallies was planned in and around Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday, hours after a man was critically wounded in...
Eight dead in door-to-door Missouri shooting spree
By Carey Gillam A man armed with a handgun went on a house-to-house shooting spree in a rural Missouri town, killing seven relatives and neighbors...
Protests flare after Missouri police killing of armed black man
Protests flared into early Thursday in the St. Louis suburb where a white policeman fatally shot a black man who brandished a gun at a...
Tense scenes in Missouri after police shoot another black teen
By Eric M. Johnson An 18-year-old black man was shot and killed by police late on Tuesday at a gas station in a St. Louis...
Police officer shot in troubled U.S. city of Ferguson
A police officer from the strife-hit Missouri city of Ferguson was shot on Saturday night and authorities are still searching for the shooter, law enforcement...
Calm largely holds in Missouri after grand jury opens shooting investigation
By Scott Malone and Carey Gillam Small crowds staged largely peaceful protests late on Wednesday over the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a...
Police come under “heavy gunfire” in racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri
Police came under “heavy gunfire” and 31 people were arrested, authorities said on Tuesday, in racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri sparked by the fatal shooting...
U.S. police fire tear gas at protesters in violence-hit Missouri town
By Ellen Wulfhorst and Scott Malone Police fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters in Ferguson, Missouri on Monday, after days of unrest sparked...
