Two young men were found dead inside torched cars. Three others died of apparent suicides. Another collapsed on a bus, his death ruled an overdose. Six deaths, all involving men with connections to protests in Ferguson, Missouri, drew attention on ...

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New St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell is wasting no time implementing changes in how the county approaches crime. But so far he’s not ready to address his biggest issue: whether to reopen the investigation of the fatal police shooting ...

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New St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell is wasting no time implementing changes in how the county approaches crime. But so far he’s not ready to address his biggest issue: whether to reopen the investigation of the fatal police shooting ...

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St. Louis County’s new prosecuting attorney is shaking up his staff just two days into the new job, his spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday, and a veteran assistant prosecutor who presented evidence to the grand jury after the fatal police shooting of ...

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St. Louis County’s new prosecuting attorney is shaking up his staff just two days into the new job, his spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday, and a veteran assistant prosecutor who presented evidence to the grand jury after the fatal police shooting of ...

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A Ferguson protester has said she believes her son was killed in retaliation for her activism, even as police investigate the man’s death as a suicide. Relatives found 24-year-old Danye Jones hanging by a bed sheet from a tree behind ...

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A Ferguson protester has said she believes her son was killed in retaliation for her activism, even as police investigate the man’s death as a suicide. Relatives found 24-year-old Danye Jones hanging by a bed sheet from a tree behind ...

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“I think the hardest part will be changing the culture,” Wesley Bell said. “But there are a lot of good people in that office, and I think they’ll be up for it.”

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Four years after the deadly police shooting that triggered racial unrest in Ferguson and helped give rise to the Black Lives Matter movement, an African American city councilman scored an election upset and ousted the white prosecutor criticized over his ...

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Four years after the deadly police shooting that triggered racial unrest in Ferguson and helped give rise to the Black Lives Matter movement, an African American city councilman scored an election upset and ousted the white prosecutor criticized over his handling of the case.

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There is an open question — and possibly conflicting statutes — as to whether Ferguson Mayor James Knowles III can be recalled for his leadership of the city. There may also be a question of how many signatures are actually needed for the recall. The problem here is that the state law may conflict with the local law.

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