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The BLM grifters' new twist: Paying off their critics

Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation's latest financial disclosure shows it ended the last tax year with a $9 million deficit.

St. Louis mayor quits Twitter over Elon Musk's Ferguson tweet

St. Louis mayor Tishaura O. Jones announced she has quit Twitter over a now-deleted tweet by Elon Musk referencing the 2014 Ferguson protests.

Musk has a good laugh as he discovers stash of 'Stay Woke' shirts at Twitter HQ

Elon Musk is literally cleaning out the closets of old Twitter, laughing after finding a stack of unused "Stay Woke" T-shirts.

Rep. Cori Bush takes heat after claiming she was shot at during Ferguson protests

Rep. Cori Bush shared the account Monday while commenting on the ongoing trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two people and injured a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

County to pay $280K to journalists tear-gassed in Ferguson

The Al Jazeera America journalists were preparing for a live broadcast when the St. Charles County SWAT team officers fired tear gas toward them.

Michael Brown's father, Ferguson activists demand $20M from BLM

The father of Michael Brown and other activists from Ferguson, Missouri, are demanding financial support from Black Lives Matter after the organization revealed it raised over $90 million last year....

Air Force Academy head calls all cadets to attention after racist act

The superintendent of the Air Force Academy called all cadets to attention on Thursday to address a racist message left on a dormitory message board — and even encouraged them...

The startling reality facing America in wake of Virginia white power rally

President Trump should have left well enough alone. His Monday denunciation of costumed sheet-wearers and Nazi wannabes could have cleared the way for Americans of all stripes to focus their...

Ferguson police chief's one regret in Michael Brown case

Three years after Michael Brown was fatally shot by police in Ferguson, Missouri, the town's former top cop wants to get a few things off his chest. In his book,...

Former NYPD head blames 'fake news' Ferguson for cop's death

Former NYPD Commissioner Howard Safir blamed Michael Brown's death-by-cop in Ferguson, Mo., in 2014 — and the subsequent "fake news" over it — for the slaying of NYPD Officer Miosotis...

'Shots Fired' star on filming during Ferguson: 'We were in tears'

Tough female detectives are familiar on TV these days — but few have the cutting edge of Ashe Akino on Fox’s new limited series “Shots Fired.” When we first meet...

Shots fired at Ferguson protest after new video sparks outrage

Civil unrest has hit Ferguson, Missouri, once again after a new documentary raised more questions on the Michael Brown shooting. The film,“Stranger Fruit,” which premiered at South by Southwest, reveals CCTV footage...

The 'Ferguson effect' hits home and other notable comments

From the right: Ferguson’s ‘Ferguson Effect’ How is the “Ferguson effect” — the idea that, amid constant protests and anti-cop sentiment, police have taken a lighter touch resulting in an...

Ferguson activist found shot dead in burning car

Missouri detectives have not determined a motive or identified any witnesses in an investigation into the death of a man who led protests in the city of Ferguson following the...

Missouri wants to make it really hard to view police camera footage

Missouri lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday to restrict the public's access to police camera footage, nearly two years after the slaying of a black teen in a St. Louis...

You want to fix Ferguson? Start with facing the facts!

The fatal encounter between Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson and Michael Brown one year ago might be inseparable from the issue of racial bias and law enforcement — but...

March, moment of silence mark Brown anniversary in Ferguson

FERGUSON, Mo. — One year after the shooting that cast greater scrutiny on how police interact with black communities, the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, will be...

Family still mourning Brown one year after death, father says

FERGUSON, Mo. — On the eve of the anniversary of Michael Brown being shot and killed during a confrontation with a police officer, Brown's father said Saturday that the family...

Techies believe billionaire's Twitter rant was a board ploy

Twitter’s board was too weak to oust CEO Dick Costolo — so it recruited a shareholder to do its dirty work, according to one theory reverberating around Silicon Valley on...

Billionaire blasts Twitter hours before shareholder meeting

Not only is Twitter “too hard to use,” the microblogging site is also “scary” and “lonely.” That’s the tough verdict from Chris Sacca, a 40-year-old California billionaire who has long...