Police in the US town of Ferguson say two people have been shot during a demonstration marking a year since the death of teenager Michael Brown.

A 20-year-old man charged with shooting two police officers watching over a protest outside the Ferguson Police Department has told investigators he was not targeting the officers, officials said.

The 20-year-old man charged over the shooting of two US police officers had been at the protest earlier that night.

The hunt for suspects in the shooting of two police officers at a protest rally in Ferguson, Missouri, is continuing as community leaders appeal for reconciliation and justice in a town struggling against a legacy of racial tension.

Police, political leaders and civil rights activists have sought to tamp down tensions after two police officers were shot in front of the police department during a protest in Ferguson, which has become a symbol of tensions between police and African Americans.

Two police officers shot amid protests in Ferguson — the Missouri city that has become a symbol of tensions between police and black Americans — have been released from hospital.

Two police officers have been shot outside the Ferguson Police Department, according to reports.

Sweeping patterns of racial bias have been discovered within the police department in Ferguson, Missouri, a US justice department investigation has found.

US president Barack Obama is due to discuss the situation in Ferguson, Missouri, with his cabinet, civil rights leaders, law enforcement officials and others.

An unlikely link between the museums of South Kensington and the protests in the US city of Ferguson has been revealed.

The white police officer who killed Michael Brown has resigned from the Ferguson Police Department, nearly four months after the fatal confrontation with the black 18-year-old that led to protests across the US.

A 20-year-old man whose dead body was found inside a car in Ferguson after riots erupted had been intentionally set on fire.

Police have said two FBI agents have been shot in Ferguson, where there has been a

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Thousands of people rallied in cities across the US including Los Angeles and New York to passionately but peacefully protest over a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer who killed a black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri.

Angry crowds poured into the streets of Ferguson within minutes of news that a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer over the death of an unarmed black 18-year-old.

Police cars have been vandalised and several gunshots have been heard on the streets of Ferguson after the announcement that a white police officer will not be indicted over the shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old.

The town of Ferguson, Missouri, is braced for a result in the case of Michael Brown.

Missouri’s governor has declared a state of emergency and mobilised the National Guard as a grand jury is poised to decide whether a white police officer will be charged over the fatal shooting

Hundreds of people have lined up in sweltering heat to say goodbye to the 18-year-old US man shot dead by a police officer in an incident that sparked almost two weeks of street protests.

The US National Guard has begun withdrawing from Ferguson, where there has been unrest since a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed black 18-year-old nearly two weeks ago.

Missouri governor Jay Nixon has ordered the US state’s National Guard to begin withdrawing from Ferguson, where nightly scenes of unrest have erupted since a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed black 18-year-old.

US Attorney General Eric Holder sought to reassure the people of Ferguson about the inquiry into the shooting death of a black 18-year-old by a white police officer.

Residents of Ferguson were urged to stay home after dark, after days of clashes with police following the shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old.

The militarisation of policing must stop in wake of Ferguson shooting, writes Joseph D. McNamara

The Governor of Missouri ordered the National Guard to a suburb of St Louis today, hours after police used tear gas to clear protesters off the streets following a week of demonstrations against the fatal police shooting of a black teenager.

America’s attorney general has ordered a new post-mortem examination on a black teenager whose shooting by a white police officer sparked protests in Missouri.

Police arrested seven protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, early yesterday as they imposed a curfew aimed at quelling days of violence that erupted after an unarmed black teenager was shot dead by a white police officer

The continuing violence in Ferguson, Missouri, is another sad reminder of how very deep-rooted race issues remain in one of the most integrated societies in the world.