Two New York City fried chicken restaurants in predominantly black neighbourhoods are under fire for putting President Barack Obama’s name on their signs.

The New York Post apologised today for a cartoon said by some to compare President Barack Obama to a violent chimpanzee gunned down by police.

Officers acted “within guidelines” when they killed an unarmed mentally ill teenager in a hail of 20 bullets, the New York police chief said today.

A teenager carrying a hairbrush was shot and killed by police officers who thought he was charging at them with a gun, US police said today.