Fear as typhoon bears down on Philippines
Thousands of people in the Philippines sought shelter inmakeshift evacuation centresas monster Typhoon Hagupit bore down on the disaster-weary nation.
06 December 2014
White policeman kills unarmed black man in Arizona
A white police officer shot dead a black man in Arizona when he mistook some pills for a gun amid protests in New York triggered by a string of similar incidents.
Police arrest 15 in more Ferguson protestsPolice in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson arrested 15 people after fresh protests over a grand jury decision not to indict a white policeman for shooting dead black teenager.
Thousands without power on Thanksgiving after US stormA winter storm that wreaked travel chaos across the US northeast wound down, but hundreds of thousands of people were left without power on the Thanksgiving holiday.
28 November 2014
Celebrities call for 'Black Friday' boycottUS celebrities called for a boycott to take place- to protest a grand jury's decision not to prosecute a police officer who fatally shot a black teen.