Bill de Blasio risked the ire of New Yorkers by leaving for G20 in a tense time at home

US police had used data provided via Chicago-based vendor to track protesters

An angry and defiant Patterson Hood believes sleeping giant has been awoken in US

Authorities say black man who was shot dead had been holding a gun

Widespread protests continue over fatal shootings of two black men by police officers

Killings caught on video in Minnesota and Louisiana spark claims of police brutality

Combined security company will be world’s largest by revenue

Beyonce appears to address rumours of trouble in her marriage with rapper Jay Z

Galwegians get shock defeat over Garryowen; Old Belvedere in 26-15 win over Lansdowne

Division 1A round-up: Wins for Galwegians, Old Belvedere and Young Munster

Beyoncé stealing the Super Bowl; Kendrick Lamar bossing the Grammys; D’Angelo’s complex Messiah – pop is having a political resurgence, and there’s more to come

Jury declines to indict Timothy Loehmann over fatal shooting of boy (12) in Cleveland

A US school-based police officer was fired this week for violently arresting a female student

Tuesday night the first night since Friday to end without arrests, says police spokesman

Editor says charges of trespassing and interfering with police officer are ‘outrageous’

Right-wing militia members arrive at protest dressed in military fatigues

Tyrone Harris in critical condition after being shot by police in gunfire exchange

Tyrone Harris charged with assault on officers on Michael Brown shooting anniversary

Two injured, one critcal, as shots fired at event marking anniversary teenager’s death

Brown’s death gave life to movement under ‘Black Lives Matter’ banner

America Letter: Washington museum will tackle sensitive issues of the past and present

Judge orders police to release video shot from inside patrol cars of 2013 shooting

Unarmed man (43) died after Staten Island encounter in which police used chokehold

Officer Michael Brelo found not guilty of killing black man and woman in 2012

Baltimore riots

Democrat says US must face ‘hard truths about race’ as city remains under curfew

Freddie Gray (25) died while in police custody in the US city after suffering a spinal injury

Freddie Gray died a week after detention on April 12th for allegedly carrying knife

Family of South Carolina victim suggest charges only brought because of video evidence

Twenty year-old Jeffrey Williams admits to firing shots that wounded policemen

Issues & Questions: Are racial tensions on the rise again in the US?

Two officers released from hospital after being shot in face and shoulder at protest

US justice department found widespread racial bias in city’s police department

Emails depict Barack Obama as a chimpanzee and mock African-American speech

US Justice Department says discrimination partly due to racial stereotypes of city officials

Pedestrians looked on in horror as five officers grappled with victim before shooting

US law enforcer says police must resist ‘lazy shortcuts of cynicism’ towards racial bias

Waterford Crystal quarter-final: Clare withstand late Tipp recovery

Fall in number of arrests and summonses in New York may be sign of anger after killings

Mayor Bill de Blasio appeals for reconciliation in eulogy for second of two police officers murdered last month