Missouri authorities are drawing up contingency plans and seeking intelligence from U.S. police departments on out-of-state agitators, fearing that fresh riots could erupt if a grand jury does not indict a white officer for killing a black teen.
A police officer was shot on Saturday in the area around the strife-hit U.S. city of Ferguson, Missouri, but his injuries were not life-threatening, the Missouri Department of Public Safety said.
Missouri's governor ordered National Guard troops to withdraw from the riot-weary town of Ferguson on Thursday as tensions eased after nearly two weeks of racially charged protests over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teenager.
Lake Forest, Illinois-based pharmaceutical firm Hospira Inc claimed in a statement that the company will not be able to guarantee that a US prison will not be able to obtain its drugs to be used for capital punishment despite the fact that it is objecting to its use, a report by The Associated Press said.
