Assata Shakur, a political activist known as Joanne Chesimard, convicted of killing a NJ state trooper in 1977, died in Cuba ...

Assata Shakur, who made national headlines in the 1970s when she was convicted of killing a state trooper on the New Jersey Turnpike, died in Cuba.

The controversial Black liberation activist formerly known as Joanne Deborah Chesimard fled to Cuba after escaping a New ...

The death of fugitive Joanne Chesimard, also known as Assata Shakur, is stirring renewed focus on one of New Jersey’s darkest ...

The Chicago Teachers Union is drawing fire on Monday for a social media post that praised a polarizing Black activist who died last week.

The fugitive freedom fighter allied with a government known for imprisoning dissidents, curtailing civil liberties, and ...

Assata Shakur, a former Black Liberation Army member and Black Panther, passed away at the age of 78 years on Thursday, 25 ...

Ciattarelli says his top three priorities as governor will be to improve affordability, end state sanctuary policies and stop ...

Assata Shakur died in Cuba nearly 50 years after she escaped from a U.S. prison where she was serving a life sentence for the ...