Assata Shakur, Black Liberation Army member convicted of killing a state trooper, dies at 78

Black liberation activist and American fugitive Assata Shakur, who escaped to Cuba more than 45 years ago after she was convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper, died in Havana, the government announced Friday. She was 78. Shakur, who changed her name from Joanne Chesimard, died Thursday from health ailments and advanced age, according to a short statement r