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London mayor seeks answers over Taser use on rapper's father

London's mayor has called for an urgent investigation after rapper Wretch 32 released a video of his father being tasered in his home by a British police officer. The 36-second clip posted late Tuesda...

Jun 10, 2020

Sweden halts probe into 1986 murder of PM Olof Palme

STOCKHOLM - Sweden on Wednesday dropped its investigation into the unsolved murder of former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, who was shot dead 34 years ago in downtown Stockholm, saying that decisi...

Jun 10, 2020

'Cops,' on air for 33 seasons, dropped by Paramount Network

LOS ANGELES - After 33 seasons on the air, "Cops" has been dropped by the Paramount Network as protests against police proliferate around the world. "Cops is not on the Paramount Network and we don't ...

Jun 10, 2020

US consumer prices fall 0.1% in May, third straight drop

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices dropped in May for the third straight month as the coronavirus pandemic pushed the American economy into a recession. The Labor Department said Wednesday that its con...

Jun 10, 2020

Virus pummels global economy, jobs - even without 2nd wave

PARIS - The virus crisis has triggered the worst global recession in nearly a century -- and the pain is not over yet even if there is no second wave of infections, an international economic report wa...

Jun 10, 2020

Sen. Graham defeats 3 GOP challengers in quest for 4th term

COLUMBIA, S.C. - In the next step of a race already on pace to become the most expensive in South Carolina history, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has defeated three little-known GOP challengers, the last m...

Jun 10, 2020

New York moves swiftly toward eliminating police secrecy law

ALBANY, N.Y. - New York lawmakers striving for a new era of police accountability are poised to repeal a state law that has long kept police officers' disciplinary records secret, one of several steps...

Jun 09, 2020

IBM quits facial recognition, joins call for police reforms

IBM is getting out of the facial recognition business, saying it's concerned about how the technology can be used for mass surveillance and racial profiling. Ongoing protests responding to the death o...

Jun 09, 2020

Trump pushes conspiracy theory about Buffalo protester

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday advanced an unfounded conspiracy theory about a 75-year-old protester in Buffalo, New York, who was pushed down by police officers, tweeting without evid...

Jun 09, 2020

Vienna Philharmonic purrs back to life after pandemic pause

The Vienna Philharmonic returned home, and its famous strings purred for the first time since March 10. Its 2,854-seat Musikverein, considered by many the world's most beautiful concert hall, was fill...

Jun 09, 2020