Police commissioner : Turning backs on mayor inappropriate
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and MIKE BALSAMO New York City’s police commissioner says it was “very inappropriate” for officers to turn their backs on the mayor in a sign of disrespect…
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Cuba signals that extradition of US fugitives off the table
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Cuba’s point person on U.S. relations says anything is up for discussion as the two countries move to re-establish diplomatic ties, from anti-drug cooperation…
Battered NY mayor calls for temporary protest halt
By JONATHAN LEMIRE As the New York Police Department mourns two of its own, Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded for a pause in protests and rancor amid a widening rift…
NY police union leader well known for his bite
By COLLEEN LONG Patrick Lynch was hollering. Standing outside a Brooklyn hospital after the bodies of two slain police officers were taken away, the head of the nation’s largest police…
Spain: Princess Cristina to be tried for fraud
By ALAN CLENDENNING A Spanish judge on Monday ordered the king’s sister, Princess Cristina, to be tried along with her husband on tax fraud charges — making her the first…
Ex-officer not charged in fatal Milwaukee shooting
By TODD RICHMOND A white Milwaukee police officer who was fired after he fatally shot a mentally ill black man in April won’t face criminal charges, the county’s top prosecutor…
Ariz. sheriff aims to halt Obama immigration order
By PETE YOST A gadfly attorney and an Arizona county sheriff want to halt President Barack Obama’s immigration order in the first courtroom battle over an initiative designed to spare…
Cops’ killer angry at chokehold death
By COLLEEN LONG and JENNIFER PELTZ A gunman who announced online that he was planning to shoot two “pigs” in retaliation for the police chokehold death of Eric Garner ambushed…