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Report: Mayor misused security detail for family, campaign

By KAREN MATTHEWSOctober 7, 2021 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio misused city resources by taking his police security detail with him on trips around the U.S. during his ill-fated presidential run, at a cost of around $320,000, and by letting his adult son use the detail as a free taxi service, investigators concluded in a report released Thursday.

Writers from 4 continents up for International Booker Prize

March 30, 2021 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Chinese writer Can Xue and Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o, both long-favored contenders for the Nobel Prize for literature, are among nominees for the International Booker Prize for fiction...

Woman arrested in San Francisco assault on Uber driver

March 12, 2021 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of pepper-spraying an Uber driver in San Francisco who was coughed at and insulted after he demanded a passenger wear a mask, police announced...

Grammy-winning producer Detail accused of sexual assault

August 6, 2020 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammy Award-winning music producer Detail faces more than a dozen felony charges including 11 counts of rape involving six women, authorities said Thursday...