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British police arrest man on suspicion of crossbow murders of 3 women near London

Jul. 12, 2024 07:48 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — British police said Friday that they have arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of killing two sisters and their mother in a crossbow attack. In a statement Friday, Hertfordshire Police said that they arrested the suspect on Thursday evening. He remains in a serious...

Man suspected of killing the family of BBC radio commentator has been found, British police say

Jul. 10, 2024 22:15 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — British police said they found Wednesday the man suspected of killing three women, the wife and daughters of a well-known BBC radio commentator, near London in a brutal crossbow attack. In a statement, Hertfordshire Police said 26-year-old Kyle Clifford was found in...

Media upheaval: CNN cutting about 100 jobs, and CBS News president announces resignation

Jul. 10, 2024 16:02 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News President Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews said Wednesday she's resigning after less than a year in her role, and CNN announced that it was eliminating approximately 100 jobs in continued signs of upheaval for the media business. Ciprian-Matthews will continue to...

British police say they have found the suspect in the killing of the wife and 2 daughters of BBC's radio commentator

Jul. 10, 2024 13:37 PM EDT
LONDON (AP) — British police say they have found the suspect in the killing of the wife and 2 daughters of BBC's radio commentator.

Music Review: 'Louis in London,' a 1968 live album, captures a joyful, late-career Louis Armstrong

Jul. 10, 2024 12:16 PM EDT

At the end of his career, every note from Louis Armstrong still exuded the joy of being alive. That’s true of a live album out Friday titled “Louis in London,” heralded in promotional material as his “last great performance.” The 13-track set captures Armstrong and a strong...

UK's Sunak and Starmer struggle to be heard as a noisy protest mars their final election debate

Jun. 26, 2024 18:08 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer struggled to get their messages across in the first half of their fiery final televised debate of the U.K. election campaign on Wednesday as protesters drowned out their answers. The two...

Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, criticized for saying West provoked Putin to invade Ukraine

Jun. 22, 2024 08:35 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Reform U.K party, is facing wide-ranging criticism across the political spectrum over his claim that the West provoked Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine, including of being an appeaser. In a BBC television...

Greece denies new report of brutality to migrants, including claim dozens were left to die at sea

Jun. 17, 2024 12:35 PM EDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece on Monday denied a new report that accused its coast guard of brutally preventing migrants from reaching Greek shores, which also alleged that the practice had resulted in dozens of deaths. A BBC report said it had been ascertained that 43 migrants...

British TV host Dr. Michael Mosley reached millions by being his own guinea pig

Jun. 10, 2024 17:18 PM EDT

RHODES, Greece (AP) — Dr. Michael Mosley was his own guinea pig. In the name of science, the British television host put his body to the test by ingesting tape worms, injecting snake venom and letting leeches suck his blood. What didn't kill him made him more...

Body of missing British TV presenter Michael Mosley found on Greek island

Jun. 09, 2024 12:51 PM EDT

ATHENS (AP) — The body of missing British TV presenter and author Dr. Michael Mosley was found on a Greek island Sunday morning after a days-long search, his family said. Mosley, who went missing on the island of Symi on Wednesday afternoon, was spotted among rocks on a rugged...