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St. Petersburg police officers will no longer respond to non-violent 911 calls, such as quality-of-life complaints or mental health concerns, amid nationwide calls for budget cuts and policing changes, the agency announced.The Florida city’s police department will instead send employees from its newly created Community Assistance Liaison division, which officials described as “a social service…

Investigators announced Thursday that the Southern California man found dead hanging from a tree last month took his own life.Robert Fuller, 24, was found June 10 in a park near City Hall in Palmdale, a suburb north of Los Angeles. Officials initially deemed his death a suicide, raising skepticism and outrage from community activists and Fuller's family,…

The mayor of South Korean capital Seoul went missing Thursday, prompting a large police search around the city’s Sungbuk neighborhood where his cellphone signal was last detected. The daughter of Mayor Park Won-soon said her father had left a concerning “will-like” voice message four to five hours before his disappearance. It remains unclear what the…

Officers' bodycam footage was released Wednesday from the fatal shooting of a San Francisco man who police in Vallejo, California, say was partially kneeling when he was killed last month. But the videos do not show the moments leading up to the shooting.The footage was made public after the family of Sean Monterrosa, 22, was…

This combination of photos provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office shows (from left) Derek Chauvin,J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. Lane's attorney on Wednesday filed a motion to dismiss charges against him. AP hide caption toggle caption AP This combination of photos provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office shows (from left)…