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Man beaten and held in closet by East Cleveland police gets $22 million

(Reuters) – A jury awarded $22 million to an Ohio man who sued the city of East Cleveland and police officers after he was beaten while handcuffed and placed in a storage closet for four days, a lawyer said on Wednesday. [restrict] Arnold Black, a 48-year-old black man from Maple Heights, Ohio, sued East Cleveland […]

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Chinese President stresses ‘friendly’ ties to N. Korea envoy

Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of “friendly relations” to a visiting North Korean official Wednesday, after the envoy reportedly told Chinese officials Pyongyang would continue its internationally condemned nuclear programme. Xi told top North Korean party official Ri Su-Yong in Beijing that “China places great value on the friendly cooperative relationship” with its […]

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