Ian Blair, head of the Metropolitan Police, resigned Thursday under pressure from London Mayor Boris Johnson, Blair said. Blair's announcement came a day after Johnson assumed the chairmanship of the Metropolitan Police Authority, The Telegraph reported.

Scotland Yard's commissioner is warning London police they could be in for criticism for the 2005 death of an innocent man shot by terrorist-hunting officers.

By Mike Salinero, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Jun. 13--TAMPA -- State ethics commissioners have cleared Hillsborough County Commissioner Brian Blair of charges he used his position to interfere in regulatory action by the county's Environmental Protection Commission.

By Janet Street-Porter EDITOR-AT-LARGE Why is it that those in power somehow seem to wriggle out of disastrous situations blame-free, without even an apology? 'It's a sad, sad situation, and it's getting more absurd ...

By JILL LAWLESS LONDON - A jury on Thursday found London's police force guilty of violating health and safety laws in an operation that led to the shooting death of a Brazilian man mistaken for a suicide bomber.