French court rejects bid to reopen probe into black man's death in custody

The Court of Cassation's decision came nearly a decade after the death of 24-year-old Adama Traore following his arrest in the Paris suburb of Beaumont-sur-Oise, a case that fuelled accusations of police brutality and racism. Traore's family was contesting a 2024 appeal court ruling confirming a prior decision to drop the case, after an investigation led to no charges against the military policemen -- or gendarmes -- involved. Three gendarmes pursued the young man on July 19, 2016, when temperatures reached nearly 37C...