News in brief

By The Associated Press

New York prison where man

died after being

beaten will get new leader

MARCY, N.Y. | A New York prison where an man was beaten by correctional officers and then died will get a new superintendent, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday after visiting the facility.

Body camera video had been released days earlier showing officers punching Robert Brooks while he was handcuffed on a medical examination table at Marcy Correctional Facility on Dec. 9. He was pronounced dead the following morning.

The governor has already moved to terminate 13 officers and a nurse implicated in the attack on the incarcerated man. State Attorney General Letitia James is investigating the officers’ use of force.

The FBI and U.S. Department of Justice are also reviewing the death but declined to comment further, the FBI said in a statement.

South Korean court issues warrants for impeached President Yoon

SEOUL, South Korea | South Korean anti-corruption agency said Tuesday that a court has issued warrants to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and search his office.

The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials said in a statement that the Seoul Western District Court issued warrants to detain Yoon over his stunning yet short-lived martial law decree earlier this month and to search the presidential office in central Seoul.

The agency said it is investigating whether his declaration of martial law amounted to rebellion.

Yoon’s powers have been suspended since the opposition-controlled National Assembly voted to impeach him on Dec. 14. The Constitutional Court is to determine whether to dismiss Yoon as president or reinstate him.

But he has since ignored repeated requests by investigative authorities to appear for questioning and allow them to search his office.

—From AP reports