LONDON — The weekly tabloid newspaper at the center of the British phone hacking scandal is to be closed after a final, ad-free Sunday edition this weekend.
The abrupt announcement on Thursday from a top official at the paper’s parent company, James Murdoch, underscored the devastating effect of allegations that the paper’s journalists invaded the voicemail accounts not only of a 13-year-old murder victim but also the relatives of fallen soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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