News Corp has been notified it will not face charges in the US in relation to phone hacking and payments to public officials by US authorities 
 
 Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation will not face any charges in the US in relation to phone hacking and payments to public officials by News of the World journalists in the UK, the company said. Gerson Zweifach, general counsel for both News Corp and 21st Century Fox, Murdoch’s film and TV business, said: “We are grateful that this matter has been concluded and acknowledge the fairness and professionalism of the Department of Justice throughout this investigation.” 
 
 It is understood there has been no background settlement with the Department of Justice in order to avoid a full-blown investigation, contrary to speculation in New York over a year ago that the company was looking at a possible payment of over $850m. Image copyright Reuters Image caption Rupert Murdoch told British MPs he had been 'humbled' by the scandal 
 
 On Monday, a statement from the department of justice said it was ending its "investigation into News Corp regarding possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act concerning bribes allegedly paid for news leads". If additional information or evidence should be made available in the future, the Department reserves the right to reopen the inquiry.” 
 
 The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the US regulator, declined to comment. However, legal experts said it was possible that US authorities could investigate News Corp over News of the World journalists’ alleged payments to police and other officials as this would breach the strict FCPA rules design to stamp out bad behaviour by US companies abroad. I will be calling the attorney general to request that meeting.” 
 
 Murdoch closed the News of the World in 2011 after it was revealed that reporters from the paper had hacked into the voicemails of Milly Dowler, a missing schoolgirl who had been murdered. Rupert Murdoch controls both News Corp and its sister company Twenty-First Century Fox, which split into separate businesses in 2013.
– In the UK, the inquiry centered on News Corp's phone hacking has resulted in prosecutions—but in the US, it looks like Rupert Murdoch's company is off the hook. The US has announced that it won't prosecute News Corp, the BBC reports. Federal investigators had eyed News Corp "regarding possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act concerning bribes allegedly paid for news leads," but that investigation is over, barring the emergence of new information, the US says. News Corp's general counsel applauded the "fairness and professionalism of the Justice department" in the matter. But a lawyer for 9/11 victims' relatives, who believe they may have been hacking victims, raised concerns, saying that DOJ had promised to meet with his clients before releasing "any statement," the Guardian reports.