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A rape conviction at the center of a memoir by award-winning author Alice Sebold has been overturned because of what authorities determined were serious flaws with the 1982 prosecution and concerns the wrong man had been sent to jail.

SHIJIAZHUANG (Xinhua) — A newly developed driverless metro train has passed further testing with a higher level of automation, faster speeds and lower energy consumption, its developer said.

Facebook has deleted a post by President Donald Trump for violating its policy against spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.

BANGKOK — Southeast Asian leaders on Sunday pressed their call for self-restraint in the disputed South China Sea and renewed their alarm over the...

NEW YORK (AP) — Move over, Rocky, there’s a new stairway to climb.

NEW DELHI — Nearly 600 people died in Indian police custody from 2009-2015, many after being tortured, a human rights group said Monday, urging India to implement a string of often-ignored regulations and prosecute officers involved in the mistreatment of prisoners.

KAWASAKI — The Kawasaki city assembly on Thursday passed an ordinance bill imposing criminal penalties for hate speech, a first for Japan.

TAIPEI (Kyodo) — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar will soon visit Taiwan and meet with President Tsai Ing-wen, the self-ruled island's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, in a move provoking China and likely to intensify strains between the world's two major powers.

NEW YORK (DPA) — The United Nations said Wednesday that a staggering 1 billion people worldwide still practice open defecation, calling for an end to the practice, which has an estimated annual cost of 260 billion dollars due to illness, death and loss of productivity.

PARIS — Fueled by a lattice of centuries-old timbers, the fire moved hungrily across Notre Dame's rooftop toward the cathedral's iconic spire. It belched...