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Amal Clooney: Prosecute Islamic State extremists for rape

Human rights lawyer and activist Amal Clooney is demanding justice for victims of an "epidemic of sexual violence" in conflicts, especially rapes and abuses by Islamic State extremists in Iraq and Syr...

Apr 23, 2019

I robot? Ian McEwan tells android tale in 'Machines Like Me'

LONDON - Ian McEwan is fascinated by artificial intelligence. His new novel, "Machines Like Me," features a lifelike android with access to all human knowledge who writes haiku poetry. In real life, t...

Apr 23, 2019

Coca-Cola surprises investors with better-than-expected 1Q

ATLANTA - The Coca-Cola Co. surprised investors with a better-than-expected first quarter but cautioned that it's still expecting slower growth for the full year. Atlanta-based Coke reported net incom...

Apr 23, 2019

Merkel: Ukraine vote gives leader Zelenskiy 'strong mandate'

BERLIN - Angela Merkel's office says the German chancellor has called Ukraine's president-elect to congratulate him, saying the vote gives him "a strong mandate." Merkel spoke Tuesday with Volodymyr Z...

Apr 23, 2019

Brothers sue Jussie Smollett's lawyers, claiming defamation

CHICAGO - Two brothers who say they helped Jussie Smollett stage a racist and homophobic attack against himself filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the "Empire" actor's attorneys, alleging that they repea...

Apr 23, 2019

Zelenskiy wins Ukraine's presidential election with 73%

KIEV, Ukraine - Full preliminary results show TV comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy won Ukraine's presidential election with 73% of the vote. The Ukrainian Central Election Commission on Tuesday published t...

Apr 23, 2019

US expands probe into air bag failures to 12.3M vehicles

DETROIT - U.S. auto safety regulators have expanded an investigation into malfunctioning air bag controls to include 12.3 million vehicles because the bags may not inflate in a crash. The problem coul...

Apr 23, 2019

Bahrain king reinstates citizenship of 551 amid mass trials

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Bahrain's king on Sunday reinstated the citizenship of 551 people convicted and stripped of their nationality amid a series of mass trials conducted as part of a yearslon...

Apr 23, 2019

US new-home sales climbed 4.5% in March

WASHINGTON - Sales of new U.S. homes increased 4.5% in March, the third straight monthly gain as the housing market appears to be cautiously recovering from a mortgage rate spike last year that caused...

Apr 23, 2019

Swole, buzzy, among new words in Merriam-Webster dictionary

BOSTON - Get swole, prepare a bug-out bag, grab a go-cup and maybe you'll have a better chance of surviving the omnicide. Translation: Hit the gym and bulk up, put a bunch of stuff essential for survi...

Apr 23, 2019