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The U.S. has new laws that could make it easier to prosecute war crimes in other countries — something spurred by the war in Ukraine.

A lobbying battle is being waged over a rule requiring financial advisers to act in their clients' best interest in retirement planning. It pits financial firms against consumer and retiree groups.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo promised to hold the Long Island Power Authority accountable for its performance after Superstorm Sandy. He appointed a special commission to look at how the utility performed. The commission had a meeting Tuesday night on Long Island, where thousands lost power, in some cases for weeks.

The National Transportation Safety Board opened a three-day investigative hearing Wednesday on the January midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which killed 67 people.

One year on from failed presidential power grab, South Korea celebrates its resilient democracy, and tries to heal deep political divisions.

Nestle, the world' largest food company, has hired an organization that specializes in accountability to investigate and document child labor on the cocoa farms that supply its chocolate in Côte d'Ivoire.

Rolling Stone magazine published a harrowing account of a campus rape that's shaken the university. "Nothing like it should ever happen again," UVA President Teresa Sullivan said on Tuesday.

All eight people responsible for the attack are now accounted for, the state-run Xinhua news agency says, citing a police report.

You could end up with a lot less savings at 65 than you ever anticipated because of fees charged by the financial institutions managing your retirement accounts. Robert Hiltonsmith, who researches retirement security, says those fees were disclosed to 401(k) plan participants until only recently.

The U.N. official in charge of coordinating the removal of Syria's chemical stockpile said they found discrepancies in the country's accounting of its arsenal.