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LONDON – Britain’s government on Wednesday disclosed a once-secret description of “cruel, inhuman and degrading” U.S. treatment of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, losing a long court battle to keep the material classified. Judges rejected the government’s claim that revealing the information would damage U.S.-British intelligence cooperation. The information disclosed …

NEW YORK – A massive new federal study documents an unprecedented and dramatic decrease in incidents of serious child abuse in the U.S., especially sexual abuse. Experts hailed the findings as proof that crackdowns and public awareness campaigns had made headway. An estimated 553,000 children suffered physical, sexual or emotional …

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida Highway Patrol was flooded with e-mails criticizing their handling of the investigation of the crash involving golfer Tiger Woods that led to him admitting to extramarital affairs. A review by the Orlando Sentinel found that the highway patrol and its umbrella agency, the Florida Department …