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Amid Budget Agreement, State Workers to Get Long-Overdue Backpay

As part of the new Illinois budget, some 24,000 state workers will get paid for salary increases they were supposed to get as far back as 2011.AFSCME says…

Governor Touts $53 Million Investment In Quincy Veterans' Home

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner used a trip to Quincy Tuesday afternoon to thank the Illinois General Assembly for passing a balanced budget that includes…

Municipal firefighters search for victims in the ash-covered village of San Miguel Los Lotes, in Escuintla, about 20 miles southwest of Guatemala City, on Wednesday.

Guatemala Volcano Toll Reaches 109, As Officials Point Fingers Over Evacuation

Rescue workers faced toxic gases as they tried to recover bodies. Meanwhile, opposition politicians accused government agencies of not doing enough to warn about Sunday's eruption.

The U.S. Consulate building in Guangzhou in southern China pictured Thursday. More State Department employees have been evacuated.

U.S. Evacuates Multiple Employees From Chinese Consulate Over Mysterious Illness

The State Department would not say how many employees were sent home from the consulate in Guangzhou. In May, one employee was confirmed as having symptoms similar to the mysterious attacks in Cuba.

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission's chief commissioner, Les Allamby, speaks to members of the media outside of the Supreme Court in London on Thursday. The court said it could not rule on the commissions' challenge to Northern Ireland's strict abortion laws, but that it would have declared them incompatible with human rights laws otherwise.

Court Allows Northern Ireland's Abortion Law To Stand — But Says It Violates Rights

On technical grounds, the U.K.'s Supreme Court rejected an attempt to overturn strict abortion limits in Northern Ireland. But the court also said that the law is incompatible with human rights.

Is Alice Johnson's Release A Sign Other Prisoners Will Get Out Too?

Now that President Trump has commuted the sentence of Alice Johnson, a Tennessee grandmother serving life in prison for a first-time drug conviction, other inmates are hoping for similar relief.

With Real-Life Stories, White House Ad Campaign Aims To Prevent Youth Opioid Abuse

Four new national ads will focus on warning young people about how easy it is to fall into opioid addiction.

South Koreans protest against the April 27 inter-Korean summit, when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met at the border.

Will Trump Raise North Korea's Human Rights Abuses At Summit With Kim Jong Un?

"No regime has oppressed its own citizens more totally or brutally than the cruel dictatorship of North Korea," the president said in January. Human rights experts fear the issue may be ignored now.

President Trump shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on Thursday.

Trump Says Summit With North Korea Could Be 'A Great Success'

Joined by Japan's leader, President Trump held out the possibility of normalizing relations with North Korea, ending the war between North and South and inviting Kim Jong Un to the White House.

Tibet's team met the London Turkish All-Stars at a CONIFA World Cup match this week. Final score: London Turkish All-Stars 4, Tibet 0.

Competing In The Alternate World Cup Is A Dream Come True For Tibet

The tournament in London, wrapping up on Saturday, brings together 16 teams from nations, ethnic minorities and regions not part of the World Cup's geography.

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