Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department Thursday ordered diplomats and overseas employees furloughed by the ongoing partial government shutdown to return to work by Jan. 22.

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Stocks were sent soaring briefly Thursday after a report the United States may ease tariffs during trade negotiations with China.

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A judge found three Chicago police officers not guilty on charges that they covered up for officer Jason Van Dyke after he shot and killed a 17-year-old.

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- At least two people were rescued after an avalanche buried skiers at a resort in New Mexico on Thursday morning.

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Less than three months after securing his fifth term in office, Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., announced his resignation from Congress on Thursday.

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Stress among more than three-quarters of the nation's doctors is causing burnout, leading experts to declare a publich health crisis, according to a new study.

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The House voted to disapprove of a plan to ease sanctions against companies with ties to a Russian oligarch who is an ally to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- South Korean survivors of a bloody crackdown on the southern island of Jeju in 1948 have been found not guilty more than 70 years after imprisonment.

Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A southwestern province in Argentina has been hit by what appears to be a Hantavirus epidemic that's killed ten people and sickened more than two dozen.

EL PASO, Texas, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Federal inspectors said the practice of separating migrant children from their families started earlier and involved thousands more kids than previously known.