Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Sears Holdings said Thursday that ESL Investments, the hedge fund owned by its chairman and largest investor, won the company's bankruptcy auction.

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) -- The government shutdown is stalling plans to block fraudulent imports of organic produce into the United States.

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.