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The bill automatically pardons men convicted under Scotland's longtime ban on same-sex relations, which wasn't repealed until 1980. Lawmakers vowed to send a "message that these laws were unjust."

Two out of three women in Papua New Guinea are abused by intimate partners, according to aid groups and the World Health Organization. Volunteers called "human rights defenders" have helped hundreds.

Beyond shining a spotlight on issues related to the well-being of children, it's unclear what the first lady's initiative will involve.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said the conflict between Trump's foreign-policy decisions and his business ventures "epitomizes why the founders put that emoluments clause into the Constitution."

The Hawaii senator is the chamber's only immigrant. The Democrat, who asks every nominee whether they've ever been accused of sexual misconduct, has a passion belied by her cool affect.

Kimberly Dean and Ron Palmer kept in touch after dating. They married and divorced other people. About 20 years ago, they said if they were both single when they turned 50, they would marry.

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.

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.

Long a Southern staple, Duke's Mayo is racking up converts among professional chefs across the U.S. But few know the surprising backstory of Eugenia Duke, the woman behind the century-old brand.

The Mesa Police Department is investigating footage from May 23 that shows officers hitting a black man in the face as he stood against a wall.