An 11-day prison strike at nearly all of NY's prisons ended Thursday after an agreement was reached between state officials and the workers' union.

Two years after the country’s deadliest rail disaster, many are still demanding greater safety and accountability.

Riot police fired volleys of tear gas, stun grenades and water canon at protesters hurling gasoline bombs and smashed-up paving stones in Athens during mass demonstrations Friday to mark the second anniversary of a devastating train crash that has become a symbol of institutional failure in Greece.

Air, sea and train transport was halted and mass protests were planned in Greece on Friday in anger over a perceived lack of justice two years after the country's worst-ever train crash killed 57 people.