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Italy's highest court is expected to rule Tuesday on whether the captain of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship will remain under house arrest.

A man accused of killing 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage in Norway last summer was sane at the time of the alleged crimes, two court-appointed psychiatric experts said in a report released Tuesday.

Kenneth Lieberthal: Whether the U.S. and China can cooperate or continue to distrust one another's intentions has huge global consequence.

It's not the way most Americans spent Easter weekend, but then again, most Americans aren't Mitt Romney. And that's the potential problem that will be leveraged against him in the battle for the White House.

Tim Stanley says Mitt Romney may be exactly the kind of candidate the Republicans need in 2012

The European Court of Human Rights ruled against five terror suspects Tuesday saying that they can be extradited to America despite their claims that they will be poorly treated.

Syrian security forces have summarily executed at least 101 people, including civilians, since late 2011 in attacks on cities and towns, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Monday.

A deadline for Syrian troops to withdraw from cities came and went today, but opponents say the regime's onslaught rages on.

North Korea said the assembly of the satellite and rocket it plans to launch within the next week should be completed Tuesday, setting the stage for a move that has been widely criticized by other nations.

A suicide bombing outside a district administrator's office in western Afghanistan killed 14 people, including three police officers, and wounded 13 others, a police official said.

Three public school employees in Maryland hold the third winning ticket from the recent Mega Millions lottery, a lottery official says. They will remain anonymous.

Jury selection was scheduled to continue Tuesday in the murder trial involving family members of actress and singer Jennifer Hudson, a day after 14 prospective jurors were chosen.

Another government official was placed on administrative leave Monday in the continuing fallout over wasteful spending involving a 2010 Las Vegas conference for government workers, the General Services Administration announced.

An Indiana man allegedly blackmailed teenaged boys into being his camera "slaves" by threatening to post their videos on gay porn websites, a criminal complaint said.

The holder of one of three winning tickets in a record $656 million Mega Millions drawing has come forward to claim a share, Maryland Lottery officials said Monday.

The Obamas hop into the annual White House Easter egg roll.

The University of Pittsburgh heightened security Monday while school and federal officials continued to investigate bomb threats made against the campus.

Facebook's purchase on Monday of the photo-sharing app Instagram had the Internet asking one question:

A newly released video clip showing government workers mocking a clean energy campaign pushed by President Barack Obama, apparently on company time, is the latest glimpse of the General Services Administration's wasteful spending at a 2010 Las Vegas convention.

Clearly John McCain's decision to make Sarah Palin a "game-changing" vice presidential pick backfired. What can Mitt Romney and others learn from the episode?