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A medical emergency Tuesday diverted the cruise ship retracing the path of the ill-fated Titanic 100 years after its sinking.

The Government Services Administration has suspended an employee award program cited by congressional investigators for exceeding spending limits, the acting head of the agency said Tuesday.

The wife of a controversial Chinese leader and a family aide have been arrested in connection with the death of a British businessman, Chinese state television announced Tuesday.

A former private school teacher and camp counselor facing child pornography charges was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list Tuesday.

It was unclear Tuesday when a decision will be made on whether criminal charges will be filed against the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin to death.

Marsha Johnson says it's time to return to the traditional concept of fairness and require the wealthiest to pay higher rates

Jake England told investigators he shot three of the five victims, while Alvin Watts told police he shot the other two, according to the incident report provided by police.

The Miss Universe organization announced Tuesday it is ending its ban on transgender contestants after coming under scrutiny recently when a Canadian competitor was told she would be disqualified because she was born male.

Foreign policy analysts explain why Americans should care about what happens in Syria beyond the human suffering in the conflict.

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.

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.