Karen Handel’s resignation Tuesday came after a dispute over whether the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation should give funding to Planned Parenthood.

A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that a voter-approved ban on gay marriage in California violated the Constitution, all but ensuring the case will proceed to the United States Supreme Court.

Experts say Mitt Romney appears to have benefited from an investment technique that has long frustrated Congress.

Welcome to Dickens World, a peculiar theme park based on the author’s works.

Before the Senate Budget Committee, the Federal Reserve chairman continued to defend against criticism of efforts to simultaneously control inflation and unemployment.

The Obama administration has faced resistance over a new rule that requires insurance plans at some religious institutions to cover birth control.

A high-ranking official resigned Tuesday from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity after a dispute over whether the group should give funding to Planned Parenthood, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

The State Department is preparing to greatly reduce the enormous diplomatic presence it had planned for Iraq, a sharp sign of declining American influence in the country.

Throngs of New York Giants fans lined barricades in Manhattan on Tuesday for the parade honoring the team’s Super Bowl win.

Feb. 7 is the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth. Here are teaching ideas, and resources that range from 19th-century Times articles to 21st-century multimedia.

Every four years, the Navy requires its pilots to renew their skills in escaping from downed aircraft or surviving an ejection and parachute descent in an immersion course that is simultaneously appreciated and loathed.

Gen. James N. Mattis, the head of the military’s Central Command, will discuss the airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and wrecked relations.

Greek workers walked off the job on Tuesday to protest a new barrage of austerity measures being demanded by the country’s foreign creditors.

Toyota raised its annual profit forecast Tuesday despite a 13.5 percent decline in the quarter ended in December that followed production cutbacks in the aftermath of Japan’s tsunami.

A rising sense of panic has emerged among the middle class, which is bearing the economic burden as the West ratchets up pressure on the Iranian regime.

Fans of disposable income had much to cheer about on Monday night, as Jay-Z ran through his capitalist-themed catalog at the highest-profile hip-hop show ever at Carnegie Hall.

President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives resigned on Tuesday amid rising protests in the capital over his recent arrest of a criminal court judge.

The fanfare over Tuesday’s parade for the New York Giants has touched off anger and unease among some returned Iraq veterans, who are eagerly awaiting their own recognition.

A planned memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower, with Frank Gehry as the architect, has raised hackles within the Eisenhower family.

The city of Homs was reported to be under renewed heavy bombardment on Tuesday, a day after the United States closed its embassy in Syria amid escalating mayhem.