President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives resigned Tuesday after members of the nation's police force revolted against his government.

Two boys killed with their father in an apparent murder-suicide suffered hatchet wounds before a fire in their Washington state home, police say.

Students at Miramonte Elementary School will return to class later this week to a new staff because administrators do not want any more "surprises" at the Los Angeles school that is at the center of two child abuse cases.

A three-judge pannel with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to rule Tuesday on whether California's same-sex marriage ban violates the Constitution.

An attorney for a convicted murderer pardoned by Mississippi's outgoing governor says his client will not attend a hearing on the constitutionality of his and 200 other pardons.

LZ Granderson encourages anybody against the "strip club" bill to walk into a manufacturing plant and ask workers how they feel about their tax dollars being spent on strippers -- by welfare recipients no less.

A court in Norway concluded that the man charged with killing 77 people last year can be kept in custody until his trial.

Moments after the energetic Madonna entertained fans during the halftime show at Sunday's Super Bowl, millions of television viewers got an emotional jolt back into reality. Amid the close-up shots of factory workers and Midwest families, were there political undertones in Chrysler's Super Bowl ad?