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With the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, the U.S. will be the last of the “coalition of the willing” of 2003.

A veteran political consultant among dozens arrested in a huge corruption sweep was found dead in his apartment.

Agents kept track of Daniel Patrick Boyd as he stockpiled weapons and trained accomplices, then moved in when their activities intensified, according to the indictment.

The case of a young detainee captured in Afghanistan has turned into a showdown between the courts and the executive branch over power to release prisoners.

Taxing health care may be the surest way to slow its growth, but members of Congress are not eager to do so.

The chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir tendered his resignation Tuesday after he was accused of being involved in a 2006 sex scandal, his adviser said.

The Bloomberg administration is saving money on shelters by buying families tickets to a place where they have relatives.

Charles E. F. Millard, head of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, is under investigation for inappropriate contacts with Wall Street firms seeking to obtain lucrative contracts.

Psychologists and Wikipedia users are at loggerheads over whether images used for Hermann Rorschach’s inkblot test should be available online.

After a plunge lasting three years, houses have become cheap enough to lure buyers, stirring hope that the housing market has finally hit the bottom.

Stories of abuse, relayed by relatives and on Web sites, in Iran’s post-election crackdown have provoked outrage, including among prominent conservatives.

Consumers were told not to use body-building products that are sold as supplements but may contain steroids.

A committee approved legislation closely resembling President Obama’s proposal for executive pay limits.

A luxury crop destined for foreigners has turned into a contentious, and sometimes violent, political issue.

The agency for the first time classified silver dental fillings containing mercury fillings as a “moderate risk,” medical device.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez froze diplomatic ties with neighboring Colombia, citing verbal "aggressions" from that country, he said in a televised speech Tuesday.

Secaucus, New Jersey, Mayor Dennis Elwell, one of 44 people arrested last week in a widespread federal investigation of public corruption, resigned Tuesday, according to his attorney.

The U.S. military wants to establish regional teams of military personnel to assist civilian authorities in the event of a significant outbreak of the H1N1 virus this fall, according to Defense Department officials.

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday that he has been the victim of racial profiling in the past, but that he believes Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. could have been more patient with the police officer who arrested him. Speaking to CNN's Larry King, Powell also faulted the Cambridge Police Department for escalating the situation.

Authorities are searching for an eighth alleged member of a North Carolina group that they say plotted "violent jihad" overseas, a prosecutor's office said. A woman whose husband and two sons are charged said the allegations have not been substantiated. "We are decent people who care about other human beings," said a statement from Sabrina Boyd.