As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted to a web of corrupt contractors, Islamist militants and local U.N. staff, according to a report.

A U.S. tour arranged by the State Department ended in a public relations fiasco when the group of Pakistani legislators refused to submit to extra airport screening.

By at least one amusing new metric, Michelangelo has been bumped from his perch atop the Italian art charts by Caravaggio, a hyperrealist whose art is instantly accessible.

Right-leaning legal scholars have bristled at a video, produced by a group that Liz Cheney runs, that questions the loyalty of lawyers who worked for terror detainees.

Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch will unveil a plan that includes borrowing billions and imposing curbs on future spending.

Principals in Harlem are using firms to help lure students with Web sites, brochures and open houses.

UConn won its 72nd consecutive game, an N.C.A.A. women’s record, and another Big East title on Tuesday.

Federal prosecutors accused Colleen R. LaRose, who called herself “JihadJane,” of linking up online with militants overseas, culminating in an alleged murder plot.

Customers who try to make purchases with their debit cards without enough money in their accounts will simply be declined.

A study of farming colonies in Canada found that giving flu vaccine to schoolchildren protected the community.

The Vatican said Tuesday that local churches had “acted swiftly and decisively” to address the growing child sex abuse scandal in Europe.

Alexander McQueen’s last creations had subtlety and beauty as well as the urgent futurism that was the essence of his spirit.

As awareness spreads that lithium is an ingredient for hybrid cars, a hunt is under way for sources of the metal.

The plan to build 1,600 new homes in Jerusalem is likely to complicate relations with the U.S. as Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. tours the region.

St. John’s buried the Huskies’ last hopes for reaching the N.C.A.A. tournament by winning the first round matchup in the Big East Tournament.

He acknowledges exercising poor judgment, recalling tickling an aide during a birthday party.

The State Police's first deputy superintendent had been serving as acting superintendent since last Tuesday, when his predecessor resigned.

Haisong Jiang, who prompted an evacuation of a terminal at Newark airport in January, pleaded guilty to defiant trespass on Tuesday.

Robert M. Gates’s visit to the village of Now Zad — and his first walk through a market during wartime in Iraq or Afghanistan — would have been unimaginable even three months ago.

A plan to reserve a third of the seats in India’s legislatures for women plunged Parliament into chaos and threatened the governing coalition.