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Military brass at Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday announced tightened security procedures and the availability of a range of mental health services in the wake of the November 5 shooting spree that killed 13 people on the post.

President Obama welcomed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Washington with the ultimate invite -- an invitation to Obama's first state dinner.

A federal lawsuit was filed Tuesday against Atlanta police over a September raid at a gay club, on behalf of 19 patrons who say they were forcibly searched and detained.

President Obama said he will announce his plans for Afghanistan after Thanksgiving. But the Pentagon says it's already planning to send 34,000 more U.S. troops there.

A Kentucky census worker who was found dead in September committed suicide and staged the scene to look like a homicide, authorities said Tuesday.

The fallout from Adam Lambert's risqué American Music Awards performance keeps coming with "Good Morning America" canceling the singer's live performance scheduled for Wednesday morning.

The Twitter phenomenon, in which anybody can tell his or her followers anything -- in 140 characters or less -- now has a payoff that can go beyond the thrill of self-publishing.

In an unprecedented gesture, Tyler Perry has pledged $1 million to the country's oldest and largest civil rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

The United States won't join its NATO allies in formally banning landmines, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday. The decision surprised human rights groups.

Federal regulators announced Tuesday the recall of 110,000 Toyota pickup trucks in 20 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

Abe Pollin, the longtime owner of the Washington Wizards professional basketball franchise, has died, the Wizards said Tuesday. He was 85.

A man who claims to be the "Godfather of Spam" has been sentenced to 51 months in prison by a federal judge in Detroit for his lead role in an e-mail stock scam scheme, according to court documents.

An "excessively loud" triceratops and a little girl's chemical-laced purse were among the items listed in the U.S. Public Interest Research Group's 2009 list of dangerous toys released Tuesday.

A 13-year-old who witnessed another teen being set on fire last month apologized Tuesday, saying he is praying for the boy's recovery and he is sorry for what happened.

Hours before the pageantry of a White House state dinner, President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed to tackle economic and security issues.

New HIV infections have been reduced by 17 percent over the past eight years, a U.N. report said Tuesday.

A car crash victim misdiagnosed as being in a vegetative state for 23 years actually was conscious the whole time but unable to respond.

Search teams pulled 24 more bodies out of graves in the Philippines today, bringing the death toll to 46 in a massacre linked to local elections, state-run media reported.

Jon and Kate Gosselin closed out their "Plus Eight" series Monday night with more of a whimper than a bang and plenty of whining, bitterness and blame.

A former royal aide convicted of murdering her boyfriend has failed to return to prison on schedule, British police said Tuesday.

In the battle for Congress, 41 is the crucial number. That's the number of seats the Republicans need to win back from the Democrats in next year's midterm elections to take control of the House of Representatives.

President Obama will welcome Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for an official state visit Tuesday.

Goldman Sachs, the most profitable firm on Wall Street, announced last week that it will set aside $500 million for "10,000 Small Businesses," a charity co-sponsored by famed investor Warren Buffett and devoted to helping small American businesses survive the economic crisis.

Two people were executed Tuesday in China for their part in a tainted milk scandal that killed at least six babies and sickened about 300,000 others, state-run media reported.

Black Friday shopping is expected to pick up more than 16 percent this year, according to a survey released Tuesday.

Authorities have begun questioning witnesses to a confrontation that led to a BART police officer shoving an unruly man into a window, a top official said Monday.

Gunmen kidnapped and killed at least 21 people in the Philippines today in what a presidential adviser called the most "gruesome massacre of civilians" in recent history.

A dispute over abortion between the only remaining Kennedy in Congress and his Roman Catholic bishop has highlighted the political volatility of the issue.