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After the Supreme Court ruled the Affordable Care Act was constitutional, the president gave his response. In his speech, he called the landmark decision "a victory for people all over this country."

Fire consumed a high-rise apartment tower in west London overnight. The London Fire Brigade says there have been a number of fatalities.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators take to the streets of Los Angeles to protest legislation that would crack down on illegal immigration. The measure has already passed the House of Representatives. The Senate begins debate this week.

Megha Majumdar's new novel is set during the aftermath of a terror attack in India, and examines the intersecting lives of three people affected by the events and the government's response.

When Andrei Kaplan returns to Moscow to care for his grandmother, he hopes to write an article based on her Soviet-era stories. But things don't go according to plan in this new novel by Keith Gessen.

After a relative lull in campaigning, the Republican presidential candidates are back at it Tuesday in Pennsylvania, Delaware, North Carolina and Texas. And a Washington Post-ABC News poll shows President Obama leading prospective GOP nominee Mitt Romney — especially on likability.

American journalist Roxana Saberi was released Monday from an Iranian prison, where she had been held since January. Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, where Saberi grew up, says the Iranian government has rectified a "terrible miscarriage of justice," and officials said she is now free to leave the country.

The birth of Rice-A-Roni began with a friendship between a Canadian immigrant and a survivor of the Armenian genocide. Soon after, an Italian family made "the San Francisco treat" into a popular side dish.

After the U.S. Supreme Court ordered California to reduce its dangerously overcrowded prisons, the state is shifting responsibility of nonviolent criminals to local officials. Of all the prisoners and parolees leaving the state's system, the bulk are headed to Los Angeles County, which already has a strained criminal justice system.

New York Yankees star third baseman Alex Rodriguez says one of his goals this season is to win back the trust of baseball fans. In his first news conference since admitting he used performance-enhancing substances, A-Rod says he's hoping fans see his actions as a youthful mistake. ESPN's Bob Holtzman talks with Ari Shapiro about whether A-Rod can start over.