Sarah Aarthun

As the announcement was made Friday that embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had stepped down, worldwide reaction widely praising the move poured in from democratic governments and Islamist regimes alike.

Michelle Obama faces a similar task as Ann Romney of presenting her husband as a father and family man -- above his public persona in the political spotlight.

The redshirt freshman quarterback who led the University of Notre Dame to an undefeated regular season in 2012 has been suspended for “poor academic judgment.”

A school district is investigating a resource officer at Spring Valley High School in Columbia after video shows him violently removing a student from her desk.

Two Marksville, Louisiana, marshals were indicted on murder charges Thursday in the death of a 6-year-old who was shot in his father’s car after a police chase.

Hezbollah TV reported that Samir Kuntar, a Lebanese militant who served 30 years in an Israeli prison for murder, has been killed in Syria.

Parents of teenagers, Michelle Obama feels you.

Five law enforcement officers were shot and one of them died after a barricaded suspect opened fire at an apartment complex in a Denver suburb, the Douglas County Sheriff said Sunday.

A college country night at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California, turned deadly late Wednesday when a gunman forced his way in and opened fire on the young people gathered inside. At least 12 people were killed. Here’s what we know.

When a gunman opened fire on revelers enjoying a night out in Dayton, Ohio, early Sunday, he killed 9 people in less than a minute. It was the second mass shooting in the US in less than 24 hours. Here’s what we know.