Public viewings of Joe Paterno were scheduled to start Tuesday afternoon as fans and students continued to come to grips with the legendary Penn State football coach's demise and conflicted legacy.
Authorities blocked U.S. Sen. Rand Paul at Nashville International Airport on Monday after the Kentucky Republican refused a pat-down at a security checkpoint, his spokeswoman said.
A Secret Service agent who secretly was watching presidential assailant John Hinckley Jr. in a Williamsburg, Virginia bookstore said he got "goose bumps" when he realized Hinckley briefly had looked at a shelf of history books that included some dealing with presidential assassination.
She lived off food stamps and drove a Cadillac. But was President Ronald Reagan's "Welfare Queen" real? And why is she still shaping presidential politics?
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett ordered state flags to fly at half staff beginning Monday in honor of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who died Sunday.
To her, he was "Geno," the handsome fighter pilot for the historic "Red Tails." He nicknamed her "Mike" for her tomboy looks and aviator dress. Together, they were Tuskegee's "first couple" -- a love story that soared beyond racism and war.
President Barack Obama will lay out a "blueprint for an economy that's built to last" in Tuesday's State of the Union address -- the third of his presidency.
After a spirited week of campaigning and debating in South Carolina, all eyes are now on Florida as the GOP presidential candidates prepare for the January 31 primary in the pivotal state.
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords announced she will resign from Congress this week -- but not before finishing her "Congress On Your Corner" event that was interrupted by the shooting rampage that left six people dead and Giffords with a gunshot wound to her head.
Four convicted murderers who were released from prison earlier this month after receiving pardons are among those who could have their fate determined in a Mississippi court Monday.