With Susan Rice out of contention for Secretary of State, jockeying is already underway among potential candidates, for John Kerry's Massachusetts Senate seat.

To win control of the House of Representatives, Democrats would need to win 17 more seats; the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says it's got its eyes on 48 that currently belong to Republicans.

Witnesses, students and parents told frightening stories Friday about a school shooting that police say left six adults and 20 children dead.

Dakota Meyer, one of America's most-recent Medal of Honor recipients, was the victim in an altercation that left him with minor injuries.

John McAfee, now in Miami, says he faked a heart attack to avoid extradition to Belize on murder charges

As shoppers return to Clackamas Town Center the shooter's aunt offers insight into his background

(CNN) -- A suspected terrorist is held down by his CIA captives at a black site, one of the secret overseas prisons run by the CIA. Cloth covers his entire face as a bucket of water is poured over it.

(CNN) -- Intended or not, the central image on the Facebook page of Jacob "Jake" Roberts, the Oregon shopping mall gunman, is haunting.

(CNN) -- Cindy Ann Yuille was a hospice nurse and everybody's friend. Steve M. Forsyth, a father of two, loved to coach youth sports teams and had an entrepreneurial spirit.

(CNN) -- Florida A&M University, under fire in the hazing death of a drum major and over its finances, was put on probation for one year by an accrediting agency, officials said Tuesday.