The annual Junior Livestock Show is a chance for young people involved in 4H and FFA programs to show off their skills in front of friends, family and professionals in the world of animal husbandry.

Proudly declaring the killing of Osama bin Laden “a good day for America,” President Barack Obama said Monday the world was a safer place without the world’s most hunted terrorist.

View excerpts from President Barack Obama’s statement Sunday night announcing the killing of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, as transcribed by the White House.

Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that murdered thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Barack Obama said Sunday.

Dozens of tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system wiped out entire towns across a wide swath of the South, killing at least 194 people, and officials said Thursday they expect the death toll to rise. The south is experiencing one of the deadliest outbreaks in nearly 40 years.

A tornado rips through Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Wednesday, bringing the death toll from severe weather to more than 200 in four states.

A year ago on April 20, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 workers and setting off a massive gusher of oil into the Gulf of Mexico that caused untold environmental harm and economic hardship for the people who call the Gulf Coast their home.

One of the driest spells in Texas history has left most of the state in extreme drought, and wildfires in various parts of the state have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land in the past week.

Rescue crews continue to dig toward trapped miner, Larry Marek, at the Lucky Friday Mine in Mullan, Idaho. Marek was trapped more than a mile underground after the roof of a tunnel where the Idaho miner was extracting silver-bearing ore collapsed.

The 2011 Pulitzer Prizes for photography were announced Monday, April 18, 2011. Los Angeles Times photographer Barbara Davidson wins the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography and Washington Post photographers Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn and Ricky Carioti, win the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.

Weekend storms ripped through North Carolina, killing at least 45 and leaving more than 130 serious injuries, 65 homes destroyed and another 600 significantly damaged by Sunday evening.

Toya Chiba, a reporter with the Iwate Tokai newspaper, is swept by a surging tsunami at the port city of Kamaishi, northeastern Japan, as the region was struck by a massive earthquake that spawned the tsunami.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011, will mark the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. More than 600,000 soldiers and sailors died during the conflict. View a gallery of historical photos made available by the Library of Congress.

Singer Elton John rocked the sold-out Spokane Arena Friday, April 8, 2011

Several hundred people participate in the NAACP’s “Demand Justice and Promote Peace March” on Sunday, April 3, 2011.

Post-tsunami Japan turns to the enormous task of putting towns like this back together.

Wild turkeys moved into the pine trees behind Nils and Mary Rosdahl’s house about 10 years ago. They liked the location so much that 80 to 100 now congregate on the couple’s property.

The people of Japan are not the only ones suffering because of the disaster. Many pets have been separated from their families and forced to fend for themselves. The lucky ones are in shelters.

Three days after a massive earthquake and the ensuing tsunami hit Japan’s east coast, the sufferers are faced with the challenge of survival.

The 33 Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade turned downtown Spokane, Wash., green for the day.