First lady Michelle Obama sits down to eat with students during a visit to New Hampshire Elementary School in Silver Spring, MD

U.S. investigators are looking into whether embattled New Jersey Governor Chris Christie misused about $2 million in Superstorm Sandy relief funds for an ad campaign that put him in the spotlight in an election year, officials said on Monday.

A retired police officer allegedly shot two people, one fatally, during a cell phone dispute inside a Florida movie theater Monday, authorities said.

A New York woman was sentenced on Monday under the state's "Granny Law" to one year in jail for punching an elderly Wal-Mart greeter in the face after a Christmas Eve shopping spree.