Ronald Reagan

A storm that caused flooding, road closures and several late-minute changes to the itinerary failed to dampen the mood when Queen Elizabeth II visited California in 1983.

John Hinckley Jr. has been freed from court oversight. The development Wednesday ended decades of supervision by legal and mental health professionals after Hinckley shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981. U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman had announced Hinckley’s pending released earlier this month, saying that he had shown no signs of active mental illness since the...

Former White House national security adviser Robert C. McFarlane, a top aide to President Ronald Reagan who pleaded guilty to charges for his role in an illegal arms-for-hostages deal known as the Iran-Contra affair, has died. He was 84. McFarlane, who lived in Washington, died Thursday from complications of a previous lung condition at a hospital in Michigan, where he...

George and Charlotte Shultz, known as American political royalty in San Francisco, amassed a small fortune’s worth of jewelry, including rare Tiffany pieces and designs that feature precious stones in red, white and blue.