More than a thousand fans of the world's favorite wizard gathered at Naperville's AMC Showplace Theatre for the midnight premiere of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1.

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, 1.6 million travelers are expected to fly. How will passengers deal with new airport security measures critics say invade personal privacy?

In a bit of news from the Apple rumormongering department, an analyst with Gleacher & Company is throwing his hat in the ring with a prediction that Apple's iPad 2—a completely unofficial name that's been making the news circuit the last week or so—is ...

Note that this study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.

Eva Longoria filed for divorce from Tony Parker on Wednesday, and on Thursday, Parker said it's a "difficult time for me and Eva.

Twenty-seven miners remain trapped underground after an explosion rocked a coal mine in New Zealand's South Island. Mine officials and rescue experts have no idea when they will be able to send rescue teams into the New Zealand coal mine where 29 men ...

Terrelle Pryor threw two picks against Iowa, but came through for Ohio State when it mattered most. AP Terrelle Pryor has had his ups and downs during his three years as Ohio State's quarterback.

Federal prosecutors in New York are in the advanced stages of an extensive insider-trading investigation that could lead to criminal charges against Wall Street traders and executives, federal law enforcement ...

CHICAGO -- Mikel Leshoure isn't a baseball fan, but he may save his jersey from Saturday's game with the Wrigley Field grass stains on it.

(CNN) -- Preliminary autopsy results indicate that a missing woman, her son and friend were stabbed to death and dismembered last week, the Knox County, Ohio, Coroner's Office said Saturday.

LISBON (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union promised on Saturday to use their considerable economic weight to try to secure a successful conclusion to the Doha round of global trade negotiations in 2011.

By AP A jury on Saturday acquitted the former Yankee catcher Jim Leyritz of DUI manslaughter after days of testimony that centered on whether Leyritz ran a red light moments before a 2007 crash that killed a mother of two.

Afghan security forces will begin taking control of their troubled homeland from January but that won't speed up the withdrawal of Australian troops.

In front of roughly 200 supporters gathered at a cold, windy Northerly Island, former US Sen. Carol Moseley Braun formally announced her candidacy for Chicago mayor Saturday.

By AP MOAB, Utah (AP) - Officers swarmed a rugged canyon west of Moab on Saturday searching for a man who shot and critically wounded a park ranger.

After months of waiting for Lindsay Lohan to emerge from jail and rehabilitation centers, director Matthew Wilder has finally axed Lindsay Lohan from his planned Linda Lovelace biopic, "Inferno.

FRIDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- People who develop gastroenteritis from E. coli-contaminated drinking water are at increased risk for high blood pressure, kidney problems and heart disease later in life, say Canadian researchers.