Benjamin Ashford|Dame Maggie Smith, 'Downton Abbey' star and Professor McGonagall in 'Harry Potter,' dies at 89

Paula Abdul and Nigel Lythgoe have settled their lawsuit a year after the allegations sent shockwave

NEW YORK — Alessandro Dal Bon, a 15-year-old Manhattan high school student, is a newly minted organi

Gulf Spill Is the Largest of Its Kind, Scientists Say (New York Times) The BP spill is by far the wo

This story is part of the series Finding Middle Ground: Conversations Across America. It was also re

Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — The last

The wind that blows through Bokoshe, Okla. is an ominous one. A small, low-income town near the Arka

Follow live updates and election results here. DETROIT – Michigan voters have adopted an amendment

One of the more innovative and effective efforts to convey climate information to the American publi

Georgia police officers took action to detain a suspect wanted for crimes in another state. On Nov.

More Americans are falling victim to text-messaging scams, and losing thousands of dollars in the pr

The thick smoke and haze that turned the New York City skyline orange in early June and brought some

Behati Prinsloo is making sure she doesn't miss a moment of motherhood. The supermodel shared the fi

Taylor Swift’s upcoming concerts in Austria were the target of an alleged terror plot.Authorities in

Chase Sui Wonders might just be on her way to becoming the Queen of Staten Island.  After playing a

U.S. service member Abdiel Gonzalez said an employee at a Shane Co. store in Roseville, California,

Jewelry chain apologizes for not accepting U.S. service member's Puerto Rico driver's license as valid U.S. ID