You've been waiting nine years, and it's finally almost here: The release of the eighth "Harry Potter" book. Technically, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" isn't a novel — it's a script for a play of the same name being put on in London. But for Potterheads around the world who grew up devouring the seven-part fantasy series, it's definitely a cause for celebration.
Zimbabwe's liberation war veterans, who have played a crucial and sometimes violent role in supporting President Robert Mugabe, denounced him as "dictatorial" Thursday in the latest sign of growing national instability.
Margot Robbie might think she has some bad angles, but—between movies, magazines and paparazzi shots—we've pretty much seen them all, and she definitely does...
Facebook really wants to make sure everyone is on Facebook. For 96-mintues last month, the company flew a 140-foot wide unmanned drone over Yuma, Arizona. It was the first successful test flight of Facebook’s full-scale Aquila drone. It is designing the boomerang-shaped aircraft to beam-connectivity down to billions of people who don’t currently have access […]
Facebook really wants to make sure everyone is on Facebook. For 96-mintues last month, the company flew a 140-foot wide unmanned drone over Yuma, Arizona. It was the first successful test flight of Facebook’s full-scale Aquila drone. It is designing the boomerang-shaped aircraft to beam-connectivity down to billions of people who don’t currently have access […]
A Wall Street Journal reporter was detained by federal agents at the Los Angeles airport who demanded to confiscate her two cell phones — and was surprised to find that border agents have the authority to do that. Maria Abi-Habib, a reporter who covers the Middle East for the paper, detailed in a long Facebook […]
One Direction seems to be heading in several directions. British boy band member Liam Payne announced in a tweet Thursday that he signed a solo deal with Capitol Records. Payne’s bandmate Harry Styles signed a solo recording contract last month. Styles also stars in the upcoming action-thriller “Dunkirk.” The news has “Directioners” world over crying […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City police say the death of a 5-month-old boy in the city has been ruled a homicide. Sgt. Gary Knight says officers called to an unknown disturbance Wednesday at a home in northwest Oklahoma city found Zaaric Davis not breathing. Knight says the child was taken to a hospital where he died. Knight says the state medical examiner's office on Thursday told police the death is being ruled a homicide. Police say there have been no arrests.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Trolls turned out in full force to kick off the first day of programming at Comic-Con — the ones with the wacky hair, not the ones that hurl insults on the internet.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Trolls turned out in full force to kick off the first day of programming at Comic-Con — the ones with the wacky hair, not the ones that hurl insults on the internet.
Audience members in brightly colored wigs watched Thursday as DreamWorks Animation debuted 16 minutes of footage from "Trolls," an animated feature coming to theaters Nov. 4. Timberlake served as executive producer on the soundtrack, which includes remixes of classics like Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sounds of Silence" and four originals such as "Can't Stop the Music."
Audience members in brightly colored wigs watched Thursday as DreamWorks Animation debuted 16 minutes of footage from "Trolls," an animated feature coming to theaters Nov. 4. Timberlake served as executive producer on the soundtrack, which includes remixes of classics like Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sounds of Silence" and four originals such as "Can't Stop the Music."
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PITTSBURGH, July 21 (UPI) -- Park officials in Pennsylvania confirmed that a woman and her son discovered a piranha while fishing at a local lake.
PLAINFIELD, Ill. — The Latest on the plane crash in northern Illinois (all times local): 1:50 p.m. A small plane has crashed into a residential neighborhood in a northern Illinois city, torching the side of a home and leaving parts scattered in a street. Joliet Deputy Fire Chief Ray Randich said at a news conference
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will take the stage on the final day of the tumultuous party convention.
The 1D member says he's "really happy" to have signed to Capital Records UK
A Metro Police officer facing charges of insurance fraud pleaded not guilty this morning and will go to trial in September. Jeffrey Lynn Harper, 38, stood quietly ...
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Authorities believe the fuel tank ruptured when the plane hit the street and ignited a fire that spread to a house to the north, Joliet Deputy Fire Chief Ray Randich said at a news conference. Aerial television video of the crash site showed that siding from that home was peeling from the structure and smoke rose from the inside.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin is slated to address the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia next week.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin is slated to address the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia next week.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers would like to host the NFL Draft.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers would like to host the NFL Draft.
OKLAHOMA CITY — A settlement has ended a lawsuit filed by the widow and daughter of a Seminole man who was fatally shot by a drug court compliance officer. The Tulsa World (http://bit.ly/2ajPzWp ) reports that officer Kenneth Cherry fatally shot 24-year-old Aaron Palmer at his home in 2012. Cherry was attempting to serve a
Brazil’s federal police arrested 10 Brazilians allegedly linked with Islamic State who authorities said were planning to commit terrorist acts during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
