From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 7:27 PM

Daniel Radcliffe who plays Harry Potter talks about the last film in the popular movie series.

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 7:19 PM

A judge on Tuesday ordered a reality TV producer to be returned to Mexico to face a charge that he killed his wife while on a family vacation 15 months ago. (July 12)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 6:14 PM

As the investigation of phone hacking and bribery at Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers widens, the backlash against the powerful media mogul is growing, and concerns are rising as to whether the scandal can stay contained to Europe. (July 12)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 6:14 PM

From the Midwest to the East Coast, people are looking to fountains and cool drinks for relief from sweltering temperatures. (July 12)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 5:14 PM

With a record-setting performance in the major billed as golf’s toughest test, Rory McIlroy has emerged as the favorite to join an elite group of players to capture the U.S. Open and British Open in the same year. (July 12)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 5:09 PM

Phoenix has plans to battle hot temperatures for visiting fans

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 4:10 PM

USA TODAY previews Wednesday’s USA-France semifinal.

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 4:06 PM

Texas Rep. Ron Paul said Tuesday he will retire from Congress when his term runs out in 2012 to focus on his campaign for president. (July 12)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 4:06 PM

President Barack Obama is awarding the Medal of Honor to an Afghanistan war veteran, Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Arthur Petry, for courageous actions during combat in Afghanistan in May, 2008. He lost a hand attempting to throw an enemy grenade back. (July 12)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 4:06 PM

Investigators from the Orange County, Florida Sheriff’s Office say they thought they had a solid criminal case against Casey Anthony. They discussed their work a week after she was acquitted of killing her daughter Caylee. (July 12)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 2:06 PM

On the same day that a funeral was held for a fan who fell over a railing to his death while reaching for a baseball in the Texas Rangers stadium, another fan nearly had a similar fall at the Home Run Derby in Phoenix. (July 12)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 1:01 PM

In jubilant scenes a popular El Paso teacher was released from a Mexican jail, after becoming the high-profile victim of drug-smuggling scheme. (July 12)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 1:01 PM

Forget about walking. Visitors get to tour Miami’s art hub in search of the best graffiti, all while riding a Vespa. The two-hour tour is but a taste of the graffiti art scene in Wynwood Arts District, part of Miami's emerging arts scene. (July 12)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 12:01 PM

Professor Stephen McMahon talks about his latest research into pain. [Video © Science/AAAS]

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 12:01 PM

President Barack Obama and Republican lawmakers, seemingly trapped in inflexible bargaining positions, remain far apart on a deal to avert a first-ever default on the country’s financial obligations. (July 12)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 12:01 PM

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the United States will need to find savings across all aspects of government, and demonstrate to the American people that it can use their tax dollars more efficiently. (July 12)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 12:01 PM

More than a dozen armed men abducted a naturalized American, her teenage son and Filipino nephew before dawn Tuesday from a southern Philippine island near a stronghold of al-Qaida-linked militants. (July 12)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 12:01 PM

Astronauts stepped out for the last spacewalk of NASA’s shuttle era. Space station astronauts Michael Fossum and Ronald Garan Jr. ventured out nearly 250 miles above Earth Tuesday. (July 12)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 10:55 AM

SoulCalibur V: Behind the scenes

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jul 12 2011 9:51 AM

This is Khaatim El’s blistering, tear-filled farewell address in its entirety, as he resigned from the Atlanta School Board Monday, July 11, 2011 in the midst of the massive cheating scandal.