NEW YORK – Jennifer Hudson returns to her hometown of Chicago for an ABC prime-time special, “Jennifer Hudson: I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” that will air in December. Hudson’s return home follows the slaying of her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in Chicago last year. The network says the 28-year-old …

PARIS – A reservation mix-up, an overbooking and a Brazilian cabbie’s passion for soccer are all that saved some would-be passengers on Air France flight 447 from the fate of 228 others who lost their lives in the mid-Atlantic. The survivors say their relief is overshadowed by the immense sense …

This is a rush transcript from “Hannity,” June 18, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, HOST: Survival in the city, it’s not just for extremists anymore. From natural calamities to an economic collapse, would you be prepared to make it …

NICOSIA, Cyprus – Archeologists have discovered a water well in Cyprus that was built as long as 10,500 years ago, and the skeleton of a young woman at the bottom of it, an official said Wednesday. Pavlos Flourentzos, the nation’s top antiquities official, said the 16-foot (5-meter) deep cylindrical shaft …

SYDNEY – An Airbus 330 carrying 203 people made an emergency landing in Guam on Thursday after an electrical problem sparked a small fire in the cockpit, airline officials said. It’s the same type of plane that crashed last week in the Atlantic. There were no injuries Thursday. The incidents …

Key dates in the case of John Demjanjuk: — 1920: Born in Ukraine. — 1942: Captured by German forces while serving in the Soviet Red Army. — 1952: Demjanjuk emigrates to the U.S., claims to have spent much of World War II in a German prisoner of war camp. — …

INDIANAPOLIS – A Franklin man was arrested after police say he left his 5-year-old son in a tractor-trailer while he ducked into an Indianapolis strip club to drink. The 39-year-old was arrested at 1:15 a.m. Tuesday on child neglect and public intoxication charges after calling police to report his truck …

It’s Thanksgiving week and on tables across the country, turkey is set to be the star of the show. It doesn’t matter whether your dinner is free-range, natural-fed, antibiotic-free turkey, Tofurkey or the traditional, tasty Butterball. Every one of those that hits the platter becomes the instant centerpiece. Pity the …

Daniel Angerer is used to getting attention for the food served at his restaurant, Klee Brasserie — but the New York chef is making more headlines than ever over a new dish that has its source in his fiancee’s brassiere. “Mommy’s Milk Cheese” is exactly what it sounds like: cheese …

Health officials across the U.S. have been worrying for months that there won’t be enough H1N1 vaccine to immunize everyone who needs protection against the flu virus. But this week, some officials in central Ohio said there may be a surplus due to waning public interest. A spokesman for U.S. …