KRISTIN M. HALL
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Writer-director Callie Khouri is drawn to stories about female friendships and country music, and her latest television film "Patsy and Loretta" combines those passions into the true story of a friendship between two of country music's most powerful voices.
The biopic about Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, which airs Oct. 19 on...
SEAN MURPHY
Associated Press
ADA, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma's history is so deeply intertwined with the 39 Native American tribes located there that the state's creation in 1907 was celebrated with a symbolic wedding ceremony between the Indian and Oklahoma territories.
The relationship between Oklahoma and the tribes has sometimes been contentious, but one of its undisputed successes has been a...
DUSAN STOJANOVIC
Associated Press
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — When hundreds of video cameras with the power to identify and track individuals started appearing in the streets of Belgrade as part of a major surveillance project, some protesters began having second thoughts about joining anti-government demonstrations in the Serbian capital.
Local authorities assert the system, created by Chinese telecommunications company Huawei, helps...
DAMIAN J. TROISE
AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks moved broadly higher in midday trading on Wall Street Thursday after several large companies delivered surprisingly good results.
A breakthrough in negotiations over Britain's exit from the European Union also injected confidence into markets and prompted investors to move money into riskier holdings.
Netflix rose after handily beating Wall Street's third-quarter...
JOSEPH KRAUSS and ANDREA ROSA
Associated Press
BARDARASH, Iraq (AP) — Humanitarian groups in northeastern Syria are scrambling to provide aid to hundreds of thousands of people as rapidly shifting battle lines make it increasingly difficult to reach them.
Nearly all foreign aid workers have been evacuated because of security concerns, and there are fears that local staff could face reprisals,...
LISA MASCARO
AP Congressional Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — He said she's a "third-grade" politician. She said he's having a meltdown.
And with that President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi chalked up the latest explosive meeting that ended abruptly with a walkout at the White House.
It's a familiar ritual, with Trump and congressional leaders meeting on official business, only to...
RAF CASERT and JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press
BRUSSELS (AP) — Britain and the European Union finally reached a tentative Brexit deal on Thursday, hoping to escape the acrimony, divisions and bitter frustrations of their three-year divorce battle. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson now must sell the accord to a recalcitrant Parliament.
Johnson's political rivals and even a crucial ally almost immediately...
ZEKE MILLER
Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A senior U.S. delegation led by Vice President Mike Pence pursued an uphill mission Thursday to persuade Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to call for a cease-fire in his fight with Kurdish forces in northern Syria.
Pence and Erdogan wore dour expressions as they shook hands before a nearly 90-minute one-on-one meeting, and...
BRIAN WITTE and REGINA GARCIA CANO
Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper's son who rose to become a civil rights champion and the chairman of one of the U.S. House committees leading an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, died Thursday of complications from longstanding health problems. He was 68.
Cummings was a formidable orator...
ELENA BECATOROS and BASSEM MROUE
Associated Press
CEYLANPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Syrian forces on Wednesday night rolled into the strategic border town of Kobani, blocking one path for the Turkish military to establish a "safe zone" free of Syrian Kurdish fighters along the frontier as part of its week-old offensive.
The seizure of Kobani by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar...