NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton's musical story starts further back than most might expect — to the British Isles of the 1600s. That's where her ancestors hail from, eventually landing in the hollers of ...

Donald Trump made a victor's return to Washington on Wednesday, visiting the White House for a lengthy meeting with President Joe Biden and committing to a straightforward transition of power as the ...

Karla Sofía Gascón's performance in "Emilia Pérez" as a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirmation surgery to become a woman has brought her global acclaim and set Gascón on a path that may ...

In a career spanning more than 50 years, Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano has gained a following as an animator, illustrator, video game creator and fine artist. All those facets are on display in the ...

Officials shared details on their plan to expand the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, as a mine proposed near its southeast corner is on the verge of becoming reality.

Ed Miller has attended Indiana football and basketball games since the early 1970s, and he's never seen a fall quite like this.

Hard-right Dutch political leader Geert Wilders on Wednesday blamed "Moroccans" for attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam last week, asserting that they "want to destroy Jews" and recommending ...

British actor Timothy West, who played the classic Shakespeare roles of King Lear and Macbeth and who in recent years along with his wife, Prunella Scales, enchanted millions of people with their ...

Before the election, the Georgia congresswoman said she was interested in serving as homeland security secretary, overseeing plans to curtail illegal immigration.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is bringing four advisers from his presidential campaign into his new White House as deputy chiefs of staff, including two longtime aides and ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem built a national profile during the COVID-19 pandemic, had fellow Republicans buzzing about her future, and published two political memoirs in three years. Lawmakers ...

Patterson, 77, was an English major at Manhattan University, then called Manhattan College, who graduated in 1969 and later received a master's degree from Vanderbilt University. He has donated ...