WASHINGTON (AP) — A dinosaur rib cage. A 7,000-pound sandcastle made with Jersey Shore sand. Two rocking chairs in an unstaffed booth as well as a number of empty spaces. This is the Great American State Fair. The fair kicked off this week and is a run by Freedom 250, an organization ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The time has come for country music superstar Alan Jackson to hang up his signature Stetson hat. The genre traditionalist from Newnan, Georgia, whose career kicked off in the 1980s and exploded shortly thereafter in the oft-cited '90s country wave with heartfelt ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than 40 years, sketches by American illustrator Norman Rockwell of scenes from the White House visitor's lobby graced the walls of the West Wing, where every president from Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump had seen them. Now, they're going on public display for the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump formally kicked off celebrations for America's 250th anniversary on Wednesday night by working to get the country excited again — about himself. The president hosted a rally on Washington's National Mall, including a series of booming flyovers ...

NEW YORK (AP) — No music executive has ever been so powerful as to become synonymous with the whole of the music industry itself. But if anyone came close, it was Clive Davis. The record company lawyer who became one of the music industry's most powerful figures, launching or resurrecting ...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — When a large tent appeared next door to Taylor Swift's Watch Hill estate this week, it didn't take long for speculation about the superstar's impending nuptials to ripple through the affluent New England seaside village — and the internet. Soon, fans were swapping ...