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Miley Cyrus broke down in tears Friday night at the Hollywood Bowl as she paid tribute to her late godmother, Dolly Parton, before performing "Jolene" in her honor.

For many voters in Michigan, the U.S. Senate race has become about far more than which party controls Washington.

Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Scott on Saturday accused Turkey of "thuggish behavior" toward Greece and Cyprus, delivering unusually blunt criticism of a NATO ally during visits to both countries.

J.K. Rowling's literary agent condemned a transgender rights protest that disrupted the red carpet at a London gala for "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," saying the demonstration endangered audience members, performers and theater staff.

The pro-Western opposition parties won big Saturday in the Czech Republic's vote to fill one-third of the seats in Parliament's upper house, the Senate, handing a blow to the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Andrej Babis.

The Millennium Force roller coaster at the Cedar Point theme park in Ohio, owned by the Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, had to shut down Friday after a part fell off one of its vehicles.

A fire gutted a beach resort in southeastern Bangladesh on Saturday, killing 10 people and injuring four, an official said.

President Trump on Friday signed an executive order calling off the imposition of new sanctions on Russia.

ESPN commentator STEPHEN A. SMITH who clashed publicly with President Trump this summer, said Friday that the president answered every question during a White House dinner Thursday night with comedian Bill Maher and musician Kid Rock.

Pope Leo returned to the Vatican on Saturday, four days after undergoing surgery for lung cancer at Rome's Gemelli hospital, where dozens of well-wishers saw him off with cries of "Holiness."