Two from the Heart

Kim Min-hee stars in two new films by Hong Sang-soo, "On the Beach at Night Alone" and "The Day After," both playing in the New York Film Festival. It's rare for the New York Film Festival's main slate to present two films by the same filmmaker; it's happening in this year's edition of the festival , which will screen two new films, "The Day After" and "On the Beach at Night Alone," by the South Korean director Hong Sang-soo, one of the most prolific and most original directors working today.

The Latest: Maria to cause dangerous currents along US coast

Hurricane Maria is expected to soon create dangerous waves and strong rip currents along parts of the southeast U.S. coast as the Category 3 storm moves away from the Bahamas and into open water. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Maria continues to have maximum sustained winds of 125 mph .

Don’t Fall for Jimmy Kimmel’s Cheap Zero-Sum Emotionalism

In recent months, late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has taken to scaremongering his audience with well-worn Democratic Party talking points regarding health care insurance policy. Between yuks, he occasionally accuses Republicans of being would-be baby killers, which is treated as an important political development because, well, Jimmy Kimmel is famous.

McWhorter Music Center: Innovation at Whitesburg Elementary

Gov. Nathan Deal and U.S. Rep. Drew Ferguson were among those celebrating the opening of the Opal and Alton McWhorter Music Center at Whitesburg Elementary School on Thursday. "Whitesburg Elementary will be the only elementary school in the nation that has an innovation piano lab of this type," said Carroll County Schools Superintendent Scott Cowart.

Kemp in Carroll County: State needs to help rural Georgia

Secretary of State Brian Kemp said that if he is elected to be the next governor of Georgia, he will put an emphasis on supporting farmers, agri-business and small town startups. Secretary of State Brian Kemp said that if he is elected to be the next governor of Georgia, he will put an emphasis on supporting farmers, agri-business and small town startups.

Knoxville community learning how they can help immigrants counting on DACA Read Story Aaron Wright

"Such an open ended circumvention of immigration laws was an unconstitutional exercise of authority by the executive branch." Those are the words U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions used to put an end to DACA in September when President Trump announced a six month grace period to iron out a plan to decide the future of the program.

Northcom Providing Disaster Relief Following Hurricane Maria

U.S. Northern Command is fully engaged with federal, state and local mission partners as the command provides support to the response efforts for Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria. Northcom has begun search and rescue and damage assessment flights in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with six Navy helicopters and three U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft launched from the USS Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group.

Idaho gubernatorial candidate kicks off 44-county tour

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tommy Ahlquist laid out his political agenda to hundreds of supporters while kicking off his statewide tour to visit all of Idaho's 44 counties in 44 days. Ahlquist , a Boise businessman who is running for political office for the first time, held the campaign rally Thursday in Meridian at the candle company Scentsy headquarters.

Sanders speaks on foreign policy in Mid-Mo

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, who spoke about foreign policy at Westminster College's Green Lecture on Thursday, reaches out to shake a hand at a private reception at the National Churchill Museum. Sen. Bernie Sanders didn't disappoint his supporters during a Thursday visit to Fulton to deliver the 58th Green Lecture at Westminster College.

Bangladeshi prime minister condemns Myanmar over Rohingya treatment

The Bangladeshi Prime Minister has delivered a sharp judgment on neighboring Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya Muslims, hundreds of thousands of whom have fled across the border to Bangladesh in recent weeks to escape violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State. Addressing the UN General Assembly late Thursday, Bangladesh's leader, Sheikh Hasina, said she did so with a "heavy heart."

Mr. President, please knock off the juvenile tweets

Even after eight months in the most important job in the world, President Trump can't resist being a ridiculous juvenile with some of his tweets. A recent example - we can't say the latest example, because we can't predict what he might tweet between when we write this and when you read it - was his retweet of a doctored video of him hitting a golf ball into Hillary Clinton's back, knocking her down.

Protesters ejected from Turkish president’s New York speech

A demonstrator who got up and shouted "Terrorist!" at Turkey's president during a speech at a hotel on Thursday was grabbed by bodyguards and rushed out of the hall as others in the emotional crowd pushed, shoved and shouted. It happened at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Times Square while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was speaking to a large audience at an event organized by the Turkish American National Steering Committee.