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It's not all grim across regional theater. Some venues offer ways to beat the post-pandemic blues 09/22/2023 02:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Everyone who enters Barter Theatre in southwestern Virginia is met and welcomed by Katy Brown, the producing artistic director. It's a simple touch but a telling one for the 90-year-old theater in Abingdon that has forged a very human connection with its 8,000 residents. Barter The Review: Not even Kaitlyn Dever can save Hulu's alien-invasion flick 'No One Will Save You' 09/22/2023 02:40pm • Around this same time last year, 20th Century Studios released the excellent "Predator" prequel "Prey" (2022), providing a near-perfect example of a rugged hero battling an alien invader for a badass Hulu Original Film. This Friday, the same studio-to-streamer team drops a less effective exam King Charles III winds up his France state visit in Bordeaux to focus on the climate and sip wine 09/22/2023 02:02pm • BORDEAUX, France (AP) — After pageantry and politics in Paris, King Charles III concluded his three-day state visit to France with a trip down south to Bordeaux on Friday to focus on a more personal passion: the environment. As the skies cleared following a morning downpour, Charles and Queen Cami AP Week in Pictures: North America | September 15-21, 2023 09/22/2023 01:48pm • SEPTEMBER 15- 21, 2023 Auto workers strike against three U.S. car manufacturers, migrants watch a golfer in Texas, and President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington. This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week b Authorities search for suspect wanted in killing who was mistakenly released from Indianapolis jail 09/22/2023 01:44pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man wanted for a 2021 killing in Minnesota was mistakenly released from jail in Indianapolis last week and authorities are now offering a reward of up to $10,000 as they continue searching for him. Kevin Mason, 28, was arrested in Indianapolis on Sept. 11 but a preliminary re Both parties rally supporters as voting begins in Virginia's closely watched legislative elections 09/22/2023 01:23pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Early voting started Friday in Virginia's costly, high-stakes and closely watched legislative elections after a week in which elected officials and candidates rallied their supporters across the state. All 140 General Assembly seats are on the ballot, with candidates runnin Oklahoma judge arrested in Texas capital, accused of shooting parked cars and causing collision 09/22/2023 01:09pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge was arrested in Austin, Texas, last week after authorities say he opened fire on parked vehicles while out driving, striking at least one of them, and intentionally crashed into a woman's vehicle, telling officers later that she had cut him off. Brian Lovell, From an old-style Afghan camera, a new view of life under the Taliban emerges 09/22/2023 11:14am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The odd device draws curious onlookers everywhere. From the outside, it resembles little more than a large black box on a tripod. Inside lies its magic: a hand-made wooden camera and darkroom in one. As a small crowd gathers around the box camera, images of beauty and Norway drops spying claims against foreign student, says he's being held now for a 'financial crime' 09/22/2023 08:54am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian authorities said Friday they have dropped spying allegations against an unidentified 25-year-old foreign student and are now holding him on suspicion of a “serious financial crime.” The student, from Malaysia, was arrested in Norway on Sept. 8 for illegally Bus carrying high school students to band camp crashes, killing 2 and seriously injuring others 09/22/2023 05:52am • MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. (AP) — A charter bus carrying high school students to a band camp veered off a New York highway and tumbled down an embankment Thursday, killing two adults and seriously injuring several others, officials said. The bus was one of six in a caravan taking the marching band, color gu Verstappen hopes to end his Formula 1 'losing' streak on a Japan GP track suited to his car 09/22/2023 04:43am • After one loss in a row, runaway Formula One leader Max Verstappen is confident he can get back to his winning ways at this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver saw his record streak of 10 consecutive wins end in Singapore last weekend when he finished fifth. Ferrari driver Carlos Sa A fire at an Iranian defense ministry's car battery factory has been extinguished, report says 09/22/2023 12:17am • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A fire in a storage area of an Iranian defense ministry's car battery factory north of the capital has been extinguished, state TV reported Friday. The fire happened around midnight in a 2-square-kilometer (about 500-acre) storage area of plastic items in the factory north of T King Charles III makes a stop at the fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral on his state visit to France 09/21/2023 10:29pm • PARIS (AP) — King Charles III went from a meeting with young athletes in a working-class, multicultural suburb of Paris to an emotional stop in front of the fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral on Thursday, the second day of his state visit to France. Earlier, Charles made an address to lawmakers at Maryland work group reveals recommendations for making work zones safer 09/21/2023 10:21pm • After a crash in March at a work zone on the Baltimore Beltway killed six workers, a list of recommendations for making those sites safer has been released. The recommendations come from a work group that was assembled in the days following the incident. “For the people who work at these sites, AP Week in Pictures: Global | Sept-15-21, 2023 09/21/2023 09:18pm • A street dog walks in front of the presidential escort regiment during a military parade in Chile. Migrants rush to the U.S.-Mexico border and overwhelm border services. Formula One driver Sergio Perez of Mexico steers his car under a shower of sparks during qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix.