Dolly Parton 's estate accused the country music icon’s nephew of threatening to commit violence and destroy his aunt’s legacy and business empire in court filings submitted Tuesday and asked a judge to keep him away from its employees and business dealings. Court documents filed in Nashville offer the first signs of discord in a carefully managed estate process for one of the most beloved personalities in music and beyond. Bryan Seaver, who owns a company that provided Parton’s security...

TAINAN, Taiwan (AP) — As China's Xi Jinping arrives in Washington to meet with U. S. President Donald Trump, Taiwan expressed confidence that U. S. arms sales to the island that Beijing claims as its own will continue — despite China's pressure. China has pressed Washington to halt the arms sales, most prominently during a summit in May between Trump and Xi in Beijing. After that meeting, the United States paused the sale of a record-breaking $14 billion package — and Trump described to...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It's killer robots versus super intelligence. Visions of the future straight out of comic books are playing out at the United Nations as world leaders talk about the threat — or promise — of artificial intelligence. Once again it was Donald Trump against the U. N, chief and other leaders on a pressing issue involving science and the future, echoing ongoing disputes over the threat of climate change. Armed with a new U. N. science report that warns of a slight but of...