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SENIOR EVENTS: April 2026
COLUMBIA BASIN — It’s spring in the Basin at last. Swing a golf club to support St. Rose of Lima Catholic School, …
Influential music educator Johnny M. Long dead at 94
TROY, Ala. (AP) — Johnny M. Long, a leading U.S. music educator and the longtime leader of Troy University's band, has died, the school said Tuesday. He as 94.
Clive Cussler, million-selling adventure writer, dies at 88
NEW YORK (AP) — Clive Cussler, the million-selling adventure writer and real-life thrill-seeker who wove personal details and spectacular fantasies into his page-turning novels about underwater explorer Dirk Pitt, …
Brazilian politicians avoid Carnival as they become targets
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — At Rio’s annual Carnival celebration Monday night, comedian and composer Marcelo Adnet stood atop a float for the Sao Clemente samba school dressed in a sequin suit imitating Brazil’s far-righ…
Hot Pockets heir gets 5 months in prison for college scam
BOSTON (AP) — An heir to the Hot Pockets fortune was sentenced to five months in prison Tuesday for trying to cheat and bribe her daughters' way into school as part of a nationwide college admissions scam.
Michael Douglas, Zeta-Jones to co-host Jerusalem ceremony
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hollywood power couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are set to return to Israel as co-hosts of this year’s Genesis Prize ceremony.
Met opera gets visionary new “Dutchman”
NEW YORK (AP) — Francois Girard created quite a splash — literally — at the Metropolitan Opera seven years ago when he flooded the stage with fake blood for a scene in "Parsifal." Now he's back for another Wagner o…
Spain takes first European moves against Plácido Domingo
MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government said Wednesday it was canceling two upcoming performances by Plácido Domingo in Madrid to show support for the women who have accused him of misconduct and take a stand against …
Jude Law among narrators of 'Beedle the Bard' audiobook
NEW YORK (AP) — Jude Law, Warwick Davis and Evanna Lynch are among the readers in an all-star recording of J.K. Rowling's “The Tales of Beedle the Bard," the first time her Harry Potter spinoff has been available a…
New Oliver Jeffers book, 'What We'll Build,' out Oct. 6
NEW YORK (AP) — Oliver Jeffers worked on his new picture book with a child in mind — his own.
ABC News suspends reporter caught in Project Veritas 'sting'
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News has suspended political reporter David Wright after he was recorded in a barroom conversation calling President Donald Trump a “nightmare spouse that you can't win an argument with.”
Review: `Broken Faith' looks inside Word of Faith Fellowship
"Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America’s Most Dangerous Cults,” Hanover Square Press, by Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr
Kids shine as Broadway's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' goes big
NEW YORK (AP) — The cast of “To Kill a Mockingbird” ditched its somber Broadway home Wednesday for the cavernous Madison Square Garden, performing the play for 18,000 school kids in an electric one-time-only perfor…
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High note: Lockhart marks 25 years as Boston Pops conductor
BOSTON (AP) — Strike up the band: Keith Lockhart is marking 25 years as the conductor of “America's Orchestra.”
Review: Little's 'Pretty as a Picture' is captivating novel
“Pretty as a Picture,” Viking, by Elizabeth Little