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BASIN EVENTS: Nov. 13-21
COLUMBIA BASIN — Shh! Hear that? It’s the last quiet time before the holidays begin in earnest. Here are a few way…
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.
ABC's 'For Life' hopes to change the way we see network TV
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Nicholas Pinnock doesn't just believe his new network TV show can save lives. He believes it can save network TV, too.
Review: A look at civil rights cases in `Race Against Time'
"Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era,” Simon and Schuster, by Jerry Mitchell
Weinstein accuser Haleyi grateful to be 'heard and believed'
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the women Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sexually assaulting said Tuesday that the verdict made her feel grateful to be “heard and believed.”
RIGHT AT HOME: Ceilings with something to say
The ceiling — sometimes referred to as a room’s fifth wall — often gets short shrift in decorating schemes. Walls and furnishings take center stage while the acreage overhead receives a coat of neutral white paint,…
Review: A poet is revealed through 10 key days of her life
“These Fevered Days,” W.W. Norton & Company, by Martha Ackmann
Finalists announced for J. Anthony Lukas book prizes
NEW YORK (AP) — Books on Silicon Valley, the criminal justice system and the 2015 massacre at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina are among the finalists for the J. Anthony Lukas Book P…
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.
Feds seek 21 months for Hot Pockets heiress in college scam
BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking nearly two years in prison for an heiress to the Hot Pockets microwavable snack fortune who agreed to pay $300,000 to cheat the college admissions process for her daughters in …
Brazilian transgender dancer shatters Carnival parade taboo
SAO PAULO (AP) — When dancer Camila Prins entered Sao Paulo's Carnival parade grounds, a costume of feathers clinging to her sinuous body, she fulfilled a dream of feminine beauty nearly three decades old.
Lizzo, 'Just Mercy' win top honors at NAACP Image Awards
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Lizzo was named entertainer of the year and “Just Mercy” won best motion picture, best actor and best supporting actor Saturday at the NAACP Image Awards, as the show that recognizes enterta…
Harvey Weinstein convicted in a reckoning after sexual misconduct allegations against him fueled #MeToo movement
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein convicted in a reckoning after sexual misconduct allegations against him fueled #MeToo movement.
Box office goes 'Sonic' again but hears 'Call of the Wild'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The hedgehog edged the sled dog by a nose at the box office.
After tragedies, New Orleans celebrates end of Carnival
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Thousands of people thronged the streets of New Orleans on Fat Tuesday, reaching for beads, shimmying to the music of marching bands and celebrating the end of a Carnival season tinged by tragedy…
'The sky is blue again': Weinstein's accusers express relief
NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Mira Sorvino broke down in tears as she described her reaction to the guilty verdict against Harvey Weinstein: relief, that the fallen movie mogul would not go unpunished. A tinge of disappo…