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E-sports finds a foothold in the Basin
COLUMBIA BASIN — Among the activities that students can participate in, e-sports, or organized competitive video g…
At the Oscars, 'The Cave' aims to provide hope to Syria
NEW YORK (AP) — Home is a complicated notion for Feras Fayyad, the director of the Oscar-nominated Syrian documentary “The Cave.” His family home in Syria is believed to have been taken just weeks ago as President’…
White House excludes CNN from Trump session, with no protest
NEW YORK (AP) — The White House excluded CNN on Tuesday from its annual off-the-record briefing with television news personalities prior to the State of the Union address with no public protest from the network or …
Making Oscar history, 'Honeyland' shatters borders
NEW YORK (AP) — Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska were in a hard-to-reach area of Northern Macedonia — about as far from the Oscars as possible — when they came upon the beekeeper who would be their subject in …
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Apple Book charts for week ending February 2, 2020: (Rank, Book Title by Author Name, ISBN, Publisher)
Celebrated book editor Alice Mayhew dies at age 87
NEW YORK (AP) — Alice Mayhew, the celebrated and influential editor of political and historical works whose authors ranged from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein to Taylor Branch and Doris Kearns Goodwin, died Tuesda…
Radio host Limbaugh awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during the State of the Union address Tuesday night.
The top 10 movies on the iTunes Store
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No good vibrations for Beach Boys, split by hunting concert
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the co-founders of The Beach Boys has joined a boycott of his own music to protest it being used by another band member at an animal hunting convention.
National Symphony cancels 3 China concerts due to virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Symphony Orchestra has canceled two concerts in Beijing and one in Shanghai next month following China's virus outbreak.
Prosecutors seek to drop rape case against California doctor
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors on Tuesday said they will seek to drop a high-profile rape case against a California surgeon who appeared in a reality TV dating show.
Celebrated book editor Alice Mayhew dies at age 87
NEW YORK (AP) — Alice Mayhew, the celebrated and influential editor of political and historical works whose authors ranged from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein to Taylor Branch and Doris Kearns Goodwin, died Tuesda…
Jane Austen, actress create PBS costume drama diversity
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Review: Green Day returns with snarling and lean album
Green Day, “Father of All...” (Reprise/Warner)
Review: `Olympic Pride, American Prejudice' reminder of past
“Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics,” Atria Books, by Deborah Riley Draper, Blair Underwood and T…
No good vibrations for Beach Boys, split by hunting concert
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the co-founders of The Beach Boys has joined a boycott of his own music to protest it being used by another band member at an animal hunting convention.