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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…
Shannen Doherty says she is battling stage 4 breast cancer
NEW YORK (AP) — Shannen Doherty is battling a recurrence of breast cancer that has progressed to stage four, telling fans “it's a bitter pill to swallow.”
Review: Green Day returns with snarling and lean album
Green Day, “Father of All...” (Reprise/Warner)
Prosecutors rest case in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial rested their case Thursday after more than two weeks of testimony punctuated by harrowing accounts from six women, including some who said he ignored ple…
Rolling Stones returning to North America for 15-city tour
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rolling Stones are returning to some North American cities where they haven't played in years.
Viewership down sharply for Trump's State of the Union
NEW YORK (AP) — Viewership was sharply down for President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on most of the top television networks — except for Fox News Channel.
Women vying for Oscars salute their progress, snubs aside
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The mood at Diane von Furstenberg’s lunch honoring this year’s female Oscar contenders could have been downbeat, given the shutout of women directors for Sunday’s awards. Instead, it wa…
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…
Rape case to be dropped against doctor who was on reality TV
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors are dropping charges that a doctor who appeared on a reality TV show and his girlfriend raped and drugged women in California after finding key video evidence never actually exi…
Miami sees a return to Cold War cultural hard line on Cuba
MIAMI (AP) — Platinum-selling reggaeton act Gente de Zona were barred from a New Year’s Eve concert in a Miami park. The mayor of Miami declared another Cuban singer persona non grata and her concert in a private c…
Kidman, Nyong'o, Peele and more describe 1st Oscar moments
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It happens in an instant: The envelope is opened, a name is called and the Oscar winner's life and career are changed forever.
Kirk Douglas, star of "Spartacus" and "Lust for Life," has died at 103, sons tell People magazine
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kirk Douglas, star of "Spartacus" and "Lust for Life," has died at 103, sons tell People magazine.
Disney Plus hits nearly 29M subscribers in 3 months
NEW YORK (AP) — Disney said its Disney Plus streaming service reached nearly 29 million paid subscribers in less than three months, an impressive start for what the company has positioned as its future as more peop…
Barnes & Noble suspends reissues of classics with new images
NEW YORK (AP) — Barnes & Noble is withdrawing a planned line of famous literature reissued with multicultural cover images that has been met with widespread criticism on social media.
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 …