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BASIN EVENTS: Feb. 20-28, 2026
COLUMBIA BASIN — We’re rounding out February in the Basin with lots of fun things to do. Here are a few.
American Indian Movement co-founder Benton-Banai dies at 89
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Eddie Benton-Banai, who helped found the American Indian Movement partly in response to alleged police brutality against Indigenous people, has died. He was 89.
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1. “A Promised Land” by Barack Obama (Crown)
All Mariah Carey wants is you to enjoy her Christmas special
NEW YORK (AP) — Christmas is still a few weeks away, but Mariah Carey is already orchestrating her dinner menu.
Review: Reorienting the crime drama in 'I'm Your Woman'
When it's at its best, “I'm Your Woman” feels like you've slipped through a trap door, revealing a hidden pathway in an old genre apparatus. Everything looks familiar — this is a '70s-set crime drama with all the u…
People magazine reveals its '2020 People of the Year'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — People magazine has named George Clooney, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Selena Gomez and Regina King as the “2020 People of the Year.”
Ho, ho — Whoa! Virus keeping most Santas at a distance
MIAMI (AP) — Brad Six becomes Santa Claus, pulling his black boots over his red pants in the office of a Miami outdoor supply company. It's hot, so he forgoes the traditional heavy jacket for a lightweight vest and…
Make a pizza Margherita like an Italian. Here's how.
The Margherita is the undisputed heavyweight champion of pizza. It's the pizza that any pizza chef would order to get the measure of a new pizzeria because there is nothing to hide behind; no snazzy flavors to mask…
Jenna Lyons puts ‘real’ back into reality TV
NEW YORK (AP) — Former J. Crew President Jenna Lyons knows a thing or two about building a brand, but now she’s ditched corporate life to build her own.
Theater uses its creativity to defy pandemic and stage shows
NEW YORK (AP) — There's theater on Broadway. You just have to adjust your sights.
In seismic shift, Warner Bros. to stream all 2021 films
NEW YORK (AP) — In the most seismic shift by a Hollywood studio yet during the pandemic, Warner Bros. Pictures on Thursday announced that all of its 2021 film slate — including a new “Matrix” movie, “Godzilla vs. K…
Miguel Algarín, a founder of beloved NYC poetry space, dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Miguel Algarín, poet, professor and a founder of New York City's beloved Nuyorican Poets Café performance space, has died. He was 79.
James McBride among those honored by Center for Fiction
NEW YORK (AP) — Author James McBride and editor Chris Jackson were among those honored Thursday night by the Center for Fiction.
Alison Lurie, prize winning novelist, dead at 94
NEW YORK (AP) — Alison Lurie, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist whose satirical and cerebral tales of love and academia included the marital saga “The War Between the Tates” and the comedy of Americans abroad “Fo…
New Queen Latifah drama gets post-Super Bowl debut showcase
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Queen Latifah's upcoming drama series has scored a touchdown. CBS says “The Equalizer” will get the coveted post-Super Bowl slot next February to showcase its debut.
Cheers! Or not: 'Scandalous' 1st Christmas card up for sale
The first commercially printed Christmas card is up for sale — a merry Victorian-era scene that scandalized some who denounced it as humbug when it first appeared in 1843.