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BASIN EVENTS: Dec. 19-27
COLUMBIA BASIN — It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and a lot of people will be spending time at home wi…
PEN America names winners of prison writing program award
NEW YORK (AP) — PEN America has announced the winners of a new award, supported by a grant from the estate of the late Madeleine L'Engle, for participants in the literary and human rights organization's Prison Writ…
Sculpture celebrating Mary Wollstonecraft draws criticism
LONDON (AP) — A sculpture celebrating Mary Wollstonecraft as the mother of feminism has attracted criticism even before it was unveiled.
Country singer Lee Brice to miss CMA Awards due to COVID-19
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Lee Brice tested positive for COVID-19 and will not perform as scheduled at the CMA Awards on Wednesday.
Roles aren't for keeps on 'Crown,' even newcomer Princess Di
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For viewers, “The Crown” offers a peek into a modern royal family’s life and times, or at least an engaging dramatization. For the cast, it’s meant the lofty equivalent of gig work as the Netflix…
‘Let Him Go’ has biggest weekend of any film in 6 weeks
The Kevin Costner and Diane Lane film “
Review: A 'Hillbilly Elegy' adaptation, hold the politics
J.D. Vance's “Hillbilly Elegy,” an election-year explainer to liberal America about the white underclass that fueled Donald Trump's rise, has been reborn as blandly overbaked awards bait.
Research sheds light on Alexander Hamilton as slave owner
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A new research paper takes a swipe at the popular image of Alexander Hamilton as the abolitionist founding father, citing evidence he was a slave trader and owner himself.
Colder months can be perfect time to photograph gardens
NEW YORK (AP) —
Veterans’ fundraiser to go virtual, with a prince and a Boss
NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s Stand Up for Heroes fundraiser is going virtual for the first time and The Boss will once again be there. But so will a real prince.
Star-studded benefit concert to honor nurses on Thanksgiving
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan will be among the entertainers honoring nurses in a star-studded benefit virtual concert on Thanksgiving.
Rolling with it, Keith Richards is chilling in the garden
NEW YORK (AP) — Keith Richards is so old-school that when he does his interviews — he'll do so from a landline.
Trump books will continue after Trump leaves office
NEW YORK (AP) — One of publishing's most thriving genres of the past four years, books about President Donald Trump, is not going to end when he leaves office.
Longtime “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek dies at 80; show says he died peacefully at home.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Longtime “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek dies at 80; show says he died peacefully at home.
Alex Trebek, long-running ‘Jeopardy!’ host, dies at 80
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alex Trebek, who presided over the beloved quiz show “Jeopardy!” for more than 30 years with dapper charm and a touch of schoolmaster strictness, died Sunday. He was 80.
Review: Michael Connelly proves a master of legal thrillers
“The Law of Innocence,” by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)