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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…
NBC to cut away from Clemson-Notre Dame for Biden speech
NBC says it will cut away from the football game between No. 1 Clemson and No. 4 Notre Dame on Saturday night to show Democrat Joe Biden’s first speech as president-elect.
BTS, Lady Gaga win top awards at MTV Europe Music Awards
The South Korean pop group BTS won a leading four awards including best song for “Dynamite” and best group at the MTV Europe Music Awards Sunday night, while Lady Gaga took the best artist prize. BTS also picked up…
Actors connect in 'subconscious' to play young, old Hokusai
TOKYO (AP) — A new film portraying the life of Edo-era painter and printer Hokusai features the artistry of two modern-day Japanese actors.
UK honors war dead in scaled-back Remembrance Sunday service
LONDON (AP) — In a scaled-back service, Queen Elizabeth II led tributes Sunday to those from the U.K. and the Commonwealth who perished in wartime, as most veterans paid their respects at home as a result of the co…
Norm Crosby, comic mangler of language, dies at 93
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Norm Crosby, the deadpan mangler of the English language who thrived in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s as a television, nightclub and casino comedian, has died. He was 93.
Don't order out. Dive into Jamie Oliver's new cookbook
NEW YORK (AP) — Jamie Oliver knows one of the biggest obstacles home cooks face isn't the drudgery of shopping, the chore of chopping or the mess of washing up. It's delivery apps.
British queen offers condolences to Eta storm victims
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II on Monday sent her condolences to people in Mexico and Central America affected by “the tragic loss of life and destruction” caused by the devastating storm Eta.
Queen Elizabeth II wears mask at tribute to Unknown Warrior
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II donned a face mask in public for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic when attending a brief ceremony at Westminster Abbey last week to mark the centenary of the burial of…
Jamie Oliver's crispy salmon tacos with mango and avocado
In his new cookbook, “7 Ways,” Jamie Oliver highlights 18 ingredients — from chicken to shrimp and eggs to potatoes — and offers seven new ways to construct dishes around them with no more than eight ingredients. H…
'Jeopardy!' pays tribute to Alex Trebek in poignant message
NEW YORK (AP) — “Jeopardy!” paid tribute to Alex Trebek on Monday in a poignant message that celebrated the show's longtime, unflappable host of 37 years.
It was all a dream: Whitney, B.I.G. inducted into Rock Hall
NEW YORK (AP) — In a normal year, the newly inducted Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class would have hit the stage and perform the well-known songs that made them famous and helped them enter the prestigious organizati…
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 15-21
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 15-21:
Greta Thunberg on 2 very surreal years of protest and fame
NEW YORK (AP) — In the first days of Greta Thunberg’s solitary sidewalk protest outside Swedish Parliament in August 2018, most walk right past her. Some pause and ask why she’s not in school. But people steadily b…
In court moves, Britney Spears seeks freedom from father
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears wants to be freed from her father.
'Jeopardy!' pays tribute to Alex Trebek in poignant message
NEW YORK (AP) — “Jeopardy!” paid tribute to Alex Trebek on Monday in a poignant message that celebrated the show's longtime, unflappable host of 37 years.