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Library activities for August 2026
COLUMBIA BASIN — Summer winds down in August, and so do summer reading programs. Here’s what’s happening at librar…
Dispute over access prompts AP to drop CMA Awards coverage
NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has pulled out of its planned coverage of Wednesday’s Country Music Association Awards show due to restrictions that have been placed on still photographers and screen captures …
Sculpture restoration work draws laughs, memories in Spain
MADRID (AP) — Restoration work on a sculpture in northern Spain has resurrected memories of a restored Christ fresco in another Spanish city eight years ago that drew ridicule as well as tourists.
A festival hit waylaid by the virus, ‘The Climb’ peddles on
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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
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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
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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.