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BASIN EVENTS: April 24-May 31
COLUMBIA BASIN — We’re swinging into May and there are festivals, rodeos, live performances and more. Here are a f…
Halloween in 2020: Some fun with death and fear, anyone?
PORTERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — The setting: a rolling patch of Pennsylvania farmland, about 15 miles from the little town where “Night of the Living Dead” was filmed. The moment: Halloween season 2020, a moonlit Friday n…
Questlove's quest: To find woman who bought him a turntable
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Ahmir Thompson, founder of The Roots and drummer for the “Tonight Show” band, wants to find the kind stranger who bought him a turntable and several records at the tender age of 5.
Lt. Col. Vindman writing memoir, 'Here, Right Matters'
NEW YORK (AP) — Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, the national security aide who offered key testimony during the impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump and later accused the president of running a “campaign o…
New this week: 'This Is Us,' Baby Yoda, 'The Craft' redone
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
Biden was speaking to George Lopez in widely shared video
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden stumbled over a name when he was interviewed during the virtual “I Will Vote” concert, and social media has lit up with claims that he confused President Donald Trump wit…
Book Review: Peter Frampton looks back in a gentle memoir
Peter Frampton, “Do You Feel Like I Do?” (Hachette Books)
Andrés Cantor to receive US Soccer Hall media award
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Andrés Cantor, famous for his screams of “Goooooaaal!” during soccer broadcasts, has won the Colin Jose Media Award given annually by the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Paris train attack hero makes bid for Congress from Oregon
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In 2015, Alek Skarlatos and two friends thwarted an attack by a gunman on a Paris-bound train, a dramatic and heroic action that was made into a movie by Clint Eastwood in which the trio starred …
Fox News anchors quarantine after virus exposure on flight
NEW YORK (AP) — Several Fox News Channel on-air personalities were exposed last week to someone on a private plane who later tested positive for COVID-19, leading the network to take extra precautions this week.
Sterling K. Brown finds his balance in when to speak out
NEW YORK (AP) — Season five of NBC's “This Is Us,” debuts Tuesday and viewers will get to see the Pearson family as they navigate both the pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement. Sterling K. Brown, who plays Rand…
Prince Harry says ignorance no excuse for unconscious bias
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince Harry says it took him many years and the experience of living with his wife, the former Meghan Markle, to understand how his privileged upbringing shielded him from the reality of un…
Review: Despite changes, Jack Reacher stays the good course
“The Sentinel,” by Lee Child and Andrew Child (Delacorte Press)
Outtakes: Springsteen on 1st guitar, touring and Twitter
NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Springsteen — who released his 20th album
Remembering his friends, Springsteen pens ‘Letter to You’
NEW YORK (AP) — Last year as Bruce Springsteen reflected on the death of his friend and teenage bandmate George Theiss, who died in 2018, he grabbed his guitar and pen and began writing a song about being the sole …
Review: A memoir of a friend and a Knicks fan for the ages
“Our Last Season: A Writer, a Fan, a Friendship,” by Harvey Araton (Penguin Press)