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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…
Play about the Constitution streams in time for Election Day
NEW YORK (AP) — Most playwrights want their works to remain relevant for decades to come. Not Heidi Schreck, not with “What the Constitution Means to Me.”
'Tarzan' actor challenges DA report in son's shooting death
SANTA BARBARA, California. (AP) — The attorney for “Tarzan” actor Ron Ely and his family has challenged a Santa Barbara County District Attorney report that the fatal shooting of his son was justifiable.
Musical "Jagged Little Pill" leads Tony Awards nominations with 15 nods in a pandemic-shortened season
NEW YORK (AP) — Musical "Jagged Little Pill" leads Tony Awards nominations with 15 nods in a pandemic-shortened season.
An iPad replaces cow art in parody book ‘Good Morning Zoom’
NEW YORK (AP) — The cow art is gone, as is the red balloon, but the calming style of the children’s classic “Goodnight Moon” shines through in the whimsical parody poking fun at lockdown life “Good Morning Zoom.”
Online fall Broadway play revivals attract starry casts
NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway theaters may be dark, but there will be plenty of new online productions of some of classic plays this fall with some starry self-isolating actors, including Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freem…
Stephen King's thriller 'Mr. Mercedes' gets another chance
NEW YORK (AP) — One of Stephen King’s most creepy and tense stories was hiding in plain sight.
'Cheer' star Jerry Harris asks for jail release until trial
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge said Wednesday that she will decide soon whether to allow Jerry Harris, a star of the Netflix documentary series “Cheer,” to be released from jail and placed on home confinement while he awai…
TV gives viewers a split-screen comparison of Trump, Biden
NEW YORK (AP) — Instead of the expected debate between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, television viewers were left Thursday with what ABC's David Muir called “split-screen America.”
Out and about again: Queen Elizabeth in visit with William
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday carried out her first public engagement outside of a royal residence since early March when the coronavirus pandemic started to impact upon on all aspects of day-to-day …
Sen. Josh Hawley writing book: 'The Tyranny of Big Tech.'
NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Josh Hawley is working on a book about one of the Missouri Republican's ongoing targets.
CBS News rebuilds MTV's old 'TRL' studio for election night
NEW YORK (AP) — Watch out for Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys: CBS News is building a new high-tech election night set in the Times Square studio where MTV's “Total Request Live” ruled the music world two de…
Herbert Kretzmer, lyricist of Les Miserables, dead at 95
LONDON (AP) — Herbert Kretzmer, the journalist and lyricist best known for his English-language adaptation of the musical Les Miserables, has died. He was 95.
On #MeToo anniversary, leaders say focus is on inequality
DETROIT (AP) — When #MeToo movement founder Tarana Burke thinks about the group's future as the world celebrates its anniversary, her vision is clear.
Jewish family's painting looted by Nazis in 1933 is returned
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A painting of two young, 19th-century skaters that was looted by Nazis from a Jewish family in 1933 and recently discovered at a small museum in upstate New York was returned Thursday after 87 y…
In head-to-head town halls, Biden beats Trump in audience
NEW YORK (AP) — It's not the tally that really matters, but Joe Biden scored something of an upset over President Donald Trump.