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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…
Met Opera skips this season, 1st Black composer opens '21-22
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera will skip an entire season for the first time in its nearly 140-year history and intends to return from the pandemic layoff next September with the company’s first presentatio…
Annual Lennon tribute, in 40th year, goes online
NEW YORK (AP) — Like many other events, an annual John Lennon tribute concert that takes place in his adopted city of New York on his Oct. 9 birthday has been forced online because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mirrored depot will open Dutch museum's storage to public
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — All the paintings, sculptures and other works that grace museums and galleries around the world are the visible tip of a huge art iceberg. Most of the institutions only have space to e…
Disney delays 'Black Widow,' Spielberg's 'West Side Story'
NEW YORK (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. has further postponed its next mega-movies from Marvel, including “Black Widow,” while also postponing Steven Spielberg's “West Side Story” a full year in the company's latest re…
Demi Lovato, Max Ehrich call off engagement after 2 months
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer-actors Demi Lovato and Max Ehrich have called off their engagement after two months.
Elton John announces new North American dates for final tour
NEW YORK (AP) — After postponing several shows because of the coronavirus pandemic, Elton John is saying hello to the yellow brick road of touring.
Gale Sayers, Bears Hall of Fame running back, dies at 77
CHICAGO (AP) — Gale Sayers, the dazzling and elusive running back who entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame despite the briefest of careers and whose fame extended far beyond the field for decades thanks to a frien…
Judge dismisses suit against Fox over Trump affair story
NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan judge has tossed out a defamation lawsuit against Fox News brought by the former Playboy model who took a $150,000 payoff to squelch her story of an affair with a pre-presidency Donald T…
French media: Raspy-voiced singer Juliette Greco dead at 93
PARIS (AP) — Juliette Greco, a French singer, actress, cultural icon and muse to existentialist philosophers of the country’s post-War period, has died, French media said Wednesday. She was 93.
Poet Nikky Finney wins $100,000 lifetime achievement prize
NEW YORK (AP) — Nikky Finney has won the Wallace Stevens Award, a $100,000 lifetime achievement honor presented by the Academy of American Poets. Judges praised Finney, known for such collections as “Head Off & Spl…
'Grateful': Gigi Hadid welcomes baby girl with Zayn Malik
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Model Gigi Hadid and her musician boyfriend Zayn Malik took to social media to celebrate the arrival of an infant girl, with dad saying he's “grateful" and “thankful.”
Woodward's 'Rage' sells 600,000 copies in first week
NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Woodward's “Rage” sold more than 600,000 copies in its first week of publication, continuing a yearlong wave of blockbuster books about President Donald Trump.
Choir practice in Spain infects 30 of 41 members with virus
MADRID (AP) — At least 30 of 41 members of a gospel choir in northeastern Spain have contracted coronavirus following a rehearsal indoors with little air circulation, local authorities and the chorus say.
The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com
Audible best-sellers for the week ending September 18th: