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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…
For television executives, return of football is good news
NEW YORK (AP) — Pro football has probably never been more important to television executives than this year, and its return has them ready to do a happy dance in the end zone.
CNBC's Cramer apologizes for calling Pelosi 'crazy Nancy'
NEW YORK (AP) — CNBC's Jim Cramer apologized Tuesday for calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “crazy Nancy” during an interview, saying he was trying to make a point about Washington intolerance that fell flat.
Gabriela Hearst, Kerby Jean-Raymond win top fashion awards
NEW YORK (AP) — The Council of Fashion Designers of America gave its top fashion awards on Monday to Gabriela Hearst for womenswear and Kerby Jean-Raymond for menswear. The two designers led a group of winners that…
Ex-diplomat Darroch astounded by UK plan to break Brexit law
LONDON (AP) — Kim Darroch is astonished.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 20-26
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 20-26
John Boyega quits perfume ambassador role over Chinese ad
LONDON (AP) — Black actor John Boyega has stepped down from his role as a global ambassador for perfume brand Jo Malone after the company decided to hire a Chinese actor to replace him in an ad he created.
ACM Awards brings live performances back to TV amid pandemic
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — At the Academy of Country Music Awards on Wednesday, there won’t be fake fans, canned applause or pre-taped acceptance speeches. After a five-month delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, the…
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Perfume brand says cutting Black actor from ad was misstep
NEW YORK (AP) — British perfume brand Jo Malone has apologized to Black actor John Boyega of “Star Wars” fame after cutting him out of the Chinese version of a cologne commercial he helped create.
Longtime San Francisco benefactor Ann Getty dies at 79
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ann Getty, a longtime benefactor of the arts and culture in San Francisco who married into the storied Getty family, died Monday. She was 79.
Netflix delves into the 'human side' of Challenger disaster
NEW YORK (AP) — Many Americans have vivid memories of Jan. 28, 1986.
MPR reporter quits over handling of sex misconduct reporting
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An arts reporter at Minnesota Public Radio News announced her resignation Monday, accusing management of dragging their feet on a potential story about a male employee at a sister station acc…
Ex-sailor's film shows Mayflower II's colorful 1957 voyage
LONDON (AP) — The sea voyage that changed Peter Padfield’s life more than six decades ago started with an act of chance. In 1956, Padfield was third officer aboard a British cruise liner in Sri Lanka when he stumbl…
Rosa Parks' home displayed in Italy as US race tensions rise
NAPLES, Italy (AP) — The run-down, paint-chipped Detroit house where U.S. civil rights icon Rosa Parks took refuge after her historic bus boycott is going on display in Italy in a setting that couldn’t be more inco…
Margaret Atwood honored with Dayton Literary Peace Prize
CINCINNATI (AP) — Author Margaret Atwood thinks an American defiant streak is the country's defense against the kind of nightmarish totalitarian future she depicts for the United States in “The Handmaid’s Tale."