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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…
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Wisconsin election officials: Kanye off presidential ballot
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials decided Thursday to keep rapper Kanye West off the battleground state's presidential ballot in November because his campaign turned in his nomination papers moments…
Suffrage anniversary commemorations highlight racial divide
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As the U.S. marks the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, many event organizers, mindful that the 19th Amendment originally benefited mostly white women, have been careful to present it as…
NBC News deletes tweet that Ocasio-Cortez called misleading
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News deleted a tweet early Wednesday about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's brief speech at the
Actor James Hong back in spotlight with Hollywood star push
James Hong is learning to do his first Zoom video chat at the spry age of 91. The actor, who has witnessed his industry continuously evolve with technology, is finding it “mind-boggling.”
5 highlights of the fall books season
NEW YORK (AP) — Five highlights of the fall books season, from literary fiction to topical non-fiction:
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After 5 months, AMC Theaters reopens its doors, cautiously
WEST HOMESTEAD, Pa (AP) — The doors to the AMC Waterfront 22 were locked. They had been for five months, along with most indoor theaters in the U.S. because of COVID-19. But in 20 minutes that was about to change a…
Loughlin, Giannulli to be sentenced in college bribery plot
BOSTON (AP) — More than a year after “Full House” star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, were charged with paying half a million dollars in bribes to get their two daughters into th…
Netflix announces cast for 'Pinocchio' animated musical film
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The cast for Netflix’s new “Pinocchio” film has been chosen.
After grief, Bebel Gilberto recovers her zen with new album
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Singer Bebel Gilberto never found the chance to slip a pair of headphones onto the ears of her dad, Brazilian music legend João Gilberto, to play the song she wrote for him. The track is named…
A different view of the Democrats on Fox News prime time
NEW YORK (AP) — Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity are providing television viewers with a distinctly different vision of the Democratic National Convention each night from their perches on Fox News Channel.
Review: ‘The 24th’ is a sobering history lesson for today
On Aug. 23, 1917, four months after the U.S. had entered World War I, the all-Black 3rd battalion of the U.S. Army’s 24th Infantry Regiment mutinied in Houston. That night’s two hours of violence left nine civilian…
Review: 'Unhinged' is no reason to return to a movie theater
“We hope you are as excited as we are,” goes the promotional email from the studio, “about bringing the beloved pastime of going to the movies back into America’s lives.”
Elections panel staff: Keep Kanye West off Wisconsin ballot
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Staff for the Wisconsin Elections Commission recommended Tuesday that rapper Kanye West be kept off the battleground state’s presidential ballot in November because he missed a deadline to subm…