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'A Taste of Ireland' set to showcase Irish music, dance and fun
MOSES LAKE — Three Eastern Washington venues will get their Taste of Ireland this spring when “A Taste of Ireland …
Judge OKs fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli’s plea deal in college bribery scheme; Giannulli to get 5 months in prison
BOSTON (AP) — Judge OKs fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli’s plea deal in college bribery scheme; Giannulli to get 5 months in prison.
Judge accepts Giannulli plea deal in college bribery scheme
BOSTON (AP) — Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli will be sentenced to five months in prison after a federal judge accepted his plea deal with prosecutors on charges that he paid half a million dollars in bribes to …
Appeals court rules Spanish museum can keep looted Nazi art
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A U.S. appeals court has ruled that a Camille Pissarro painting a Jewish woman traded to the Nazis to escape the Holocaust in 1939 may remain the property of a Spanish museum that acquired it mor…
Jay-Z, Pharrell to release new song about Black ambition
NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams have teamed up to release a new song about Black ambition titled “Entrepreneur."
Review: Roots rock and historical topics from Chuck Prophet
Chuck Prophet, “The Land That Time Forgot” (Yep Roc)
Picture book on Kamala Harris coming Aug. 25
NEW YORK (AP) — That didn't take long: Just weeks after making history as the running mate for Democratic nominee Joe Biden, Sen. Kamala Harris will be the subject of a new picture book.
Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan play geniuses in ‘Tesla’
NEW YORK (AP) — Ethan Hawke has portrayed several real people in recent years, including musician Chet Baker and abolitionist John Brown, but his new role as pioneering inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla presented …
Review: Druids, Dennis Hopper and more on Waterboys' latest
The Waterboys, “Good Luck, Seeker” (Cooking Vinyl)
Lawsuit: Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. raped New York woman in 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is accused of raping a woman twice in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013, according to a lawsuit that escalates the severity of the growing number of claims against him.
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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: