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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…
Review: Newcomer Juni Ata delivers urgent, passionate debut
Juni Ata, “Saudade" (Flying on Fire)
'Chariots of Fire' star Ben Cross dies after short illness
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ben Cross, an actor who starred in the Academy Award-winning film “Chariots of Fire” and “Star Trek,” has died. He was 72.
Actress Sharon Stone criticizes COVID-19 testing in Montana
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Actress Sharon Stone is criticizing the availability of COVID-19 testing in Montana, where her sister and brother-in-law are hospitalized with the respiratory virus.
Artists, academics defend LGBT rights in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Dozens of authors, artists and scholars — including writer Margaret Atwood and film directors Pedro Almodóvar and Mike Leigh— have expressed outrage at the hostility being directed toward LGBT…
In 'The 24th,' police brutality and unrest, 103 years ago
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Review: The Killers return with songs of women and loyalty
The Killers, “Imploding the Mirage” (Island Records)
'Love in the Time of Corona' is 'time capsule' of the times
NEW YORK (AP) — From grappling with big life decisions to a marriage on the brink, a new four-part miniseries tackles relationship struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Television viewership down for unconventional convention
NEW YORK (AP) — Preliminary estimates show television viewership for the first night of the Democrats' virtual convention was sharply down compared to the opening of Hillary Clinton's nominating party four years ag…
Pandemic accelerates power shift in fashion, advertising
NEW YORK (AP) — The pandemic has accelerated a power shift in the fashion and advertising world, with models and influencers by necessity wielding more control over their own images during remote photo and video sh…
Court goes where 'no court has gone before' for 'Star Trek'
NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court went a little out of this world Monday in ruling that an offshoot of the “Star Trek” franchise did not infringe the copyrights of a developer’s videogame concept.
Man featured on reality TV show charged in nephew's killing
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The son of the owner of a St. Louis-area soul food restaurant that was the setting for the reality show “Welcome to Sweetie Pie's” has been charged in a murder-for-hire plot that resulted in the de…
Detailed plans in place for careful removal of Lee statue
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — When the bronze equestrian statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee
From Ferrante to Woodward: a full fall season in books
NEW YORK (AP) — The best news about the fall season in books is that there will be a fall season in books.
Review: Snow Patrol crowdsource a great new pandemic EP
Snow Patrol, “The Fireside Sessions” (Republic Records)
Britney Spears asks court to curb father's power over her
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears on Tuesday asked a court to keep her father from reasserting the broad control over her life and career that he has had for most of the past 12 years.