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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…
Women embrace #challengeaccepted, but some ask: To what end?
CHICAGO (AP) — “Challenge accepted," they wrote — female Instagram users across the United States, flooding the photo-sharing app with black-and-white images. Together they formed a grid of millions of magazine-sty…
Writer Milan Kundera donating archive to Czech library
PRAGUE (AP) — Milan Kundera, the 91-year-old author of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” and other acclaimed novels, has decided to donate his private library and archive to a public library in the Czech city whe…
Court records show injury reports for Universal water slide
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — At least 115 injury reports have been made involving a water slide at Universal Orlando's Volcano Bay, according to court records filed in a lawsuit by a tourist who says he was left paralyzed …
'Into the Wild' bus likely lands a home at Fairbanks museum
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An infamous bus appears headed to a new home at a museum in Fairbanks after being removed from Alaska’s backcountry to deter people from making dangerous, sometimes deadly treks to visit th…
DeGeneres apologizes to show's staff amid workplace inquiry
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres apologized to the staff of her daytime TV talk show amid an internal company investigation of complaints of a difficult and unfair workplace.
Review: Jon Anderson's message of love imbues ‘1000 Hands’
Jon Anderson, “1000 Hands” (Blue Elan Records)
Gaga, Grande top MTV VMA noms; quarantine categories added
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s raining nominations for Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s
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1. "Too Much and Never Enough″ by Mary L. Trump (Simon & Schuster)
Review: Steve Howe's ‘Love Is’ echoes Yes but needs more
Steve Howe, “Love Is” (BMG)
In an upside-down summer, 'Jaws,' 'E.T.' are hits again
NEW YORK (AP) — When historians look back on the top films at the box office in the summer of 2020, they may feel like they’ve slipped into a time warp, or maybe “Back to the Future.”
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Placido Domingo to receive lifetime award in Austria
SOAVE, Italy (AP) — Placido Domingo will make his first public appearance since recovering from coronavirus to accept a lifetime achievement award in Austria next week.
Ominous whipped cream art comes to London's Trafalgar Square
LONDON (AP) — The latest eye-catching sight in London’s Trafalgar Square is a giant swirl of whipped cream topped with a cherry, a fly and a drone.
UK rapper Solo 45 sentenced to 24 years for violent rapes
LONDON (AP) — British grime musician Solo 45 was sentenced Thursday to 24 years in prison for raping four women in what police said was among the most violent sexual behavior they had seen.
Writer Milan Kundera donating archive to Czech library
PRAGUE (AP) — Milan Kundera, the 91-year-old author of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” and other acclaimed novels, has decided to donate his private library and archive to a public library in the Czech city whe…