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BASIN EVENTS: Dec. 12-20
COLUMBIA BASIN — It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas out there, and there are holiday goings-on galore in …
Mary Trump book already nearing 1 million sales
NEW YORK (AP) — Mary L. Trump's scathing memoir about her uncle, President Donald Trump, is nearly a million seller on preorders alone.
Diversity of LGBTQ characters in film declines, study finds
NEW YORK (AP) — Last year saw record representation of LGBTQ characters in the 118 films released by major studios, according to a new study by GLAAD. But for the third straight year, the racial diversity of LGBTQ …
Danish prime minister gets wedding on third scheduling try
HELSINKI (AP) — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has managed to get married after her wedding was postponed and then rescheduled due to a busy first year in office that included the coronavirus pandemic.
California man sentenced in $6M modern art fraud scheme
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California man who authorities say tried to sell $6 million worth of phony paintings he claimed were created by Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and other modern masters was sentenced…
Michelle Obama to host podcast on health, relationships
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michelle Obama will let her own voice be heard on a new podcast.
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1. “The Room Where It Happened” by John Bolton (Simon & Schuster)
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Netflix promotes content chief to co-CEO; adds 10M new subs
NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix added a flood of new subscribers amid the coronavirus pandemic and also offered clues to a possible successor for founding CEO Reed Hastings, who on Thursday named the company's chief conten…
A-Rod, bidding for Mets, wants players to accept cap system
NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez, among four groups of bidders for a possible purchase of the New York Mets, called for baseball players to accept the type of revenue-sharing system that is tied to a salary cap and s…
Review: Laura Cortese mixes synthesizers and string music
Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards, "Bitter Better” (Compass Records)
Fox's Harris Faulkner is used to people making presumptions
NEW YORK (AP) — As a Black journalist who works at Fox News Channel, Harris Faulkner is accustomed to people who presume to know where she stands on issues.
Review: U.D.O. brings out big guns with German military band
U.D.O., “We Are One” (AFM)
California man gets 5 years in prison for art fraud scheme
MIAMI (AP) — A California man was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison for trying to sell forged art to a South Florida gallery.
Review: Pianist Christian Sands' 'Be Water' flows freely
Christian Sands, "Be Water” (Mack Avenue)
Barr says US now overly reliant on Chinese goods, services
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has become overly reliant on Chinese goods and services, including face masks, medical gowns and other protective equipment designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Attorn…