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BASIN EVENTS: May 8-16
COLUMBIA BASIN — There’s plenty happening in the Basin as we sneak up on Memorial Day weekend. Check out some of t…
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…
USA Today: Navarro's anti-Fauci column didn't meet standards
NEW YORK (AP) — USA Today says that a column that the newspaper solicited and published from presidential trade adviser Peter Navarro criticizing Dr. Anthony Fauci was misleading and did not meet fact-checking stan…