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BASIN EVENTS: April 3-11, 2026
COLUMBIA BASIN — It’s finally spring, and fun things to do are popping up all over the Basin. Here are a few optio…
Chinese dissident Xu Zhiyong to be honored by PEN America
NEW YORK (AP) — Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese activist and legal scholar detained by the government since earlier this year, is being honored by PEN America.
'Just Mercy,' drama of racial injustice, to be free in June
NEW YORK (AP) — The 2019 film “Just Mercy,” which chronicles courtroom struggles against racial injustice and mass incarceration, will be made free on digital platforms throughout June in the wake of George Floyd's…
In COVID-19 darkness, gift of a `Moment of Light' to museum
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — If not for the pandemic, Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum would have missed out on a classic Dutch 16th century painting it so badly craved.
Cartoonists to thank frontline workers playfully this Sunday
NEW YORK (AP) — The funny papers this Sunday will have more than laughs.
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1. “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
U.S. news organizations focus on lives lost in the pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — Many are familiar with some of the bold-faced names of people who died of COVID-19 —
COVID-19 puts National WWII Museum 20th anniversary online
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Before the
John Prine's wife urges Tennessee to expand absentee voting
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The wife of singer-songwriter John Prine, who died from complications of COVID-19, urged lawmakers Tuesday to expand absentee voting so Tennesseans would not have to put their health at risk…
CMT special focuses on good news work of everyday heroes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country stars highlighted the heroic work of citizens and communities around the country who were coming together to help each other in the middle of the coronavirus epidemic during the "CMT…
Review: Nick Lowe's sardonic duality on display on new EP
Nick Lowe, “Lay It On Me” (Yep Roc Records)
Eagles' Don Henley asks Congress to change copyright law
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eagles songwriter Don Henley urged Congress on Tuesday to “Take It to the Limit” to protect artists against online pirating, wading into a copyright fight pitting Hollywood and the recording indus…
Universal takes first steps reviving Orlando theme park biz
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — With masks on their faces and temperature checks at entrances, Harry Potter fans and roller coaster lovers streamed back into Universal Orlando Resort this week in one of the first major steps …
Review: Dion gets distinguished help on rocking blues album
Dion, “Blues with Friends” (Keeping the Blues Alive Records)
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New York Times says senator’s op-ed didn’t meet standards
NEW YORK (AP) — In an embarrassing about-face, The New York Times said Thursday that an opinion piece it ran by U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton advocating the use of federal troops to quell nationwide protests about police mi…