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E-sports finds a foothold in the Basin
COLUMBIA BASIN — Among the activities that students can participate in, e-sports, or organized competitive video g…
ESPN names Phil Dean new "Monday Night Football" producer
ESPN has named Phil Dean as its new producer for “Monday Night Football” beginning with the upcoming season.
Kelly Rowland: ‘Coffee’ song, video is my ode to black women
NEW YORK (AP) — Kelly Rowland says her new single “Coffee” and its accompanying music video is her “ode to the beauty of black women.”
Queen and Adam Lambert honor global COVID-19 'Champions'
LONDON (AP) — Queen and singer Adam Lambert have a message for workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 fight: “You Are the Champions.”
Teen receives scholarship honoring 'The Hate U Give' author
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi teenager with a talent for writing is receiving a full-ride college scholarship named for the author of “The Hate U Give.”
This is his quest: An actor serenades the front-line workers
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a stunning sound, emerging amid the clanging and the whooping and the banging and the honking at 7 p.m. each night as New Yorkers cheer front-line workers: the velvety, buttery baritone of Bria…
Review: A six-decade romance story in ‘A Secret Love’
Terry Donahue, the subject of the new Netflix documentary “
Best-Sellers-Books-USAToday
1. “Walk the Wire” by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
'Trolls' went straight to homes. Movie theaters are fuming.
NEW YORK (AP) — The most controversial movie of the year is ... “Trolls World Tour”?
Coast Guard, Ripley Entertainment criticized in boat crash
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A duck boat sinking on a Missouri lake that killed 17 people two summers ago likely would not have happened if the U.S. Coast Guard had followed recommendations to improve the safety of such tou…
Review: Damien Jurado’s delicate vignettes fill new album
Damien Jurado, “What’s New, Tomboy?” (Mama Bird Recording Co.)
'Goonies' cast, 'Flintstones' rescue TV viewers in pandemic
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Josh Gad had a notion about what might soothe the kid in him during a scary time and maybe do the same for others. The actor got to work organizing an online reunion of the cast and creators of t…
No ‘Black Widow’ or ‘F9’ leaves a muted summer movie season
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The six-year fan campaign for a standalone Black Widow movie was paying off: at long last, a film would put Scarlett Johansson’s popular Avenger front and center. And, like many of Marvel’s bigge…
Durst seeks mistrial over coronavirus delays in murder case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorneys for real estate heir Robert Durst asked a Los Angeles judge to declare a mistrial Thursday in the murder case against him, arguing that he cannot get a fair trial with the long pause in…
Reality TV star Ashley 'Minnie' Ross dies in Georgia wreck
ATLANTA (AP) — Ashley Ross of the reality TV show “Little Women: Atlanta” has died in a head-on crash on a Georgia road, police and her representative confirmed Tuesday.
Review: Horror flick 'The Wretched' wastes some good ideas
You can thank “The Wretched” if you suddenly want to add another item to stock up with during this pandemic: salt. That's one of the only things that apparently keeps witches at bay. Pro tip: buy it in big bags.