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BASIN EVENTS: Nov. 13-21
COLUMBIA BASIN — Shh! Hear that? It’s the last quiet time before the holidays begin in earnest. Here are a few way…
Johnny Depp's libel case against UK tabloid stalled by virus
LONDON (AP) — Johnny Depp’s libel suit against British tabloid The Sun was put on hold Friday as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
NBC News technician dies from coronavirus
NEW YORK (AP) — A technician who worked at NBC News' New York headquarters has died after testing positive for coronavirus, the network said on Friday.
Columbia Basin Allied Arts reschedules performances
Spokane Jazz Orchestra still coming to town
Music festival, barbecue championship postponed in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Beale Street Music Festival and the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in Memphis, Tennessee, have been postponed because of the new coronavirus outbreak.
World Video Game Hall of Fame announces 2020 finalists
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Twelve video games were named Thursday as finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame.
Selma Online offers free civil rights lessons amid virus
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — The first attempt of the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965, led to police violence against peaceful African American demonstrators. The beatings, known as “Bloody Sun…
Harry and Meghan urge 'empathy and kindness' against virus
From finding ways to help others cope to sheltering in place to canceling events, here's a look at some of the ways the entertainment industry is reacting to the spread of the coronavirus, which most people recover…
'Downton Abbey' creator turns to the beautiful game
NEW YORK (AP) — With global soccer shut down these days, fans desperate for a fix of the beautiful game may find it from a rather unlikely source — the creator of the stately “Downton Abbey.”
Museum scales back 25th anniversary of Oklahoma City bombing
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum is planning to offer a recorded, one-hour television program in place of a live ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing…
TV med shows donate masks, Cannes delayed amid coronavirus
From finding ways to help others cope to sheltering in place to canceling events, here's a look at some of the ways the entertainment industry is reacting to the spread of the coronavirus, which most people recover…
Cannes Film Festival postponed due to virus, organizers now looking at June or July dates
PARIS (AP) — Cannes Film Festival postponed due to virus, organizers now looking at June or July dates.
Judge hands major win to Katy Perry in 'Dark Horse' dispute
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge in Los Angeles handed a major victory to Katy Perry on Tuesday, overturning a jury's verdict that found the pop superstar and her collaborators copied her 2013 hit “Dark Horse” fr…
Alex Kotlowitz's `An American Summer' wins Lukas Book Prize
NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Kotlowitz's “An American Summer,” an intimate chronicle of gun violence in Chicago, has won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. Kerri K. Greenidge's “Black Radical,” a biography of civil rights ac…
Weinstein moved to state prison day before 68th birthday
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was transferred to a state prison in New York on Wednesday as he begins to serve a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault in his landmark #MeToo case.
Review: 'Darling Rose Gold' an excellent debut by Wrobel
The phenomenon Munchausen syndrome by proxy — in which a parent purposely makes a child ill to gain sympathy and attention — receives a fresh update in Stephanie Wrobel’s excellent debut. The psychological thriller…