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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…
White House, media team up for virus public service campaign
LOS ANGELES (AP) — First lady Melania Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci will take part in public service messages aimed at informing Americans about how to protect themselves and others from the coronavirus.
What now? Facing life without the entertainment world
NEW YORK (AP) — Overheard as the entertainment world stalled in response to the coronavirus outbreak: “What are we gonna do now, read books?”
Maggie Griffin, impish mother of comedian Kathy, dies at 99
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mother of comedian Kathy Griffin, who inspired many of the jokes in her famous daughter's standup routines, has died. Maggie Griffin was 99.
Australian TV journalist who met with Rita Wilson has virus
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian television journalist said Monday he has the new coronavirus and assumes he contracted it while meeting with actress-singer Rita Wilson in Sydney.
Yusef Salaam working on novel about wrongful imprisonment
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the former “Central Park Five” is teaming with an acclaimed children's author on a young adult novel with a personal theme — being wrongfully sentenced to prison.
Lyle Waggoner, foil on 'The Carol Burnett Show,' dies at 84
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lyle Waggoner, who used his good looks to comic effect on "The Carol Burnett Show," partnered with a superhero on "Wonder Woman" and was the first centerfold for Playgirl magazine, died Tuesday. …
Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 22-28
Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 22-28:
Author Rick Atkinson wins $50,000 history prize
NEW YORK (AP) — Military historian Rick Atkinson has won a $50,000 prize for his first of three planned volumes on the Revolutionary War.
Book sales fall as impact of coronavirus increases
NEW YORK (AP) — The number of physical books sold dropped 10 percent from the previous week, the latest sign of the effect of the coronavirus on the publishing industry.
Review: Mackie leads a little-known story in ‘The Banker'
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Coronavirus strikes journalists, others change way they work
NEW YORK (AP) — Six people at CBS News have tested positive for coronavirus, including a correspondent stationed in Italy, as media organizations fought Monday against the same epidemic they're charged with describ…
New Freeform drama 'Motherland' is bewitched by witches
NEW YORK (AP) — Anyone tuning into the new TV series “Motherland: Fort Salem” will find a few changes in the America depicted. For one thing, women are in charge of the military. For another, they're all witches.
Idris Elba says he has coronavirus: 'no symptoms so far'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Idris Elba says he has tested positive for the coronavirus. The actor tweeted Monday that he has no symptoms so far and has been isolated since Friday when he found out about his possible exposur…
One-Two Punch: Patterson and Alexander team up on Ali book
NEW YORK (AP) — Authors James Patterson and Kwame Alexander are teaming up on a book for young people about Muhammad Ali.
'Don't stop': When Carnegie Hall canceled, show went on
NEW YORK (AP) — How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. And when the coronavirus cancels the performance you've been practicing for? Take it outside.