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Arts

‘Demon Copperhead’ author Barbara Kingsolver to receive National Book Award for lifetime achievement

Barbara Kingsolver joins the ranks of Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Joan Didion with the award.

Oregon relay takes runners 200 miles through mountains, forests

For participants like Portland resident Kai Miller, the Hood to Coast Relay brings together friends and family for a memorable if arduous experience.

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Band name trouble

DALLAS — The manager of a Mexican cumbia band, Los Yaguaru de Angel Venegas, may proceed with certain unfair competition, cancelation of trademark and infringement claims against a newer group that is performing under the original’s name and logo. Family members are involved, and the manager was able to show that his brother obtained the trademark by fraud when he told the Patent and Trademark Office that the group’s name is based on his stage name, not his brother’s.

Drawn to drama: The life and times of a courtroom sketch artist

Retired courtroom artist Art Lien captured memorable court cases for 45 years, including the trials of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh and the Boston Marathon bomber, and the impeachment hearings of then-President Donald Trump.

Sentenced for smuggling ancient art

LOS ANGELES — A California man has been sentenced to three months in prison after he, in 2015, illegally smuggled a Syrian floor mosaic that depicts Hercules rescuing Prometheus. The man had misclassified the Roman Empire-era artwork in customs documents, describing it as ceramic tiles valued less than $600 rather than as the $450,000, 2,000-pound historic artifact that it is.

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