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Upcoming events: Lights, shows and Christmas dinner

Friday, Dec. 19 Christmas Through the Ages: Historic Lecompton’s Annual Christmas Tree Display, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Territorial Capital Museum, 640 E. Woodson Ave., Lecompton. “Holiday Reflections” walk-through village, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Grand Plaza, Union Station, 30 West Pershing Road, ...

Handpicked board votes to add Trump’s name to Kennedy Center

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's handpicked board voted Thursday to rename Washington's leading performing arts center as the Trump Kennedy Center, the White House said, in a move that made Democrats fume, saying the board had overstepped its legal authority. Congress named the center ...

In recorded message, Rob Reiner urges resiliency for Holocaust survivors

JERUSALEM — In a video message recorded weeks before he was killed, Hollywood icon Rob Reiner urged Holocaust survivors participating in a Hanukkah ceremony on Thursday to "be resilient" during difficult times. Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found stabbed to death Sunday at their home ...