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NORTHWEST NEWS

Police Detain Driver Who Accelerated Toward Protesters at Portland State University in Oregon

The Portland Police Bureau said in a written statement late Thursday afternoon that the man was taken to a hospital on a police mental health hold. They did not release his name. The vehicle appeared to accelerate from a stop toward the crowd but braked before it reached anyone. 

Portland Government Will Change On Jan. 1. The City’s Transition Team Explains What We Can Expect.

‘It’s a learning curve that everyone has to be intentional about‘

What Marijuana Reclassification Means for the United States

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis but wouldn’t legalize it for recreational use. Some advocates for legalized weed say the move doesn't go far enough, while opponents say it goes too far.

US Long-Term Care Costs Are Sky-High, but Washington State’s New Way to Help Pay for Them Could Be Nixed

A group funded by hedge fund executive Brian Heywood is attempting to undermine the financial stability of Washington state's new long-term care social insurance program.

NEWS BRIEFS

April 30 is the Registration Deadline for the May Primary Election

Voters can register or update their registration online at OregonVotes.gov until 11:59 p.m. on April 30. ...

Chair Jessica Vega Pederson Releases $3.96 Billion Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025

Investments will boost shelter and homeless services, tackle the fentanyl crisis, strengthen the safety net and support a...

New Funding Will Invest in Promising Oregon Technology and Science Startups

Today Business Oregon and its Oregon Innovation Council announced a million award to the Portland Seed Fund that will...

Unity in Prayer: Interfaith Vigil and Memorial Service Honoring Youth Affected by Violence

As part of the 2024 National Youth Violence Prevention Week, the Multnomah County Prevention and Health Promotion Community Adolescent...

Safety lapses contributed to patient assaults at Oregon State Hospital, federal report says

Safety lapses at the Oregon State Hospital contributed to recent patient-on-patient assaults, a federal report on the state's most secure inpatient psychiatric facility has found. The investigation by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found that staff didn't always...

Democratic officials criticize Meta ad policy, saying it amplifies lies about 2020 election

ATLANTA (AP) — Several Democrats serving as their state's top election officials have sent a letter to the parent company of Facebook, asking it to stop allowing ads that claim the 2020 presidential election was stolen. In the letter addressed to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the...

The Bo Nix era begins in Denver, and the Broncos also drafted his top target at Oregon

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — For the first time in his 17 seasons as a coach, Sean Payton has a rookie quarterback to nurture. Payton's Denver Broncos took Bo Nix in the first round of the NFL draft. The coach then helped out both himself and Nix by moving up to draft his new QB's top...

Elliss, Jenkins, McCaffrey join Harrison and Alt in following their fathers into the NFL

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Marvin Harrison Jr., Joe Alt, Kris Jenkins, Jonah Ellis and Luke McCaffrey have turned the NFL draft into a family affair. The sons of former pro football stars, they've followed their fathers' formidable footsteps into the league. Elliss was...

OPINION

New White House Plan Could Reduce or Eliminate Accumulated Interest for 30 Million Student Loan Borrowers

Multiple recent announcements from the Biden administration offer new hope for the 43.2 million borrowers hoping to get relief from the onerous burden of a collective

Op-Ed: Why MAGA Policies Are Detrimental to Black Communities

NNPA NEWSWIRE – MAGA proponents peddle baseless claims of widespread voter fraud to justify voter suppression tactics that disproportionately target Black voters. From restrictive voter ID laws to purging voter rolls to limiting early voting hours, these...

Loving and Embracing the Differences in Our Youngest Learners

Yet our responsibility to all parents and society at large means we must do more to share insights, especially with underserved and under-resourced communities. ...

Gallup Finds Black Generational Divide on Affirmative Action

Each spring, many aspiring students and their families begin receiving college acceptance letters and offers of financial aid packages. This year’s college decisions will add yet another consideration: the effects of a 2023 Supreme Court, 6-3 ruling that...

AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE NEWS

The Kentucky Derby is turning 150 years old. It's survived world wars and controversies of all kinds

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — As a record crowd cheered, American Pharoah rallied from behind and took aim at his remaining two rivals in the stretch. The bay colt and jockey Victor Espinoza surged to the lead with a furlong to go and thundered across the finish line a length ahead in the 2015 Kentucky...

Congressman praises heckling of war protesters, including 1 who made monkey gestures at Black woman

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Israel-Hamas war demonstrations at the University of Mississippi turned ugly this week when one counter-protester appeared to make monkey noises and gestures at a Black student in a raucous gathering that was endorsed by a far-right congressman from Georgia. ...

Biden awards the Medal of Freedom to Nancy Pelosi, Medgar Evers, Michelle Yeoh and 15 others

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 people, including civil rights icons such as the late Medgar Evers, prominent political leaders such as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. James Clyburn, and actor Michelle Yeoh. ...

ENTERTAINMENT

Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 5-11

Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 5-11: May 5: Actor Michael Murphy is 86. Actor Lance Henriksen (“Millennium,” ″Aliens”) is 84. Comedian-actor Michael Palin (Monty Python) is 81. Actor John Rhys-Davies (“Lord of the Rings,” ″Raiders of the Lost Ark”) is 80....

Select list of nominees for 2024 Tony Awards

NEW YORK (AP) — Select nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards, announced Tuesday. Best Musical: “Hell's Kitchen'': ”Illinoise"; “The Outsiders”; “Suffs”; “Water for Elephants” Best Play: “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding”; “Mary Jane”; “Mother...

Book Review: 'Crow Talk' provides a path for healing in a meditative and hopeful novel on grief

Crows have long been associated with death, but Eileen Garvin’s novel “Crow Talk” offers a fresh perspective; creepy, dark and morbid becomes beautiful, wondrous and transformative. “Crow Talk” provides a path for healing in a meditative and hopeful novel on grief, largely...

U.S. & WORLD NEWS

Flood and landslide hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing 14

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A flood and a landslide hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing 14 people,...

Striking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments

NEW YORK (AP) — Anti-war demonstrations ceased this week at a small number of U.S. universities after school...

After Roe, the network of people who help others get abortions see themselves as 'the underground'

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Waiting in a long post office line with the latest shipment of “abortion aftercare...

Bomb kills at least 12 people, including children, at two displacement camps in eastern Congo

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Attacks on two camps for displaced people in eastern Congo's North Kivu province on Friday...

Flowers, candles, silence as Serbia marks the 1st anniversary of mass shooting at a Belgrade school

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of people laid flowers and lit candles on Friday to commemorate the victims of...

As China's Xi Jinping visits Europe, Ukraine, trade and investment are likely to top the agenda

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Ukraine, trade and investment are expected to dominate Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s first...

By Helen Silvis of The Skanner News

Police have identified the man killed early Saturday morning at Northeast 13th Avenue and Rosa Parks Way, as Marcus Deangelo Miller, 40. Miller (pictured) died from multiple gunshot wounds.
His death adds another layer of tragedy to the disappearance of 14-year-old Yashanee Vaughn. Miller had a son with Ms. Shaquita Louis, the missing girl's mother.  Friends and family are rallying around a family hit by two severe losses. The family also is connected to Shalamar Edmond, the teen shot in North Portland just two weeks ago.
Police have charged 16-year-old Parrish Bennette with murdering Yashanee Vaughn, but her body has not been found. Ms. Louis has appealed for anyone with information about what happened to her daughter to disclose it to Crimestoppers,(503-823-4357) anonymously if necessary.
Detectives say they don't know if Miller's death had anything to do with recent gang shootings. Police said in a statement that Miller had connections to gangs in the past, but it is not known if this had anything to do with his death.
A suspect wearing tan clothing was reported running south on NE 13th from Rosa Parks Way.
Detectives are encouraging anyone with information to contact Detective Kristina Coffey at 503-823-0833 or Detective Mark Sponhauer at 503-823-0416.

The fatal shooting was one of three shootings reported to Portland police this weekend. A woman was injured at the 82nd Avenue Bar and Grill, at Southeast 82nd and Raymond, shortly after midnight Saturday.
Northeast Portland resident Grace Anne Essy, 32, was shot several times in her left leg in the parking lot of the bar. She was later released from hospital after treatment.
Police say they do not believe that Essy, who has no ties to gangs, was the intended target, as there were gang associates in the parking lot.
Call Detective Todd Teats at 503-823-2137 if you have information.

The third shooting was near Northgate Park at North Fessenden Street and Geneva Avenue at approximately 2:08 a.m. Saturday morning.
Officers found 20-year-old Gabino Besarra Acosta at North Fessenden and Wall who had been shot in the face and shoulder. Acosta was treated and released at an area hospital.
Acosta and an 18-year-old friend were walking through Northgate Park when two young Black males confronted them. The four exchanged words and one of the teens pointed a gun at Acosta and shot at him several times.
The suspect is described as a light-skinned black male teen, around 5'10", with a thin build. His companion is described as a dark-skinned black male teen, 5'08", with a thin build.
Anyone with information about this shooting is encouraged to call Detective Brad Clifton at 503-823-2087.

Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information, reported to Crime Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in any of these shootings, or any unsolved felony. You can remain anonymous.
Leave a tip online at www.crimestoppersoforegon.com, or text 823HELP plus your tip and send it to CRIMES (274637). People without internet access can call Crime Stoppers at (503) 823-HELP (4357).
associates, who also were in the parking lot.
 Call Detective Todd Teats at 503-823-2137 if you have information.

The Skanner Foundation's 38th Annual MLK Breakfast