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NORTHWEST NEWS

Here Are the 18 City Council Candidates Running to Represent N/NE Portland

Three will go on to take their seats at an expanded Portland City Council.

With Drug Recriminalization, Addiction Recovery Advocates Warn of ‘Inequitable Patchwork’ of Services – And Greater Burden to Black Oregonians

Possession of small amounts of hard drugs is again a misdemeanor crime, as of last Sunday. Critics warn this will have a disproportionate impact on Black Oregonians. 

Police in Washington City Banned From Personalizing Equipment in Settlement Over Shooting Black Man

The city of Olympia, Washington, will pay 0,000 to the family of Timothy Green, a Black man shot and killed by police, in a settlement that also stipulates that officers will be barred from personalizing any work equipment.The settlement stops the display of symbols on equipment like the thin blue line on an American flag, which were displayed when Green was killed. The agreement also requires that members of the police department complete state training “on the historical intersection between race and policing.”

City Elections Officials Explain Ranked-Choice Voting

Portland voters will still vote by mail, but have a chance to vote on more candidates. 

NEWS BRIEFS

New Affordable Housing in N Portland Named for Black Scholar

Community Development Partners and Self Enhancement Inc. bring affordable apartments to 5050 N. Interstate Ave., marking latest...

Benson Polytechnic Celebrates Its Grand Opening After an Extensive Three Year Modernization

Portland Public Schools welcomes the public to a Grand Opening Celebration of the newly modernized Benson...

Attorneys General Call for Congress to Require Surgeon General Warnings on Social Media Platforms

In a letter sent yesterday to Congress, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, who is also president of the National Association of...

Washington State Library Set to Re-Open on Mondays

The Washington State Library will return to normal public operating hours Monday after remaining partially closed for the past 11...

Candidates to Appear on Nov. 5 Ballot Certified

The list of candidates is organized by position for mayor, auditor, and city council. A total of 118 candidates...

Young climate activists ask US Supreme Court to revive their lawsuit against the government

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Young climate activists in Oregon have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive their long-running lawsuit against the federal government in which they argued they have a constitutional right to a climate that sustains life. Their petition, filed Thursday, asks the...

Striking Boeing factory workers say they are ready to hold out for a better contract

SEATTLE (AP) — Blue-collar workers from Boeing walked picket lines in the Pacific Northwest instead of building airplanes on Friday after they overwhelmingly rejected a proposed contract that would have raised their wages by 25% over four years. The strike by 33,000 machinists will...

Missouri gets Board of Curators approval for 0 million renovation of Memorial Stadium

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri Board of Curators approved a 0 million renovation for Memorial Stadium on Thursday during a meeting attended by SEC commissioner Greg Sankey on the campus of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The project, which will break...

No. 24 Boston College visits No. 6 Missouri in marquee nonconference game at Faurot Field

No. 24 Boston College (2-0) at No. 6 Missouri (2-0), Saturday, 12:45 p.m. ET (SEC) BetMGM College Football Odds: Missouri by 16 1/2. Series record: Boston College leads 1-0. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Boston College jumped into the AP Top 25 this week...

OPINION

DOJ and State Attorneys General File Joint Consumer Lawsuit

In August, the Department of Justice and eight state Attorneys Generals filed a lawsuit charging RealPage Inc., a commercial revenue management software firm with providing apartment managers with illegal price fixing software data that violates...

America Needs Kamala Harris to Win

Because a 'House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand' ...

Student Loan Debt Drops $10 Billion Due to Biden Administration Forgiveness; New Education Department Rules Hold Hope for 30 Million More Borrowers

As consumers struggle to cope with mounting debt, a new economic report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York includes an unprecedented glimmer of hope. Although debt for mortgages, credit cards, auto loans and more increased by billions of...

Carolyn Leonard - Community Leader Until The End, But How Do We Remember Her?

That was Carolyn. Always thinking about what else she could do for the community, even as she herself lay dying in bed. A celebration of Carolyn Leonard’s life will be held on August 17. ...

AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE NEWS

Judge frees Colorado paramedic convicted in death of Elijah McClain from prison

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became part of the rallying cries for social justice that swept the U.S. in 2020, is being released from prison after a judge reduced his sentence to four years of probation Friday. ...

Bomb threats close schools and offices after Trump spread false rumors about Haitians in Ohio

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Bomb threats prompted the evacuation of schools and government buildings for a second day on Friday in an Ohio community that has been the focus of unwanted attention after former President Donald Trump amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants are abducting and...

Colorado judge frees paramedic from prison and gives probation for role in Elijah McClain's death after police stop (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously spelled McClain's last name})

DENVER (AP) — Colorado judge frees paramedic from prison and gives probation for role in Elijah McClain's death after police stop (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously spelled McClain's last name})....

ENTERTAINMENT

Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard sentenced to 11 years for sexual assault

TORONTO (AP) — Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was sentenced Monday in a Toronto courtroom to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting four women. The judge called the 83-year-old a “sexual predator.” Justice Robert Goldstein said Nygard showed no empathy for his...

Book Review: Brathwaite flexes his writing chops and expands Black literary canon with debut 'Rage'

There was a class at my university called Black Arts, Black Power. Lester Fabian Brathwaite’s “Rage” would fit snugly right into that syllabus. With an extensive writing portfolio already under his belt working for publications like “Out,” Brathwaite's debut book is part...

Music Review: Suki Waterhouse's indie-pop shines and bares fangs on 'Memoir of a Sparklemuffin'

Suki Waterhouse is everywhere at once. A year after the hit show “Daisy Jones and the Six” reintroduced her music talents to a new audience, the indie-pop singer-songwriter-model-actress-entrepreneur opened for Taylor Swift on her record-breaking Eras Tour at London's Wembley Stadium. Now,...

Angela Bassett Wins First Emmy Award in Four-Decade Career

Kendrick Lamar to Headline the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show

Science Teacher’s Viral Creative Classroom Decor Continues to Inspire a New School Year

Oprah and Poet Amanda Gorman Meet for the First Time at DNC and Share Sweet Exchange

U.S. & WORLD NEWS

Free School Meals Are on the Rise in the US − but That Could Change Depending on Who Wins the 2024 Presidential Election

Southside Chicago Churches Launch Literacy Camp for Black Boys

Harris and Trump Are Jockeying for Battleground States After Their Debate

California Passes Bill Banning Discrimination Based on Hair Styles, Texture

Fani Willis skips a Georgia state Senate hearing while challenging subpoena

ATLANTA (AP) — A special Georgia state Senate committee that had subpoenaed Fulton County District Attorney Fani...

Stuck-in-space astronauts reflect on being left behind and adjusting to life in orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Stuck-in-space astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Friday it's been...

Boar's Head closing Virginia plant linked to deadly listeria outbreak

Boar’s Head said Friday it’s closing the Virginia plant tied to a deadly listeria outbreak. The...

Biden meets with British leader and brushes off Putin's threats about weapons for Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden brushed off a threat from Russian leader Vladimir Putin about war against...

Sri Lankans' fury forced the powerful Rajapaksa clan out. Now its heir is running for president

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — When an uprising ousted Sri Lanka's president, many saw it as the end of his powerful...

Gunmen kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this year

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Gunmen killed 14 people in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan, the Taliban said...

By The Skanner News | The Skanner News

BOSTON (AP) -- Nine black Boston police supervisors have filed a federal lawsuit in which they claim they were denied advancement because of a discriminatory promotion exam.

The supervisors are suing the city, demanding that it scrap the multiple choice lieutenant's test. Black and Latino officers historically fare worse on the exams than white and Asian candidates.

Harold Lichten, the lawyer for the officers, tells The Boston Globe ( http://b.globe.com/AvAMV4 ) that of the department's 51 lieutenants, there are two black men and one Asian man.

Of the department's captains, the next highest rank, only one of 23 is black.

A city lawyer says he had not been served with the lawsuit and could not comment. A police department spokeswoman also declined to comment.

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