Salinas, Erickson, Win Primaries in New Oregon 6th District
Salinas, who has maintained her lead as more ballots have been counted from Tuesday's primary, would be Oregon’s first Hispanic congresswoman
As Registration Opens Portland Parks Needs Staff for Summer Programs
Indoor and outdoor pools will open with jobs and free training available for swimmers
Bynum says Elections Clerk Sherry Hall must answer questions and deliver a clear plan along with assurances the count will be fair
Here's How Abortion Clinics Are Preparing for Roe to Fall
In March, Oregon lawmakers approved million to pay for abortions and support services such as travel and lodging for in-state or out-of-state patients who travel long distances, and to expand abortion availability.
'Twitter Philanthropy' Reveals Chasms in Social Safety Net
The California-based chip maker said Thursday the new “mega lab” will investigate ways to make data centers operate more...
Local Podcast Wins Awards at Home and Abroad
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Multnomah County Planning Commission Seeks New Member
Multnomah County’s Land Use Planning Division is looking for a Multnomah County resident to serve as a volunteer member on the...
2 Pleasure Boats Catch Fire on Columbia River
Two pleasure boats caught fire on the Columbia River between Vancouver and Caterpillar Island Sunday afternoon. One boat sank,...
WA Childhood Immunization Rates Decline During Pandemic
Immunization rates have decreased by 13% in 2021 when compared to pre-pandemic level ...
Presumptive case of monkeypox reported in Seattle area
SEATTLE (AP) — A “presumptive” case of monkeypox is being investigated in the Seattle area, local health officials said Monday. Dr. Jeff Duchin, health officer at Public Health – Seattle & King County, said at a news conference Monday afternoon the case was in an adult...
US releases environmental study about new Idaho test reactor
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials have released an environmental study for a proposed nuclear test reactor to be built in eastern Idaho that backers say is needed to revamp the nation’s fading nuclear power industry by developing safer fuel and power plants. The U.S. Department...
Costly Auto Repairs Driving Consumers Into a Financial Ditch
Research documents new, growing form of predatory lending ...
Can Federal Lynching Law Help Heal America?
Despite decades of senseless delays, this new law pushes America to finally acknowledge that racism often correlates to a level of violence and terror woven into the very fabric of this country. ...
The Skanner News Endorsements: May Primary 2022
Primary election day is May 17, 2022. Read The Skanner's endorsements for this important election. ...
Men’s Voices Urgently Needed to Defend Reproductive Rights
For decades, men in increasing numbers have followed women’s lead in challenging gender-based violence and promoting gender equality, so why are we stuck when it comes to abortion? ...
Stacey Abrams aims to recapture energy of first campaign
ATLANTA (AP) — For Stacey Abrams, everything is different this time. Unlike her first campaign for Georgia governor in 2018, she enters Tuesday's primary election as the presumptive Democratic nominee, facing no competition. She's not the relatively unknown former state...
Are police consent decrees an asset? Depends on who you ask
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Minneapolis Police Department will face the intense scrutiny of a federal program after a state investigation spurred by the killing of George Floyd concluded that the city's officers stop and arrest Black people more than white people, use force more often on people of color...
Cannes: Transylvania-set 'R.M.N.' probes a ubiquitous crisis
CANNES, France (AP) — Cristian Mungiu's Cannes Film Festival entry “R.M.N.” is set in an unnamed mountainous Transylvanian village in Romania, but the conflicts of ethnocentricity, racism and nationalism that permeate the multi-ethnic town could take place almost anywhere. Of...
AP PHOTOS: From Tom to Julia, star power is back at Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) — Star power has been out in force at the 75th Cannes Film Festival. After a 2021 edition muted by the pandemic, this year’s French Riviera spectacular has again seen throngs of onlookers screaming out “Tom!” “Julia!” and “Viola!” The...
Review: 'Either/Or' is Elif Batuman’s sequel to 'The Idiot'
“Either/Or,” by Elif Batuman (Penguin Press) Do you remember what it felt like to be a college sophomore? The Jell-O shots, cookie dough and moments of abject humiliation and terror as you tried, oh so self-importantly, to figure out how to live? Elif Batuman brings...
New this week: Dinosaurs, Def Leppard and 'The Responder'
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES — In the satirical comedy “Emergency,” college seniors Kunle (Donald Elise Watkins) and Sean (RJ...
Seven years later, still no trial for Texas AG Ken Paxton
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Not many people charged with felony crimes go seven years without ever standing trial. One...
Zelenskyy urges 'maximum' sanctions on Russia in Davos talk
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for “maximum” sanctions against...
New this week: Dinosaurs, Def Leppard and 'The Responder'
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV,...
Lone survivor of 2009 plane crash testifies in Paris court
PARIS (AP) — The lone survivor of a 2009 plane crash in the Indian Ocean took the stand Monday in a Paris...
Egypt promises to allow protest, push pledges as COP27 host
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Egypt, host of the next United Nations summit on climate change, will push countries...
Brazil president announces carbon market, thin on details
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has signed a decree that he says will create...