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Summer of Sound Celebrates Portland’s Black Jazz and Soul Legacy, Elders
The World Arts Foundation and Albina Music Trust put North Portland’s music history back onstage.
LIV Golf Heads to Oregon, Where Local Officials Aren't Happy
Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf is getting a chilly reception in Oregon, its first stop in the United States.
Abortion Remains Legal, Accessible in Oregon in Wake of Supreme Court Ruling
Decision has no effect on Oregon’s Reproductive Health Equity Act that guarantees right to receive abortion, health care providers’ right to provide it
Black Man Police Killed in Clackamas County ID'd, Police Say He Had Gun
The shooting is being investigated by the Oregon City and Lake Oswego police departments.
KGW and TEGNA Foundation Award $40k in Community Grants to Aid Four Oregon Nonprofit Organizations
Among the grant recipients are Urban Nature Partners PDX, Self Enhancement, Inc (SEI), Portland YouthBuilders (PYB), and p:ear. ...
Hawthorne, Morrison Bridges Will Close to Motorized Vehicles for July 4 Fireworks Show
The bridges will remain open for bicyclists and pedestrians. ...
Increased Emergency Snap Benefits Continue in July
Approximately 422,000 households will receive an estimated million in extra food benefits ...
Opacity of Performance: Takahiro Yamamoto Opens at PAM
The Portland Art Museum marks a return to live art inside its galleries with a dance installation by Takahiro Yamamoto, the museum’s...
Portland's First Black Book Festival Launches on Juneteenth Weekend
She’s bringing together the community through books! ...
Conservationists call for action on Northwest wolf poaching
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Wildlife advocates say there has been a distressing uptick in wolf poaching cases in the Northwest in the past year and a half. Four dead wolves were discovered in the northeastern corner of Washington state in February. That followed the poisoning of eight...
Police: 8 wounded in shooting after music event in Tacoma
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Eight people were wounded in a shooting after a music event and five people were shot, one fatally, in separate incidents in Tacoma, Washington, over the weekend. Tacoma Police spokesperson Wendy Haddow said in a statement that at 12:45 a.m. Sunday, people...
Centuries of indoctrination have ingrained into the minds of white and Black Americans that any aspect of Africanness is negative. ...
The Plan for Transforming Public Safety and Policing in the U.S.
Rising crime leaves communities feeling unsafe, however, police violence and killings of unarmed civilians demonstrate that pouring more money into more-of-the-same policing is not the answer. ...
What Is Afrofuturism? An English Professor Explains
Chambliss defines Afrofuturism as an intersection of speculation and liberation that’s inspired by the concerns of people of African descent. ...
Reflections on the Massacre of the Buffalo 10 & Racism
Former NY state senator and Buffalo native knew many of the people killed ...
Anti-Black, gay, Asian bias fuel California hate crime surge
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hate crimes in California shot up 33% to nearly 1,800 reported incidents in 2021, the sixth highest tally on record and the highest since after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the state attorney general's office said Tuesday. Attorney General Rob Bonta said...
Crump to represent Randy Cox, Black man hurt in police van
Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Tuesday he will lead the legal fight on behalf of Randy Cox, a Black man who was seriously injured in the back of a police van in Connecticut when the driver braked suddenly. Crump also called for a federal civil rights investigation into...
Red Bull fires reserve driver Vips for using racial slur
MILTON KEYNES, England (AP) — Red Bull terminated the contract of Formula One test and reserve driver Jüri Vips on Tuesday for using a racial slur during an online gaming stream. The 21-year-old Estonian was suspended by Red Bull last week pending an investigation into the language...
Sean 'Diddy' Combs receives lifetime honor at BET Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) — With a speech about his own inspirational dream for the Black community, Sean “Diddy” Combs channeled the spirit of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. while accepting the BET Awards' highest honor Sunday night. After Combs received his Lifetime Achievement Award,...
'Elvis,' 'Top Gun' tie for box-office crown with .5M each
NEW YORK (AP) — Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Presley biopic “Elvis” shook up theaters with an estimated .5 million in weekend ticket sales, but — in a box-office rarity — “Elvis” tied “Top Gun: Maverick," which also reported .5 million, for No. 1 in theaters. Final...
MSNBC appoints Alex Wagner as 4-night prime-time anchor
NEW YORK (AP) — MSNBC on Monday solidified its prime-time lineup by appointing Alex Wagner to fill Rachel Maddow's time slot four nights a week, Tuesday through Friday. Wagner, who has worked at CBS News, as a co-host of Showtime's “The Circus” and as an editor at The Atlantic,...
G-7 leaders united behind Ukraine, aim at Kremlin oil money
ELMAU, Germany (AP) — Leaders of the world’s biggest developed economies said Tuesday they would explore...
Fire kills 51 after apparent riot attempt at Colombia prison
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A fire at a prison in southwestern Colombia has killed at least 51 people and injured a...
Ex-GOP Rep. Fortenberry gets probation for lying to feds
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Former Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska was sentenced Tuesday to two years...
Navalny appeal rejected; another Kremlin critic jailed
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has rejected an appeal by imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who...
G-7 aims to create club of nations to boost climate action
BERLIN (AP) — Members of the Group of Seven major economies pledged Tuesday to create a new " climate club " for...
EU regulator considers clearing smallpox shot for monkeypox
LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency says it will begin reviewing data to decide if a smallpox vaccine...
A suprise hearing with newly discovered evidence will be held Tuesday, June 28 at 9:45 a.m. PT (12:45 p.m. ET).
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