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How to Tell DEQ to Step Up Its Emissions Caps – And Go Further
Two activists created a website to inform the most climate-vulnerable on how to take action.
Washington Governor Inslee Asks Feds for Medical Staffing Help
Washington Gov. Jay Inlsee has asked the federal government for assistance staffing hospitals and long-term care facilities in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Oregon Dems Void Power-Sharing Redistricting Deal With GOP
The Democratic speaker of the Oregon House on Monday rescinded a deal she made with Republicans to share power as lawmakers redraw political boundaries and add an additional U.S. House seat for the state.
Lawsuits Claiming 2020 Ballots Were Manipulated Come to WA
The lawsuits seek a full audit conducted in the same manner as one carried out in Arizona — which has so far yielded no evidence of widespread fraud
New Plaque Honors Black Pioneer Merchant A.H. Francis
Throughout the mid-1800s, Francis was an active abolitionist, using his position to fight for Black people from western New York to...
IPAC Announces September 21 Kickoff of the Portland Peace Initiative
A new coalition intends to show how peace is possible in Portland ...
OHSU Offers Free COVID-19 Testing by Appointment at Portland Expo Center
This newest drive through testing site is open Monday through Friday. ...
Pfizer Vaccine for Children 5 to 11 is Safe with Robust Antibody Response
These are the first such results released for this age group for a US Covid-19 vaccine. Pfizer said it plans to submit to the U.S....
Chris Rock Says he Has Covid-19 and Tells People to Get Vaccinated
The 56-year-old comedian wrote on Twitter: “Hey guys I just found out I have COVID, trust me you don’t want this. Get...
Immigrant rights activist targeted for deportation can stay
SEATTLE (AP) — A Northwest immigrant rights activist who had been facing deportation said Tuesday she can now remain in the U.S., after the Department of Homeland Security agreed to drop her case. Maru Mora Villalpando, a Mexico City native, has been in the U.S. since...
Southern Resident grandmother orca missing and likely dead
SEATTLE (AP) — The Center for Whale Research has declared an orca in one of the Puget Sound’s endangered Southern Resident killer whale pods “missing and likely dead.” The Bellingham Herald reports mother and grandmother L47, or Marina as she was also known, was missing...
Bazelak, Missouri make quick work of SE Missouri, 59-28
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Connor Bazelak squeezed a full day of production into one half Saturday as he led Missouri to a 59-28 victory over Southeast Missouri. Bazelak completed 21 of 30 passes for 346 yards and three touchdowns for the Tigers (2-1). “You...
CMU's McElwain relishes return to LSU's Death Valley
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Central Michigan coach Jim McElwain and the Chippewas have demonstrated already this season that they can go into an SEC stadium and be competitive. Yet McElwain is reluctant to characterize a visit to LSU’s 102,000-seat Death Valley, where the...
American Business Leaders Step Up to Fight Inequities in the South
With COVID-19 still an omnipresent concern and the country’s recovery still very much in jeopardy, individuals, families, and communities are struggling to deal with issues that have only been exacerbated by the pandemic. ...
Waters Statement on 20th Anniversary of September 11 Attacks
Twenty years ago today, our nation suffered devastating terrorist attacks on our soil and against our people that wholly and completely changed the world as we knew it. ...
Letter to the Editor: Reform the Recall
Any completely unqualified attention seeker with ,000 for the candidate‘s filing fee can be the largest state in the Union’s next governor ...
Grassroots Organizers Should Be Celebrated in Georgia’s 95% Voter Registration Rate
The recent release of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s biennial report brought welcome news that 95% of Georgia’s voting-eligible population is currently registered to vote. ...
Germany's diversity shows as immigrants run for parliament
BERLIN (AP) — Ana-Maria Trasnea was 13 when she emigrated from Romania because her single, working mother believed she would have a better future in Germany. Now 27, she is running for a seat in parliament. “It was hard in Germany in the beginning,” Trasnea said in an...
Wray: Afghanistan unrest could inspire extremism inside US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The possibility of a 9/11-type attack has diminished over the last 20 years, but the Taliban victory in Afghanistan could embolden U.S.-based extremists at the same time that the FBI is confronting increasing threats from individuals motivated by racial and political grievances,...
Review: Johnson explores violence against Native Americans
“Daughter of the Morning Star,” by Craig Johnson (Viking) Cheyenne Tribal Police Chief Lolo Long’s niece, Jayla, star of the Lame Deer Lady Stars High School basketball team, is in danger. The girl has been getting credible death threats, so Long asks her friend, Absaroka...
In ‘This is the Night,’ a love letter to cinema, ‘Rocky III’
Filmmaker James DeMonaco remembers the day “Rocky III” hit theaters as if it were yesterday. On Staten Island in 1982, it was an all-out event. He waited four hours in line to get tickets and saw it twice in a day. Kids at his school carried the poster around like a trophy....
Review: 'Echoes of the Dead' is a fast-paced thriller
“Echoes of the Dead,” by Spencer Kope (Minotaur) When four wealthy men, one of them a congressman, disappear on their annual fishing trip to the Upper Kern River near Bakersfield, California, Magnus “Steps” Craig of the F.B.I. Special Tracking Unit senses real trouble. ...
Review: 'True Raiders' a fun read about true treasure hunt
“True Raiders” by Brad Ricca (St. Martin’s Press) For fans of “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” there’s something just as exciting as seeing Indiana Jones swashbuckling his way through the jungles in search of treasure. That thing is hearing Dr. Henry Jones describe the...
Afghanistan girls soccer team given asylum in Portugal
The girls on Afghanistan’s national soccer team were anxious. For weeks, they had been moving around the...
Beloved 'Sex and the City' actor Willie Garson dies at 57
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Willie Garson, who played Stanford Blatch, Carrie Bradshaw's friend on TV's “Sex and the...
‘My whole life in a van’: islanders flee Spanish volcano
TODOQUE, Canary Islands (AP) — A wall of lava up to 12 meters (40 feet) high bore down on a Spanish island...
China's Xi, like Biden hours earlier, turns to calm language
NEW YORK (AP) — Choosing calm language as tensions with the United States grow, Chinese leader Xi Jinping...
UN: Afghanistan's Taliban want to address General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Who should represent Afghanistan at the United Nations this month? It's a complex question...
Trudeau's election bet fails, but Tory rival might lose job
TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won his third straight election but failed to get the majority in...
