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Delta variant has become dominant in Oregon
As daily COVID-19 cases doubled in the past week, Oregon health officials reported Thursday that the highly transmissible delta variant has now become the dominant coronavirus variant in the state.
Portland Approves $600k to Settle Cop's Fatal Shooting
Terrell Johnson was shot at SE Flavel MAX station on May 10, 2017, while experiencing a mental health crisis
New Portland School Board Chair and Vice Chair Discuss Problems, Opportunities of Coming Year
In-classroom instruction, district redrawing, and bond money for Black students suggest busy academic year.
Extreme Weather Fuels Oregon Wildfires; Outside Help Sought
The 569-square-mile Bootleg Fire is burning 300 miles southeast of Portland and keeps growing by miles each day
Contractor Selected for Two-Year Morrison Bridge Painting Project
This will be the first time the Morrison Bridge river spans have been painted since the bridge opened 63 years ago in 1958. ...
Carless Zone: Hawthorne Between SE 30th and Cesar Chavez
Celebrate 38 years with neighbors and friends! ...
Multi-cultural Readers Series & Film Festival Coming to the Pacific Northwest
PassinArt: A Theatre Company is hosting the inaugural Pacific Northwest Multi-Cultural (PNMC) Readers Series & Film Festival from...
Welcome Back to the Heart of Portland Event to be Held July 23-25
Free event features Pink Martini, Rose City Rollers, pop-up market, and other entertainment at various locations downtown. ...
Union Workers at Fred Meyer Vote to Authorize Strike
Union officials say Fred Meyer rejected a proposal to allow workers to refuse a task that would put themselves or the public in...
California's largest fire torches homes as blazes lash West
INDIAN FALLS, Calif. (AP) — Flames racing through rugged terrain in Northern California destroyed multiple homes Saturday as the state's largest wildfire intensified and numerous other blazes battered the U.S. West. The Dixie fire, which started July 14, had already leveled...
Wildfires blasting through West draw states to lend support
BLY, Ore. (AP) — Out-of-state crews headed to Montana Saturday to battle a blaze that injured five firefighters as the U.S. West struggled with a series of fires that have ravaged rural lands and destroyed homes. Progress was being made on the nation's largest blaze, the...
Drinkwitz, Pittman back for Southeastern Conference encores
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Missouri and Arkansas both had some encouraging signs, if not great records, in their first seasons under new coaches. Now, the Tigers’ Eliah Drinkwitz and Razorbacks’ Sam Pittman are among four second-year Southeastern Conference coaches trying to...
Black America Needs a ‘New Normal’: Equitable Credit Access to Build Wealth
The rippling effects of a massive economic downturn has caused the nation to lose 9.5 million jobs - more losses than even those of the Great Recession ...
The President Needs to Pull Out All Stops
Majority Whip Clyburn, Democratic leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, made the observation that the filibuster currently being used in the U.S. Senate to block the Voting Rights Bill as well as the George Floyd Bill, is a matter of tradition and not...
NAACP Vancouver Letter to the Community: Police Accountability
NAACP Vancouver reacts to the descision in the case of Jonah Donald, a Black man shot and killed by a Clark County deputy ...
The Qualified Immunity of Whiteness
The systemic racism in the American criminal justice system is obvious to all who care to see it. And one of its worst abuses is the policy of qualified immunity. ...
Michigan resident says noose in window meant for politicians
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A white man in western Michigan said a noose he hung in a window was a statement against corrupt politicians and had nothing to do with race. Someone took a photo of the noose in a second-floor window at Greg Kazemier’s Grand Rapids home and posted...
After vandalism, NYC George Floyd statue cleaned, will move
NEW YORK (AP) — A statue of George Floyd that was defaced in Brooklyn has been cleaned and is headed for Manhattan's Union Square. The artwork was unveiled on the Juneteenth holiday in a spot on Flatbush Avenue. Five days later on June 24, it was vandalized with black paint...
'This can be me': Black participation rising in gymnastics
TOKYO (AP) — There's a phenomenon that happens every time Simone Biles appears on a screen inside Power Moves Gymnastics & Fitness. As if flipping a switch, the young women of color on the gym's competitive team spring to life, fueled by the jolt of adrenaline that comes...
Home Fires: Volcanic lava sparks decorative design
Mother Earth has been blowing off lots of steam lately – as well as ash and a mess of lava. The volcanic eruptions, and the pumice and other rock they leave in their wake, have inspired some remarkable decorative design. Scores of volcanoes are spewing now, from Indonesia to...
NYFF to open with Joel Coen’s ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’
Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” starring Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington will have its world premiere on opening night of the New York Film Festival, organizers said Thursday. The 59th edition of the festival kicks off Sept. 24. Washington plays the Scottish...
Eilish concert film coming; Rockettes return for holiday
A look at what's happening the world of music as artists announce their touring plans and concert venues plan their reopenings after being shuttered by the pandemic. BILLIE'S POST-ALBUM CONCERT The Billie Eilish concert film “Happier than Ever: A Love...
Beware of budget gimmicks in push for massive spending deals
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators fashioning a pair of colossal bills that would deliver more than trillion for...
EXPLAINER: How team of refugee athletes made it to Olympics
TOKYO (AP) — The Refugee Olympic Team was created by the International Olympic Committee for the 2016 Olympics...
Unvaccinated snow leopard at San Diego Zoo catches COVID-19
SAN DIEGO (AP) — An unvaccinated snow leopard at the San Diego Zoo has contracted COVID-19. ...
EXPLAINER: The Olympic soccer team that doesn't quite exist
TOKYO (AP) — It was Caroline Weir’s hesitancy about a seemingly innocuous question that piqued curiosity about...
Volunteers hunting for Mexico's 'disappeared' become targets
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mainly female volunteers who fan out across Mexico to hunt for the bodies of murdered...
Spaniards put faith in COVID-19 vaccines even as cases surge
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Like far too many of Spain’s 20-somethings, Sergio Rosado has seen the new, more...
