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Automatic Recount Initiated for the Gresham Mayoral Contest
Gresham mayoral race currently falls within margin for automatic recount, House District 52 race does not
Portland’s Black Business Owners Struggle to Find Relief
Targeted funding could address disparities in federal aid.
California, Oregon, Washington Issue Virus Travel Advisories
Governors urge people entering their states or returning from outside the states to self-quarantine
Democrats Won't Reach 2/3rd Supermajority in Legislature
Oregon’s Democratic lawmakers will fall short of winning enough state legislative seats to prevent Republicans from staging walkouts
Raised in NE Portland's Historic Albina, Caliman is currently the executive director at Building Changes in Seattle ...
Oregon Safeway and Albertsons Shoppers Register Support for Schools and Hunger
$450,000 in emergency grant funding is supporting 159 local schools ...
Oregon Employment Department Begins Issuing 'Waiting Week' Benefits
246,300 Oregonians to receive a combined total of $176 million in benefits in the initial payment run ...
Officials Suggest a Visit to Oregonhealthcare.gov This Thanksgiving Holiday
As gatherings go virtual, families and friends can help each other access health insurance ...
Meyer Memorial Trust Awards $21 Million for Equitable Work in Oregon
The 150 grants will support organizations that work with and grow communities that have long experienced disparities. ...
Portland jail inmates sue over protest tear gas exposure
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Several people who were in a Portland jail during summer protests against police brutality have filed a civil rights lawsuit over tear gas seeping into jail cells. Theresa Davis, Rashawd Duhart and Robin Lundy filed the class-action suit Monday in federal court on...
Projects to focus on missing, murdered Indigenous peoples
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma and five other states will participate in pilot projects to better coordinate investigative efforts surrounding cases of missing or murdered Indigenous peoples, U.S. Attorneys Trent Shores and Brian Kuester announced Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Justice...
Missouri, Bazelak start fast to beat South Carolina 17-10
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz was proud his team wouldn't let the obstacles they've faced this season keep them from success. And he happily congratulated them, COVID-19 worries and all, after the Tigers' 17-10 victory over South Carolina on Saturday night. “Can...
Missouri's Drinkwitz seeking more success vs South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz has some good memories of playing at South Carolina. He hopes to make a few more this week. It was a year ago that Drinkwitz, then the coach at Appalachian State, brought the highly overmatched Mountaineers into Williams-Brice Stadium in...
Thanksgiving 2020: Grateful for New Hope and New Direction in Our Nation
This hasn’t been a normal year, and it isn’t going to be a normal Thanksgiving. ...
After four years under a Trump administration, we see there is a lot of work to be done. ...
Could America Learn a COVID-19 Lesson from Rwanda?
As of October 28, in a country of just over twelve million people, they have experienced only 35 deaths from the coronavirus ...
Trump’s strategy is clear: maintain control of the Republican Party as the Trump Party, install “acting” officials who will not cooperate with the Biden transition team ...
Biden signals sharp shift from Trump with Cabinet picks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden on Monday tapped Obama-era officials for top national security and economic roles, signaling a stark shift from the Trump administration's “America First” policies that disparaged international alliances and favored deregulation and...
Kansas man charged with federal hate crime for racial threat
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man accused of threatening a Black juvenile while shouting racial slurs has been charged with a federal hate crime, the Justice Department said Monday.Colton Donner, 25, allegedly brandished a knife while yelling that Paola, Kansas — where the victim was...
BLM flag can fly, but only if 21 others do too, city decides
BARRE, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont city approved raising the Black Lives Matter Flag, the “Thin Blue Line” flag and 20 other flags in a resolution that one city councilor called a “compromise” to satisfy opponents of a BLM proposal.The Black Lives Matter flag will be...
New this week: 'Saved by the Bell,' Miley Cyrus & McCarthy
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— The Christmas movie, that yuletide evergreen, is subtly changing. “Happiest Season,” which...
In ‘Sound of Metal,’ a groundbreaking portrait of deafness
What should deafness sound like on film? For his debut feature “ Sound of Metal,” filmmaker Darius Marder wanted to create a sound experience that audiences had never heard before. The idea was to simulate the journey of his lead character, Ruben, a punk metal drummer with sudden...
Bruce, the last ‘Jaws’ shark, docks at the Academy Museum
Bruce, the fiberglass shark made from the “Jaws” mold, is ready for his close-up. The 1,208 pound, 25-foot-long, 45-year-old shark, famous for being difficult to work with on the set of Steven Spielberg’s classic thriller, on Friday was hoisted up in the air above the main...
Champion Ken Jennings will be first interim 'Jeopardy!' host
NEW YORK (AP) — “Jeopardy!” record-holder Ken Jennings will be the first in a series of...
'A better time than any': Finding joy in music lessons, jams
These weren’t the piano lessons of my youth. Quite the opposite. Gone was the septuagenarian teacher...
Retail trade group sees solid holiday sales despite pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — The National Retail Federation, the nation's largest retail trade group, expects that...
VIRUS TODAY: 3rd vaccine shows promise, death toll soars
Here's what's happening on Monday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S:THREE THINGS TO KNOW...
Cubans receive last of remittances via Western Union
HAVANA (AP) — Western Union closed its 407 locations across Cuba on Monday, a sanctions-driven move that...
Pope book backs George Floyd protests, blasts virus skeptic
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is supporting demands for racial justice in the wake of the U.S. police killing of...
