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Oregon Set to Expand Hotline for Bias Crime Reporting
With a rise in hate crimes and bias incidents in Oregon and nationwide the two-person office just couldn’t handle the volume.
Portland Shootings Prompt DA to Spend $1M to Handle Cases
Multnomah County plans to hire four prosecutors and two investigators to help with an increasing caseload of homicide investigations
Cascadia Whole Health Honors Community Justice Leader, Fine Artist with Culture of Caring Awards
Erika Preuitt and Jeremy Okai Davis recognized for positive contributions to community.
Salem-Keizer School Boards Adopts Anti-Racism Resolution
The Salem-Keizer school board has voted to adopt a resolution outlining the board’s commitment to equity and anti-racism.
Sen. Kayse Jama Announces Re-Election Campaign for Senate District 24
Since his appointment, Jama has worked to address the systemic inequality that Oregonians have faced ...
Dion Matthews Jr. Homicide Remains Unsolved After Six Years
The 2015 homicide is a Crime Stoppers featured case ...
Joint Center Commends Senator Whitehouse for Hiring Monalisa Dugué as Chief of Staff
Dugué is one of two Black Chiefs of Staff in the Senate ...
FBI Offers up to $25,000 for Information in Mass Shooting Event
18-year-old Makayla Maree Harris killed and six others injured in a Portland shooting on July 17, 2021 ...
Nearly 100 Animals Seized From Woofin Palooza Forfeited to MCAS
A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge has ruled that dogs and cats seized from an unlicensed facility named Woofin Palooza are now...
Oregon illegal pot grows: More calls to send National Guard
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — On the same day last week that a southern Oregon county declared a state of emergency amid a sharp increase in illegal cannabis farms, police raided a site that had about two tons of processed marijuana and 17,500 pot plants. The raid illustrates that the...
Woman burned in July 4 Portland apartment fire third to die
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A woman who suffered serious burns to more than 65% of her body after she was trapped in a July Fourth apartment fire in Northeast Portland has died. Kelsi Edmonds, 26, had been at the Oregon Burn Center at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center after jumping from...
No. 21 Texas A&M runs over Missouri, 35-14
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher warned his team all week that it couldn’t afford a letdown after its upset of top-ranked Alabama. His message got through, as the 21st-ranked Aggies buried Missouri early in a 35-14 victory Saturday. “We preached it,...
No. 21 Texas A&M heads to Mizzou after 'Bama upset win
No. 21 Texas A&M (4-2, 1-2 SEC) at Missouri (3-3, 0-2), Saturday at noon EDT (SEC Network). Line: Texas A&M by 9 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: Texas A&M leads 8-7. WHAT’S AT STAKE? ...
How Food Became the Perfect Beachhead for Gentrification
What could be the downside of fresh veggies, homemade empanadas and a pop-up restaurant specializing in banh mis? ...
Homelessness, Houselessness in the Richest Country in the World: An Uncommon Logic
When and why did the United States of America chose the wealth of a few over the health, wealth, and well-being of so many ...
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. ...
Colin Powell dies, exemplary general stained by Iraq claims
WASHIINGTON (AP) — Colin Powell, the trailblazing soldier and diplomat whose sterling reputation of service to Republican and Democratic presidents was stained by his faulty claims to justify the 2003 U.S. war in Iraq, died Monday of COVID-19 complications. He was 84. A...
Russian court outlaws racist, sexist extremist group
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday outlawed a radical online group that has become infamous for its racist and sexist views. The regional court in Nizhny Novgorod banned the the Muzhskoye Gosudarstvo (Male State) group as extremist. Its members will face criminal charges...
Soul Train Awards headed to Apollo for the first time
NEW YORK (AP) — The annual Soul Train Awards will be presented for the first time at New York City's Apollo Theater, the legendary Harlem performance venue, as two icons of Black culture team up. The 2021 awards show, which honors the year's best in soul, hip-hop and R&B,...
Posthumous Chuck Berry live album to be released in December
NEW YORK (AP) — Dualtone Records is marking the birthday of Chuck Berry by announcing the release of a live album from the late rock ’n roll legend. “Live From Blueberry Hill” is taken from performances recorded between July 2005 and January 2006 at Blueberry Hill café...
Betty Lynn, Thelma Lou on 'The Andy Griffith Show,' has died
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) — Betty Lynn, the film and television actor who was best known for her role as Barney Fife's sweetheart Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show,” has died. She was 95. Lynn died peacefully Saturday after a brief illness, The Andy Griffith Museum in...
Kourtney Kardashian, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker engaged
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A day at the beach turned into a proposal for Kourtney Kardashian, who is now engaged to Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. Kardashian posted two photos on Instagram of the proposal with the caption “forever.” A representative for the reality star and...
UK Parliament honors lawmaker slain at constituents' meeting
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson led a somber British Parliament on Monday in honoring the...
Witnesses: Ethiopian military airstrikes hit Tigray capital
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopian military airstrikes hit the capital of the country’s Tigray region and killed...
'He lied': Iraqis still blame Powell for role in Iraq war
BAGHDAD (AP) — For many Iraqis, the name Colin Powell conjures up one image: the man who as U.S. secretary of...
'Never lose hope,' expelled French envoy tells Belarusians
PARIS (AP) — France says its ambassador to Belarus has been ordered out of the country amid growing tensions...
Slovenia PM blames rising infections on virus protesters
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia's populist prime minister on Monday blamed a rise in COVID-19 infections on...
Center-left wins in Rome, elsewhere in blow to Italy's right
ROME (AP) — Italy’s center-left forces won big in Rome, Turin and several other mayoral runoffs on Monday,...
