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The Big Problem for Endangered Orcas? Inbreeding
People have taken many steps in recent decades to help the Pacific Northwest's endangered killer whales, which have long suffered from starvation, pollution and the legacy of having many of their number captured for display in marine parks.
Amazon Cuts 9,000 More Jobs, Bringing 2023 Total to 27,000
The job cuts would mark the second largest round of layoffs in the company's history
Starbucks New CEO Laxman Narasimhan Takes His Seat
Narasimhan succeeds longtime Starbucks leader Howard Schultz, who came out of retirement last spring to serve as interim CEO while the company searched for a new chief executive.
With Overdoses up, States Look at Harsher Fentanyl Penalties
State lawmakers nationwide are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing harsher penalties for possessing fentanyl and other powerful lab-made opioids that are connected to about 70,000 deaths a year
Tiffani Penson Announces Campaign for PCC Board, Zone 2
Penson is proud of the accomplishments of PCC ...
Black Bag Speaker Series: Oregon Black Pioneers Historic Photograph Collection
OBP will present the history and context of a photo album, found in a house located in historically Black North Portland, that was...
The Making of American Whiteness Book Presentation and Signing to be Held at OHS
The Making of American Whiteness book will be presented by Dr. Carmen P. Thompson, in conversation with Dr. Darrell Millner on...
Support for Survivors of Child Sex Trafficking Unanimously Passes Oregon Senate
SB 745 will require juvenile departments to screen for survivors of sex trafficking, connect identified survivors with critical...
Reusable Food Container Bill Passes Oregon Senate
SB 545 will allow restaurants to fill consumer-owned containers with food ...
Oregon bill on abortion, gender-affirming care sparks debate
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon bill that would greatly expand access to reproductive health and gender-affirming care drew emotional testimony on Monday, mirroring the culture war debates over abortion, gender identity and parents' rights that are playing out in state legislatures across the...
Deputy shot, wounded in Seattle during eviction, 1 dead
SEATTLE (AP) — A King County Sheriff’s deputy was shot in Seattle Monday while trying to serve an eviction notice, and a person inside the residence was later found dead, police said. The Seattle Police Department said on Twitter around 10:30 a.m. that a person was barricaded in...
The maddest March ever? Underdogs head to the Sweet 16
We know you're upset. Underdogs have blown up every bracket in the country. An upside of the upsets: perhaps the maddest March ever. Defending national champion Kansas and fellow No. 1 seed Purdue are gone — the Boilermakers with a slice of unwanted history. The Sweet...
March Madness betting guide: Upsets shuffle favorites' odds
LAS VEGAS (AP) — March Madness isn't just about filling out — and later trashing — brackets. There are more ways to bet the field in the NCAA Tournament, an event that will consume basketball fans over the next three weeks. Here's a look at the favorites, underdogs and long shots. ...
Celebrating 196 Years of The Black Press
It was on March 17, 1827, at a meeting of “Freed Negroes” in New York City, that Samuel Cornish, a Presbyterian minister, and John Russwurn, the first Negro college graduate in the United States, established the negro newspaper. ...
DEQ Announces Suspension of Oregon’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Program
The state’s popular incentive for drivers to switch to electric vehicles is scheduled to pause in May ...
FHA Makes Housing More Affordable for 850,000 Borrowers
Savings tied to median market home prices ...
State Takeover Schemes Threaten Public Safety
Blue cities in red states, beware: conservatives in state government may be coming for your police department. ...
2nd officer in inmate's fatal beating gets same 20-year term
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The second of three former correctional officers sentenced in the fatal beating of a state inmate received a 20-year prison term Monday, the same as a co-conspirator despite a judge's declaration he could have stopped the attack as the senior officer. U.S....
Montana senator wants to block mandatory diversity training
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker in Montana wants to prohibit mandatory diversity training for state employees with a bill whose language matches a Florida law that is temporarily blocked by the courts. The proposed “Montana Individual Freedom Act,” would prohibit...
Silicon Valley Bank collapse concerns founders of color
In the hours after some of Silicon Valley Bank’s biggest customers started pulling out their money, a WhatsApp group of startup founders who are immigrants of color ballooned to more than 1,000 members. Questions flowed as the bank’s financial status worsened. Some desperately...
Adam Sandler gets Mark Twain prize surrounded by celeb pals
WASHINGTON (AP) — Adam Sandler placed his hand on the bronze bust of Mark Twain and speculated that it “one day might be the weapon used to bludgeon me in my sleep." A host of comedic and entertainment royalty gathered at Washington’s Kennedy Center as Sandler was presented with...
Jeremy Scott leaves Moschino after 10 years at fashion house
MILAN (AP) — Jeremy Scott is stepping down as creative director of Italian luxury house Moschino after 10 years of wild and wacky fashion shows and his elegant dressing of numerous celebrities. The company made the announcement Monday. “Scott has penned a fundamental...
Itching to start spring garden cleanup? Not so fast!
When the blare of the year’s first leaf blower awakened me one morning last week, I realized spring cleanup had commenced -- no matter that March could still roar like a lion here in my Long Island, New York, neighborhood. It stands to reason that professional landscapers cannot...
Ignoring experts, China's sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives
BEIJING (AP) — When China suddenly scrapped onerous zero-COVID measures in December, the country wasn’t ready...
TikTok updates rules; CEO on charm offensive for US hearing
LONDON (AP) — TikTok went on a counteroffensive Tuesday amid increasing Western pressure over cybersecurity and...
'John Wick' stars honor late co-star Lance Reddick
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne were among the “John Wick: Chapter 4" stars honoring...
Boris Johnson says 'partygate' untruths were honest mistake
LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged Tuesday that he misled Parliament about...
Kenya police say 1 killed in opposition-led protests
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police said Tuesday that one person died, 31 officers were injured and more than...
London police chief 'humbled' by withering report on force
LONDON (AP) — London’s police force has lost the confidence of the people it serves because it is riven with...
Photos from The Skanner Foundation's 37th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast.
