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Police Use New Ordinance to Crack Down on Street Racing
The offenses have been labeled as “Unlawful Street Takeover” and “Unlawful Staging of a Street Takeover Event.”
Oregon Lawmakers Fail to Agree House Districts as Deadline Looms
Republicans failed to show up for a session to redraw the state's congressional districts Saturday, thwarting majority Democrats’ attempts to pass new political maps before a looming deadline
Oregon School Board Ban on Anti-Racist, LGBT Signs Draws Ire
An Oregon school board has banned educators from displaying Black Lives Matter and gay pride symbols, prompting a torrent of recriminations and threats to boycott the town and its businesses.
New, Long-Term Black Lives Matter Public Art Piece Installed at Seattle City Hall
Mayor Jenny A. Durkan and the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture today announced that a new, long-term Black Lives Matter public art piece has been installed at Seattle City Hall.
5th Annual Yard Tree Giveaway Events to Begin
Free trees for all Portlanders continue Portland Parks & Recreation’s Urban Forestry division’s mission to grow, preserve, and...
Today’s vote to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act comes three weeks after Texas’s radical 6-week abortion ban went into...
Oregon Announces Stabilization Grant Opportunity to Assist Child Care Providers
Oregon received approximately 4 million in grant funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act to be paid directly to eligible...
TriMet Plans Weekend Construction Along MAX Red Line to Help Keep Trains Running Efficiently
Shuttle buses will replace MAX Sept. 25-26 between Gateway Transit Center and Portland International Airport ...
Larsen Chairs Hearing on Surge in Air Rage Incidents, Effects on Workers, Airlines, Airports
The hearing was an opportunity for the subcommittee to examine the alarming increase in disruptive and unruly airline passengers, the...
Treasurer Tobias Read launches campaign for OR governor
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read on Monday launched his campaign for governor. The Beaverton Democrat said he would focus on Oregon’s kids as governor, making Pre-K more accessible, extending the school year, expanding career and technical training and...
Police use new ordinance to crack down on street racing
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Law enforcement used a new Portland code to issue citations, tow eight cars and arrest over a dozen people for street racing Sunday night, officials said. Portland police officers, Multnomah County Sheriff’s deputies and Oregon State Police worked on...
AP Top 25 Takeaways: Clemson falls during frenetic afternoon
For about 45 minutes late Saturday afternoon, college football was on overload. North Carolina State went from agony to ecstasy against No. 9 Clemson. Baylor stopped a 2-point conversion to upset No. 14 Iowa State. No. 16 Arkansas finished off No. 7 Texas A&M to claim a Lone...
BC beats Mizzou 41-34 in OT on Flowers catch, Sebastian INT
BOSTON (AP) — Denis Grosel threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Zay Flowers in overtime, and Brandon Sebastian’s interception sealed the victory on Saturday as Boston College recovered after blowing two fourth-quarter leads to beat Missouri 41-34. BC coach Jeff Hafley said he...
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. ...
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 ...
NATO-led mission increases patrols on Kosovo-Serbia border
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The NATO-led KFOR mission in Kosovo increased its patrols Monday on the border with Serbia in a bid to deescalate tensions between the two Balkan foes over a dispute about license plates. KFOR, with around 4,000 troops from 28 countries, is led by NATO...
Greyhound Lines settles lawsuit over immigration sweeps
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Greyhound Lines Inc. will pay [scripts/homepage/home.php].2 million to settle a lawsuit over the bus line’s practice of allowing U.S. Customs & Border Protection agents to board its buses in Washington state to conduct warrantless immigration sweeps, the state attorney general said Monday. ...
Lower death rates for Black moms is goal of California bill
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has among the lowest death rates nationally among pregnant women and new mothers, but the numbers for Black mothers tell a different story. They were six times more likely to die within a year of pregnancy than white women from 2014 to 2016...
‘Dear Evan Hansen’ opens 2nd to ‘Shang-Chi’ at box office
“Dear Evan Hansen” may have been a hit on Broadway, but the filmed adaptation of the Tony-winning show is off to a slow start at the box office in its first weekend in theaters. The Universal musical that’s playing exclusively in theaters grossed an estimated .5 million from 3,364...
'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' sashays home with 10 Tony Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” a jukebox adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s hyperactive 2001 movie, won the best new musical crown at the Tony Awards on a Sunday night when Broadway looked back to honor shows shuttered by COVID-19, mourn its fallen and also look forward to welcoming...
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 3-9
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 3-9: Oct. 3: Composer Steve Reich is 85. Singer Chubby Checker is 80. Actor Alan Rachins (“Dharma and Greg”) is 79. Singer-guitarist Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac is 72. Jazz saxophonist Ronnie Laws is 71. Blues singer Keb’...
John Hinckley, who shot Reagan, to be freed from oversight
A federal judge said Monday that John Hinckley Jr., who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan four decades...
Anita Hill still waits for change, 30 years after testimony
America had yet to really understand sexual harassment when Anita Hill testified against Clarence Thomas in front...
Amtrak train that derailed was going just under speed limit
JOPLIN, Mont. (AP) — An Amtrak train that derailed in rural Montana over the weekend was going just under the...
South Africa pledges more ambitious climate targets
BERLIN (AP) — South Africa pledged more ambitious emissions targets Monday, a move that was welcomed by climate...
Taliban issue no-shave order to barbers in Afghan province
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban on Monday banned barbershops in a southern Afghanistan province from...
London police charge man with murder of teacher Sabina Nessa
LONDON (AP) — British police charged a 36-year-old man on Monday with the murder of Sabina Nessa, a primary...
