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Oregon Senate President Remarks on Federal Shutdown
Senate President Peter Courtney's statement on the shutdown ...
Don’t Shoot Portland Hosts Reclaim MLK Art Event and March
Participants will be printmaking on Saturday for the march held on Sunday, Jan. 20 ...
United Weekend of Service Begins Friday
More than 1,500 volunteers to honor Dr. King’s legacy this weekend ...
Chief Outlaw to Speak at Albina Ministerial Alliance MLK Service
Outlaw to speak on theme of ‘chaos or community’ ...
House Rejects White Nationalism and White Supremacy
Vanita Gupta issues statement on the passage of H.Res. 41 ...
1 dead, 1 injured in NE Portland shooting
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say one person is dead and another is injured after a shooting at a Northeast Portland home.The Portland Police Bureau says officers responded to a report of gunfire Thursday afternoon.Police say officers found one person dead and one injured. The injured person...
Student removed from school after online comment about guns
NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) — Police responded to North Bend High School and contacted a student in the cafeteria after receiving a report that the 14-year-old boy had responded to a discussion about cyberbullying with "I'll bring the guns."North Bend Police Chief Robert Kappelman said in a...
Missouri hires former Tech DC David Gibbs, promotes McGee
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri has hired former Texas Tech defensive coordinator David Gibbs as an assistant coach.Gibbs spent the last four seasons in Lubbock and the Red Raiders in 2017 led the Big 12 and ranked sixth nationally with 29 forced turnovers. From 2013-17, Gibbs' defenses at...
Correction: Liberty Bowl story
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — In a story Monday about the Liberty Bowl, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Oklahoma State set a Liberty Bowl record by gaining 637 total yards. Missouri gained 637 total yards to set the record.A corrected version of the story is below:Oklahoma State edges...
Remembering Dr. King and “The Other America”
Now 51 years since his assassination, Dr. King's words still strike a resonant chord ...
Cape Verdean-Americans are frequently ignored in discussions about Black America ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Had a Much More Radical Message Than a Dream of Racial Brotherhood
Civil rights historian Paul Harvey writes about King's radicalism and posthumous characterization as a 'civil saint' ...
Shame and Shade in Birmingham: In Praise of Angela Davis
If anyone deserves a civil rights award, Angela Davis certainly does ...
Judge acquits 3 Chicago officers of Laquan McDonald cover-up
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge on Thursday acquitted three Chicago officers of trying to cover up the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald, dismissing as just one perspective the shocking dashcam video of the black teenager's death that led to protests, a federal investigation of the police department...
The Latest: Prosecutor hopes case cracks 'code of silence'
CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the trial of three Chicago police officers accused of trying to cover up the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald (all times local):4:05 p.m.A prosecutor says she's disappointed by a judge's acquittal of three Chicago officers accused of trying to cover up the 2014...
Lawsuit: Student told her skin was 'too dark' to perform
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — A black student has filed a lawsuit against a Kansas school district alleging she was prevented from performing with her high school's dance team after being told her skin was "too dark" and would clash with the color of the team's costumes.Camille Sturdivant also...
And the nominees won't be (but should be) ...
NEW YORK (AP) — By its nature, awards season tends to winnow a field of films and performances until many of the same names are read week after week, award show after award show, leading up to the Academy Awards. It's a process that always leaves deserving nominees left out for lack of buzz,...
Grammys performers: Cardi B, Kacey Musgraves, Janelle Monae
NEW YORK (AP) — Album of the year nominees Cardi B, Kacey Musgraves, Janelle Monae and Post Malone will perform at next month's Grammy Awards.The Recording Academy announced Thursday that Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello and Dan + Shay will also hit the stage at the Feb. 10 event. The Grammys...
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver dies at 83
NEW YORK (AP) — Mary Oliver, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose rapturous odes to nature and animal life brought her critical acclaim and popular affection, has died. She was 83.Bill Reichblum, Oliver's literary executor, said she died Thursday at her home in Hobe Sound, Florida. The...
Sorry America, team you love to hate headed to Super Bowl
NOT THEM AGAIN!Sorry America — at least outside of New England — but the team you love to hate is...
Netflix has no plans to cut 'Bird Box' scene despite outcry
NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix's post-apocalyptic survival film "Bird Box" is drawing criticism for using footage...
Total lunar eclipse meets supermoon Sunday night
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Here comes a total lunar eclipse and supermoon, all wrapped into one.The moon,...
Thousands protest against al-Bashir's rule across Sudan
CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets Thursday in cities across Sudan, including the...
From New Orleans to Tehran: Life of detained Iran newscaster
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — She is largely unknown in the United States. But the American...
China slump squeezes workers, hammers consumer spending
BEIJING (AP) — Yu Mingang had a good job helping Chinese manufacturers prepare to sell shares to the public...
