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No Sea Serpents, Mobsters but Tahoe Trash Divers Strike Gold
Scuba divers who spent a year cleaning up Lake Tahoe’s entire 72-mile shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove a valuable incentive
House Passes Bipartisan Update to Anti-Poverty Program Led by Bonamici, Thompson
The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program has not been updated since 1998.
Portland Unrest Drives Interest in 2 Congressional Primaries
The problems have given Republicans a megaphone and raised the stakes for Democrats as a crowded field of candidates vies to advance to November in a historically blue state
Congressional Black Caucus PAC Endorses Loretta Smith in Oregon’s 6th District
If elected, Loretta will be the state’s first Black member of Congress.
WA Childhood Immunization Rates Decline During Pandemic
Immunization rates have decreased by 13% in 2021 when compared to pre-pandemic level ...
Attorney General Rosenblum Warns Against Price Gouging of Baby Formula
This declaration will allow the Oregon Attorney General to take action against any business, or online vendor, who upsells the price...
WA High Court: Drivers Can Get DUIs for Driving While High
A decision that upholds the state’s decade-old law regulating marijuana use behind the wheel of a car. ...
Community Basketball Game and Discussion Events Work to Reduce Gun Violence
Basketball game features Black youth and police officers playing together ...
Dozens of culturally led organizations foster and lift up Black youth, to promote educational equality and Black Student Success...
Buddhist chaplains on the rise in US, offering broad appeal
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Wedged into a recliner in the corner of her assisted living apartment in Portland, Skylar Freimann, who has a terminal heart condition and pulmonary illness, anxiously eyed her newly arrived hospital bed on a recent day and worried over how she would maintain independence as...
Human remains found in missing Oregon man's submerged car
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nearly a year after the former mayor of Cornelius, Oregon, went missing, authorities say the man's car has been found at the bottom of a river with human remains inside. The vehicle belonging to 77-year-old Ralph Brown was found Friday by a dive crew 40-feet...
Can Federal Lynching Law Help Heal America?
Despite decades of senseless delays, this new law pushes America to finally acknowledge that racism often correlates to a level of violence and terror woven into the very fabric of this country. ...
The Skanner News Endorsements: May Primary 2022
Primary election day is May 17, 2022. Read The Skanner's endorsements for this important election. ...
Men’s Voices Urgently Needed to Defend Reproductive Rights
For decades, men in increasing numbers have followed women’s lead in challenging gender-based violence and promoting gender equality, so why are we stuck when it comes to abortion? ...
Burying Black Cemeteries: Off the Record
It is a tragedy when we lose a loved one. That tragedy is compounded when are unable to visit their final resting place to honor and remember them. ...
Travis Scott, Morgan Wallen hit Billboard Music Awards stage
Travis Scott and Morgan Wallen made controversial returns on the Billboard Music Awards stage on Sunday, while Mary J. Blige was honored for her musical excellence. Wallen performed in his first major awards show after he was caught on camera more than a year ago using a racial slur....
Buffalo shooter's prior threat, hospital stay face scrutiny
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white gunman accused of committing a racist massacre at a Buffalo supermarket made threating comments that brought police to his high school last spring, but he was never charged with a crime and had no further contact with law enforcement after his release from a...
EXPLAINER: Theory of white replacement fuels racist attacks
NEW YORK (AP) — A racist ideology seeping from the Internet's fringes into the mainstream is being investigated as a motivating factor in the supermarket shooting that killed 10 people in Buffalo, New York. Most of the victims were Black. Ideas from “The Great Replacement...
Surprise! Justin Timberlake is in 'Candy' with Jessica Biel
NEW YORK (AP) — Viewers tuning in to Thursday's episode of “Candy,” starring Jessica Biel, may recognize a familiar face: Biel’s husband Justin Timberlake. The musician and actor portrays a deputy who investigates the murder the show is centered around. Biel, a...
Review: 'Top Gun' sequel a welcome trip to the danger zone
Early on in “Top Gun: Maverick,” Tom Cruise hops on his sleek motorcycle, wearing Aviator sunglasses and a leather jacket with patches, and speeds into a time machine. No, that's not right. It's actually us who take a trip back. More than 30 years after Cruise smirked his way to...
Film Review: ‘Firestarter’ remake fails to ignite
For a movie about a girl with pyrokinetic powers, “ Firestarter ” is lacking a certain spark. This new adaptation of Stephen King’s 1980 novel is not scary or thrilling, nor is it emotionally resonant or particularly moving. No, this outing is a dull slog, even with its cool,...
'Hero' guard, shoppers among Buffalo shooting victims
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Aaron Salter was a beloved community member and security guard who knew the shoppers of...
Lawyer charged with lying to FBI in Russia probe faces trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal trial begins Monday for a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign who...
Biden's leadership of Democrats faces test in next primaries
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In his telling, President Joe Biden's political philosophy is rooted in Pennsylvania, where...
Eurovision win in hand, Ukraine band releases new war video
TURIN, Italy (AP) — Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra, fresh off its Eurovision victory, released a new music...
Finland, Sweden inch closer to seeking NATO membership
BERLIN (AP) — Finland's government declared a “new era” is underway as it inches closer to seeking NATO...
EXPLAINER: 'Neutral' Europe recedes as NATO set to expand
BERLIN (AP) — With Finland and Sweden taking steps to join NATO amid Russia's war in Ukraine, the list of...
