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Inslee: Washington Needs More Coronavirus Test Supplies
The governor suggested the shutdown of most businesses and extreme social distancing would likely have to be extended to fight the disease
Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Oregon
Gov. Brown praised the declaration, but says we still have significant requests pending, "first and foremost Oregon's request for more personal protective equipment from the national stockpile"
Vote by May 19: Oregon’s Primary Election Continues as Planned
Oregon’s vote-by-mail system keeps May Primary on schedule
A Black Woman Is Leading The Charge To Create A Vaccine For The Coronavirus
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett and her team have begun running the first human trials of the vaccine in Seattle
Oregon Medicaid Program Gains Flexibility to Better Serve Low-income Oregonians During Pandemic
Nearly one in four Oregonians currently receives health coverage through OHP. ...
Washington Elementary School Offers Food-Bearing Container Gardens During Meal Distribution
Large pots with food-bearing plants will be available for families to take home on Wednesday, April 1, from Catlin Elementary in...
Waterfront Blues Festival Cancelled for 2020
Organizers say the decision to cancel the popular festival was not taken lightly ...
NAACP Calls COVID-19 Stimulus Package a Necessary Step, but Calls Upon Congress to Do More
The NAACP says in providing future relief, Congress must prioritize people first, not corporations ...
CARES Act Must Prioritize Nation’s Most Vulnerable Communities
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law says the new bill puts the interests of corporations above the burdens faced by...
Closed computer chip factory sells for .3 million
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A long-shuttered computer chip factory in Eugene has sold at auction for .3 million, but it’s not clear what the new owner plans to do with the site.Hynix spent jumi.5 billion to build and equip the 1.2-million-square-foot factory, which opened in 1998. It closed...
Rural areas fear spread of virus as more hospitals close
CARROLLTON, Ala. (AP) — As the coronavirus spread across the United States, workers at the lone hospital in one Alabama county turned off beeping monitors for good and padlocked the doors, making it one of the latest in a string of nearly 200 rural hospitals to close nationwide.Now Joe...
The Latest: 2 Madison Square Garden boxing cards called off
The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak's affect on sports around the globe (all times EDT):10 p.m.Two boxing cards at Madison Square Garden have been called off because of the coronavirus outbreak.A few hours after announcing the fights would proceed without crowds, promoter Bob Arum said Thursday...
Former AD, All-American center Dick Tamburo dies at 90
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Dick Tamburo, an athletic director at three major schools and an All-American center at Michigan State, has died. He was 90.Michigan State announced that Tamburo died Monday.A native of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, Tamburo served as the athletic director at Texas...
The ACA Has Never Been More Critical
Today I'm honoring the 10th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act being signed into law. ...
NAACP/Black Community: A Model for Resiliency
As America enters perhaps the most uncertain period in modern history, we will all be tested in new and unpredictable ways. ...
What the Government Can Do Now to Lessen the Impact of COVID-19
Dr. Roger Stark says during this pandemic the administration must give states more flexibility ...
The Homelessness Crisis – We Are Better Than This
Julianne Malveaux says this is not just about homelessness. It is about an economic crisis that has made affordable housing, jobs and economic security difficult to obtain ...
Judge: Man linked to white supremacist group to stay in jail
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A Maryland man linked by the FBI to a white supremacist group and arrested ahead of a gun rights rally in Virginia must remain in federal custody while he awaits trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Boardman refused to set bond for Brian Mark...
Democratic lawmakers call for racial data in virus testing
Democratic lawmakers are calling out an apparent lack of racial data that they say is needed to monitor and address disparities in the national response to the coronavirus outbreak.In a letter sent Friday to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ayanna...
Man, 72, dies of injuries 3 months after Hanukkah stabbings
MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) — A man who was among the five people stabbed during a Hanukkah celebration north of New York City has died three months after the attack, according to an Orthodox Jewish organization and community liaison with a local police department.Josef Neumann, 72, died Sunday night,...
'America's Test Kitchen' has the recipe to hit season 20
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There are cooking shows hosted by celebrities, some of whom may know a fricassee from a frittata, and shows that feature arrogant chefs and bad cooks. There’s an upcoming digital series in which blindfolded chefs get smacked in the face with a dish and compete to...
Review: In 'Slay the Dragon,' a gerrymandering investigation
Feeling beaten down by the news? Why not watch a documentary on gerrymandering to cheer you up?“Slay the Dragon," by Chris Durrance and Barak Goodman, deftly outlines how redistricting has eroded American democracy and helped usher compromise out of our legislatures. It's a level-headed...
CNN's Cuomo, with coronavirus, completes show from basement
NEW YORK (AP) — A bleary-eyed Chris Cuomo, saying he wanted to be a cautionary tale for his audience, anchored his CNN show from his basement Tuesday after testing positive for the coronavirus.Via remote link, he interviewed Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, an emergency room nurse and CNN...
Georgia authorities: Man sought after 3 killed, child taken
MACON, Ga. (AP) — Authorities in Georgia are searching for a man accused of fatally shooting three people...
AP PHOTOS: Indian migrants walk hundreds of miles to go home
NEW DELHI (AP) — They were hungry. Some had not eaten for days. Others survived on water and biscuits.But...
VIRUS DIARY: An unfamiliar war for those who live with war
BEIRUT (AP) — I’ve seen the streets of Beirut empty before, during wars when the shells were falling...
VIRUS DIARY: An unfamiliar war for those who live with war
BEIRUT (AP) — I’ve seen the streets of Beirut empty before, during wars when the shells were falling...
UN General Assembly to decide on rival COVID-19 resolutions
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — How should the U.N. General Assembly and its 193 member states respond to the...
Hezbollah shifts attention from Syria fight to battle virus
BEIRUT (AP) — In the streets of Beirut's southern suburbs, Hezbollah paramedics and volunteers on trucks...
