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Prosecutor Won't Act on Low-level Portland Protest Arrests
At least several hundred people who have been arrested in the past few months will not face criminal prosecution.
Lawmakers Adjourn Special Session, Restrict Choke Holds
Sen. James Manning, D-Eugene, says choke holds are "a tool to take a life."
Seattle Police Chief to Resign Following Department Cuts
Carmen Best, the city’s first Black police chief, said in a letter to the department that her retirement will be effective Sept. 2.
Black Portlanders Struggle to be Heard Amid Protests
The Portland Committee on Community-Engaged Policing Steering Committee will meet Tuesday, August 11, 2020 from 5:30 –7pm
Oregon Housing and Community Services Awards $60,822,101 to Build and Preserve 802 Affordable Homes
Investments address the statewide shortage of affordable housing through the development and preservation of affordable rental homes. ...
Phase Two Re:Imagine Grant Deadline August 11
The fund focuses on supporting ten artists with grants of $5,000 as they reimagine their practices and pivot toward the...
A total of 15 CDFIs will receive grants ranging from $50,000 to $100,000 while the African American Alliance will receive...
2020 VRA anniversary observance to honor the memory of voting rights activist and late-Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) ...
White Democrats in Congress Falling Short on Reparations Bill
Democracy in Color releases “The White List” showing 79% of democratic House members haven’t cosigned HR 40 despite popular...
No charges for many arrested at ongoing Portland protests
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — People who have been arrested since late May on non-violent misdemeanor charges during protests that have racked Oregon’s largest city for more than 70 days won't be prosecuted. The new policy announced Tuesday recognizes the outrage and frustration over a...
Big Ten, Pac-12 pull plug on fall football amid pandemic
A crumbling college football season took a massive hit Tuesday when the Big Ten and Pac-12, two historic and powerful conferences, succumbed to the pandemic and canceled their fall football seasons.Five months almost to the day after the first spikes in coronavirus cases in the U.S. led to the...
LSU adds Missouri, Vanderbilt in revamped SEC schedule
Defending Southeastern Conference and national champion LSU will host Missouri and visit Vanderbilt in its expanded Southeastern Conference schedule, while Alabama will visit Mizzou and host Kentucky in league play revised by the coronavirus pandemic. The league on Friday released two additional...
Missouri's Drinkwitz takes side in mask-or-no-mask debate
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Eli Drinkwitz has been the head coach at Missouri for just over seven months. He has yet to lead the Tigers onto the football field, much less win a game, yet his role in the community already has forced him to take some important stands.First, it was supporting his new...
Historians Offer Context, Caution on Lessons 1918 Flu Pandemic Holds for COVID
Scholars find parallels of inequitable suffering between pandemic of 1918 and pandemic of 2020 ...
US Reps Adams and DeFazio Call on Postmaster General to Resign
The legislators say Trump appointee Louis DeJoy is sabotaging the US Postal Service and could harm the election ...
Da 5 Bloods and America Abroad
Even before I returned to the United States from my combat tour in Vietnam, I had decided that we were fighting an unjust war. ...
He set out to mobilize Latino voters. Then the virus hit.
GRAHAM, N.C (AP) — Like many Americans, Ricky Hurtado had different plans for his summer.He formally announced his first bid for public office in March and expected to spend sweltering days knocking on doors, clenching glossy campaign literature and making his case directly to voters. This...
NHLPA's Fehr buoyed by 0 positive tests; `So far so good'
TORONTO (AP) — Zero players testing positive for COVID-19 in the two weeks since NHL teams arrived at their two respective playoff hub cities. And a powerful opening night statement on social and racial justice issues made by the league and its players.Given the uncertainty professional...
Belgian beach brawl fuels virus, political, climate tension
BRUSSELS (AP) — It started as a Saturday trip to Belgium's coast, a chance to escape a heat wave and coronavirus restrictions for a while. As the tide came in, the beach got crowded. Someone complained about the music being too loud. The mood quickly turned ugly.Within minutes, dozens of...
Politically charged 'black-ish' episode gets belated home
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A politically charged episode of “black-ish” from 2017 that was shelved by ABC has found a home on Hulu, a corporate sibling of the Disney-owned broadcast network.“I cannot wait for everyone to finally see the episode for themselves,” series...
The Weeknd, Roddy Ricch, Maluma, CNCO to perform at MTV VMAs
NEW YORK (AP) — Chart-topping Grammy winners The Weeknd and Roddy Ricch are set to perform at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards this month.MTV announced Tuesday that Colombian singer Maluma and Latin boy band CNCO will also perform at the Aug. 30 event, which was originally to take place at...
Fox news, business cable channels to stream internationally
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Fox News and Fox Business channels are going international.A digital streaming service with the pair will launch in Mexico on Aug. 20, expanding to Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom on Sept. 17, Fox News Media said Tuesday.Fox News International will be available...
1000s of Korean laborers still lost after WWII, Cold War end
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Shin Yun-sun describes her life as a maze of dead ends.The South Korean has spent...
Women say they will fight sexism, 'ugly' attacks on Harris
CHICAGO (AP) — In the weeks before Joe Biden named Sen. Kamala Harris his running mate, women's groups were...
Political novices drawn to anti-Netanyahu protests in Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) — In a summer of protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the accusations...
UK records deepest recession among top economies
LONDON (AP) — The British economy has recorded the deepest coronavirus-related slump among the world's...
Outcry in Somalia as new bill would allow child marriage
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An outcry is rising in Somalia as parliament considers a bill that would allow child...
The Latest: Masks mandatory in public places in Brussels
BRUSSELS — Authorities in Brussels are introducing mandatory mask rules across the Belgian capital...
