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‘Wake of Vanport’ to Be Screened August 28
Register for this free event to be held at Open Signal in Northeast Portland
Heat Returns to Pacific Northwest Wednesday, Thursday
Multnomah County, which includes Portland, will offer people places to stay cool Wednesday as temperatures potentially reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit
Basic Guaranteed Income Program to Launch for Black Portlanders
Brown Hope’s Black Resilience Fund argues the impact of direct cash payments.
Oregon Justice Fires Panel Due to Lack of Public Defenders
Criminal defendants in Oregon who have gone without legal representation due to a shortage of public defenders filed a lawsuit in May that alleges the state is violating their constitutional right to legal counsel and a speedy trial.
Reduced Costs for Parks Programs
Portland Parks & Recreation announces new Parks Levy-funded Access Pass to reduce cost as a barrier for Recreation and...
Measure on Portland Government to Appear as-Is on Ballot
Politicians, business leaders and civic activists have called for reshaping Portland’s form of government, which they say...
The Regional Arts & Culture Council Rolls Out New Grant Program
The Arts3C grant program is designed to be fully responsive to what artists and art makers in the community need funding to support ...
OHA Introduces New Monkeypox (hMPXV) Website
As of Aug. 10, 95 people have tested positive for monkeypox in Oregon ...
“There are decades of research showing inaccurate results when pulse oximeters are used to monitor people of color” ...
Court: Extraordinary damages OK in 'wrongful life' case
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court says that under state law, it's OK for judges to award extraordinary damages in so-called “wrongful life” cases where a child has birth defects or disabilities that require extensive care. The unanimous decision Thursday came in the...
GOP lawmaker arrested, accused of disorderly conduct at fair
CANBY, Ore. (AP) — A state lawmaker was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of disorderly conduct and interfering with a peace officer at the Clackamas County Fair in Canby, Oregon. Republican Rep. James Hieb, of Canby, was arrested Wednesday night and told The Oregonian/OregonLive the...
Mizzou full of optimism with new QB, defensive coordinator
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz is on his third defensive coordinator in three years at Missouri, and the Tigers are about to start their fifth different quarterback in the season opener in the last five years. Sounds like a program that should be on shaky ground. ...
Hoosiers looking for a turnaround after dismal 2021 season
Indiana linebacker Cam Jones and quarterback Jack Tuttle took matters into their own hands this offseason. They called their teammates together to discuss the goals and aspirations of the program, the need to always play with an edge and to break down precisely why things went wrong...
No One Ever Told You About Black August?
Black America lives in a series of deserts. Many of us live in food deserts, financial deserts, employment deserts, and most of us live in information deserts. ...
Betsy Johnson Fails to Condemn Confederate Flags at Her Rally
The majority of Oregonians, including our rural communities, value inclusion and unity, not racism and bigotry. ...
Monkeypox, Covid, and Your Vote
We must start a voter registration drive right here where we live. This effort must become as important to us as putting food on the table and a roof over our heads. ...
To many Americans, “reparations” is a dirty word when applied to Black folks. ...
Head of Oregon’s troubled public defense system is fired
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The head of Oregon’s public defenders’ office was fired Thursday in a clash over how to solve a dire shortage of attorneys to represent people too poor to afford a lawyer. Critics for years have said Oregon’s unique public defense system is in crisis, with...
Judge blocks Florida 'woke' law pushed by Gov. DeSantis
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge on Thursday declared a Florida law championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that restricts race-based conversation and analysis in business and education unconstitutional. Tallahassee U.S. District Judge Mark Walker said in a 44-page...
Connecticut releases police use-of-force data for 1st time
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut released data Thursday for the first time showing the race of people subjected to police use of force, a reporting practice that many states are beginning to adopt in the wake of nationwide calls for more police accountability. The data from 2019...
Judge denies bail for Rushdie's attacker, bars interviews
MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A judge refused to grant bail Thursday to the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie as the acclaimed author prepared to give a talk in western New York. Hadi Matar, 24, appeared in a western New York courtroom after a grand jury indicted him on charges...
Review: 'Three Minutes' a heartbreaking celluloid memorial
What gets you, deep in the gut, are the smiles. The broad, awkward, sometimes silly smiles of people on an unremarkable day in an unremarkable town in 1938 Poland, fascinated by this new thing called a movie camera and oblivious to the fact that one day, this amateur travel movie will become a...
Review: 'Beast,' with Idris Elba, has B-movie bite
Sharks, grizzlies, giant snakes and rampaging apes have traditionally been the go-to choices for animal-kingdom antagonists in survival thrillers. Lions not so much. Maybe the king of the jungle has always been too regal, too majestic — too heroic — to be lowered to the status of mere...
The AP Interview: Refugee head sees lesson in Ukraine crisis
GENEVA (AP) — Europe's embrace of millions of Ukrainians who fled Russia's invasion showed that it's possible to...
Browns' Deshaun Watson suspended 11 games, fined million
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson will serve an 11-game unpaid suspension, pay a ...
Brain-eating amoeba suspected in 2nd Midwest death
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A child likely died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in...
US senator urges Kenyan president to aid peaceful transition
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A visiting U.S. senator says he has encouraged Kenya’s outgoing president to participate...
Leaning lighthouse tower of Bremen could collapse into sea
BERLIN (AP) — An iconic lighthouse at the northern German port of Bremen has tilted sideways and could soon...
Colombian rebels free 5 soldiers, 1 policeman ahead of talks
HAVANA (AP) — A Colombian guerrilla group says it has freed six captive members of the security forces in a...
