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Police Accountability Commission Presents Council With Proposed Major Overhaul
Voter-approved board for police accountability will have disciplinary power, ability to impact policy changes, access to body cam footage and more.
Oregon Judge to Decide in New Trial Whether Voter-Approved Gun Control Law Is Constitutional
The law, one of the toughest in the nation, was among the first gun restrictions to be passed after a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year changed the guidance judges are expected to follow when considering Second Amendment cases.
Oregon Launches Legal Psilocybin Access Amid High Demand and Hopes for Improved Mental Health Care
Epic Healing Eugene opened in June, marking Oregon's unprecedented step in offering the mind-bending drug to the public. The center now has a waitlist of more than 3,000 names, including people with depression, PTSD or end-of-life dread.
In Recording, a Seattle Police Officer Joked After Woman's Death. He Says Remarks Were Misunderstood
A city watchdog agency is investigating after a body-worn camera captured one Seattle Police Department union leader joking with another following the death of a woman who was struck and killed by a police cruiser as she was crossing a street
Bonamici Announces 5 Town Hall Meetings in October
The town hall meetings will be in St. Helens, Hillsboro, Seaside, Tillamook and Portland. ...
Nicole De Lagrave Named Multnomah Regional Teacher of the Year
De Lagrave is also a finalist for 2023-24 Oregon Teacher of the Year ...
KBOO Birthday Block Party to be Held September 23
Birthday block party planned as KBOO, 90.7FM celebrates 55 years broadcasting community radio ...
Appeals Court Allows Louisiana to Keep Children in Angola Prison
The district court had ordered the state to remove children from Angola by Sept. 15. But the Fifth Circuit issued a temporary stay,...
Apply by Oct. 2, 2023 for Funds to Teach/Learn Traditional Arts
The program offers traditional artists and culture keepers a ,500 stipend to teach their cultural practices to apprentices from...
Seattle officer should be put on leave for callous remarks about woman's death, watchdog group says
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s Community Police Commission on Wednesday recommended that the city’s police chief suspend without pay an officer under investigation for making callous remarks about the death of a woman from India who was struck by a police SUV in a crosswalk. The...
An Idaho man has measles. Health officials are trying to see if the contagious disease has spread.
An Idaho man has contracted measles, and health officials are working to contact anyone who may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease. The man was unvaccinated, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare said in a news release Wednesday afternoon, and he was exposed...
Missouri quarterback Brady Cook endures the home boos and keeps the Tigers on an unbeaten roll
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri quarterback Brady Cook spent most of last season playing through a shoulder injury so severe it required offseason surgery. Yet because he never whimpered or complained, few outside the program even knew what he had to endure. All most people saw was...
Missouri upsets No. 15 Kansas State on Harrison Mevis' 61-yard field goal with no time remaining
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Eli Drinkwitz and the Missouri coaching staff decided in the closing seconds of a back-and-forth affair with Kansas State on Saturday that if the Tigers crossed midfield and reached the 40-yard line, they would give Harrison Mevis a chance to kick the winning field goal. ...
Labor Day 2023: Celebrating the Union Difference and Building Tomorrow’s Public Service Workforce
Working people are seeing what the union difference is all about, and they want to be a part of it. ...
60 Years Since 1963 March on Washington, Economic Justice Remains a Dream
Typical Black family has 1/8 the wealth held by whites, says new research ...
The 2024 Election, President Biden and the Black Vote
As a result of the Black vote, America has experienced unprecedented recovery economically, in healthcare, and employment and in its international status. ...
Federal Trade Commission Hindering Black Economic Achievement
FTC Chair Linda Khan has prioritized her own agenda despite what Americans were telling her they needed on the ground ...
A grandmother seeks justice for Native Americans after thousands of unsolved deaths, disappearances
HARDIN, Mont. (AP) — Yolanda Fraser is back near a ragged chain-link fence, blinking through tears as she tidies up flowers and ribbons and a pinwheel twirls in the breeze at a makeshift roadside memorial in a small Montana town. This is where the badly decomposed body of her...
Mississippi auditor says several college majors indoctrinate students and should be defunded
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Calling numerous social science and humanities degree programs “indoctrination factories,” Mississippi's auditor says the state should defund several college majors and invest in subjects that match the state's workforce needs. In a report published...
Census shows 3.5 million Middle Eastern residents in US, Venezuelans fastest growing Hispanic group
The United States had 3.5 million residents who identify as Middle Eastern or North African, Venezuelans were the fastest-growing Hispanic group last decade and Chinese and Asian Indians were the two largest Asian groups, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The most detailed race and...
Movie Review: An immigrant teen who wants to fit in enters a nightmare in ‘It Lives Inside’
A beautiful Indian American teen, Samidha (Megan Suri), just wants to fit in with her suburban classmates in the new horror “ It Lives Inside.” But there’s a demon at large and it’s not hormones or puberty — it’s a literal monster that will maim and kill you and anyone who tries to help...
Music Review: Rootsy harmonies and spiritual uplift from Buddy and Julie Miller on 'In the Throes'
Buddy and Julie Miller have been wed for 40 years. Their latest album, “In the Throes,” celebrates the marvelous marriage of his rustic, raspy tenor and her eternally youthful alto. The 12-song set, which will be released Friday is filled with the Tennessee duo’s rootsy...
Music Review: The Replacements’ ‘Tim: Let it Bleed Edition’ captures the band’s sublime songwriting
Near the 40th anniversary of their fifth studio album and major label debut, “Tim,” The Replacements are releasing “Tim: Let it Bleed Edition.” The massive box set features a loving remaster of the original release of “Tim,” but the real value is in the live performance, the unreleased...
Census shows 3.5 million Middle Eastern residents in US, Venezuelans fastest growing Hispanic group
The United States had 3.5 million residents who identify as Middle Eastern or North African, Venezuelans were the...
Behind all the speechmaking at the UN lies a basic, unspoken question: Is the world governable?
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Work together. Go it alone. The apocalypse is at hand. But the future can be bright. The...
Side hustles take center stage in paying bills for Hollywood workers on strike
NEW YORK (AP) — Lighting for the entertainment industry is Ryan Meyer's lifeblood. Before the...
King Charles III makes a stop at fire-damaged Notre-Dame cathedral on day 2 of his visit to France
PARIS (AP) — King Charles III went from a meeting with young athletes in a working-class, multicultural suburb...
3 South Africa navy personnel die after they are swept off a submarine deck during supply operation
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Three South African navy personnel died and a senior officer was in critical...
Kenya's president is committing his country to lead a multinational force to Haiti to combat gangs
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president has committed his country to lead a multinational force in Haiti to...
