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2022 Midterms: What to Watch as 5 States Hold Primaries
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 is the last day for voters to return ballots. Ballots that are mailed must be postmarked by election day. Ballots deposited in an official drop box must be received by 8 p.m. on election day.
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
2 Pleasure Boats Catch Fire on Columbia River
Two pleasure boats caught fire on the Columbia River between Vancouver and Caterpillar Island Sunday afternoon. One boat sank,...
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 ...
Washington man sentenced to 16 years in beating death
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ordered a King County man to serve 16 years in prison after he was convicted of beating and bludgeoning to death a Northern California woman who traveled to the Seattle area and was engaged in an intimate relationship with the married suspect. ...
2 climbers rescued after a crevasse fall on Mount Rainier
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Two climbers were rescued by helicopter Friday after one fell into a crevasse the day before on Mount Rainier. The climbers had been in contact with the National Park Service beginning Wednesday evening, when they stopped their summit bid at...
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. ...
Press secretary hopes her rise helps kids 'dream bigger'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Karine Jean-Pierre, the new White House press secretary, hopes she can inspire young people to “dream big and dream bigger” now that she has broken a barrier by becoming the first Black and gay woman to be chief spokesperson for the president of the United States. ...
'Like every other day': 10 lives lost on a trip to the store
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — They were caregivers and protectors and helpers, running an errand or doing a favor or finishing out a shift, when their paths crossed with a young man driven by racism and hatred and baseless conspiracy theories. In a flash, the ordinariness of their day was...
Election 2022: Trump's influence over GOP faces fresh tests
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday faces the strongest test yet of his ability to shape a new generation of Republicans as GOP primary voters in Pennsylvania and North Carolina decide whether to rally around his hand-picked choices for critical U.S. Senate seats. ...
Brandi Carlile, Yola, Allison Russell lead Americana noms
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Brandi Carlile, Allison Russell and Yola are the leading nominees for the 2022 Americana Honors and Awards, with each one up for album of the year, artist of the year and song of the year. The nominees were announced Monday in Nashville, Tennessee, at the...
Review: 'Team America' plumbs enduring impact of 4 generals
“Team America: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged” by Robert L. O’Connell (Harper) Insightful and informative, military historian Robert L. O’Connell’s latest book carries a title that might evoke in today’s readers a group of superheroes...
Yiyun Li wins PEN/Malamud Award for short stories
NEW YORK (AP) — Author Yiyun Li has received one of the top honors for short story writers, the PEN/Malamud Award for “exceptional achievement.” Li, 49, has published the collections “Gold Boy” and “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers,” along with five novels and two...
Buffalo shooter's previous threat raises red-flag questions
Less than a year before he opened fire and killed 10 people in a racist attack at a Buffalo, New York, grocery...
Massacre video reopens wounds for missing Syrians' families
BEIRUT (AP) — For years, the Siyam family clung to hope they would one day be reunited with their son Wassim,...
N. Zealand attack survivor heartbroken by Buffalo killings
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — If the Buffalo supermarket shooter had learned anything from the massacre in New...
Massacre video reopens wounds for missing Syrians' families
BEIRUT (AP) — For years, the Siyam family clung to hope they would one day be reunited with their son Wassim,...
Student protest as discontent rises over China's zero-COVID
BEIJING (AP) — Administrators at an elite Beijing university have backed down from plans to further tighten...
Censure vote vs. Sri Lankan leader fails as crisis simmers
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's governing party on Tuesday defeated a move in Parliament to urgently...
