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Oregon Bill on Abortion, Gender-Affirming Care Sparks Debate
An Oregon bill that would expand access to reproductive health and gender-affirming care drew emotional testimony, mirroring the culture war debates over abortion, gender identity and parents' rights that are playing out in state legislatures across the U.S.
The Big Problem for Endangered Orcas? Inbreeding
People have taken many steps in recent decades to help the Pacific Northwest's endangered killer whales, which have long suffered from starvation, pollution and the legacy of having many of their number captured for display in marine parks.
Amazon Cuts 9,000 More Jobs, Bringing 2023 Total to 27,000
The job cuts would mark the second largest round of layoffs in the company's history
Starbucks New CEO Laxman Narasimhan Takes His Seat
Narasimhan succeeds longtime Starbucks leader Howard Schultz, who came out of retirement last spring to serve as interim CEO while the company searched for a new chief executive.
Tiffani Penson Announces Campaign for PCC Board, Zone 2
Penson is proud of the accomplishments of PCC ...
Black Bag Speaker Series: Oregon Black Pioneers Historic Photograph Collection
OBP will present the history and context of a photo album, found in a house located in historically Black North Portland, that was...
The Making of American Whiteness Book Presentation and Signing to be Held at OHS
The Making of American Whiteness book will be presented by Dr. Carmen P. Thompson, in conversation with Dr. Darrell Millner on...
Support for Survivors of Child Sex Trafficking Unanimously Passes Oregon Senate
SB 745 will require juvenile departments to screen for survivors of sex trafficking, connect identified survivors with critical...
Reusable Food Container Bill Passes Oregon Senate
SB 545 will allow restaurants to fill consumer-owned containers with food ...
Names released of deputy shot in Seattle, resident who died
SEATTLE (AP) — Law enforcement officials have released the name of a King County Sheriff’s deputy who was shot in Seattle Monday while serving an eviction notice as well as the person found dead inside the Ballard neighborhood residence. Detective David Easterly was shot and...
Battery parts producer plans jumi.5B project in Terre Haute
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Oregon-based battery parts producer Entek plans to invest jumi.5 billion in a new manufacturing campus in Terre Haute and create 642 jobs by the end of 2027, officials announced Tuesday. The investment will support the growing electric vehicle industry in...
The maddest March ever? Underdogs head to the Sweet 16
We know you're upset. Underdogs have blown up every bracket in the country. An upside of the upsets: perhaps the maddest March ever. Defending national champion Kansas and fellow No. 1 seed Purdue are gone — the Boilermakers with a slice of unwanted history. The Sweet...
March Madness betting guide: Upsets shuffle favorites' odds
LAS VEGAS (AP) — March Madness isn't just about filling out — and later trashing — brackets. There are more ways to bet the field in the NCAA Tournament, an event that will consume basketball fans over the next three weeks. Here's a look at the favorites, underdogs and long shots. ...
Celebrating 196 Years of The Black Press
It was on March 17, 1827, at a meeting of “Freed Negroes” in New York City, that Samuel Cornish, a Presbyterian minister, and John Russwurn, the first Negro college graduate in the United States, established the negro newspaper. ...
DEQ Announces Suspension of Oregon’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Program
The state’s popular incentive for drivers to switch to electric vehicles is scheduled to pause in May ...
FHA Makes Housing More Affordable for 850,000 Borrowers
Savings tied to median market home prices ...
State Takeover Schemes Threaten Public Safety
Blue cities in red states, beware: conservatives in state government may be coming for your police department. ...
2nd officer in inmate's fatal beating gets same 20-year term
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The second of three former correctional officers sentenced in the fatal beating of a state inmate received a 20-year prison term Monday, the same as a co-conspirator despite a judge's declaration he could have stopped the attack as the senior officer. U.S....
Montana senator wants to block mandatory diversity training
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker in Montana wants to prohibit mandatory diversity training for state employees with a bill whose language matches a Florida law that is temporarily blocked by the courts. The proposed “Montana Individual Freedom Act,” would prohibit...
Silicon Valley Bank collapse concerns founders of color
In the hours after some of Silicon Valley Bank’s biggest customers started pulling out their money, a WhatsApp group of startup founders who are immigrants of color ballooned to more than 1,000 members. Questions flowed as the bank’s financial status worsened. Some desperately...
Itching to start spring garden cleanup? Not so fast!
When the blare of the year’s first leaf blower awakened me one morning last week, I realized spring cleanup had commenced -- no matter that March could still roar like a lion here in my Long Island, New York, neighborhood. It stands to reason that professional landscapers cannot...
Tom Hanks named Harvard's 2023 commencement speaker
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Two-time Academy Award winning actor Tom Hanks was named the principal speaker at Harvard's commencement on May 25, the Ivy League university announced Tuesday. Hanks, 66, has appeared in almost 100 films. Nominated for an Oscar six times, he won best actor...
'Succession' star Sarah Snook pregnant with 1st child
NEW YORK (AP) — “Succession” star Sarah Snook had a surprise reveal at the show’s season four premiere — she is pregnant with her first child. Snook proudly showed off her baby bump in New York at Monday's premiere, which was attended by fellow stars Brian Cox, Jeremy...
Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old: 'I thought I had died'
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Virginia teacher who was shot and wounded by her 6-year-old student said it has...
Review: John Wick gets even more stylish in fourth episode
A trip to Paris should be on everyone’s bucket list, even John Wick. The Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the...
Oklahoma court OK's abortion to preserve mother's life
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a portion of the state’s near...
11 killed as strong earthquake rattles Pakistan, Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday, sending...
US announces sanctions on Iran drone procurement network
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States said Tuesday it is imposing a new round of sanctions on Iranian firms and...
UN chief's call for ambition on climate gets muted response
BERLIN (AP) — Senior government officials at a climate meeting in Copenhagen gave a muted response Tuesday to...
Simon Schama's "Rough Crossing: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution" (Ecco audio, $29.95) offers an often startling reappraisal of one of the most studied — and glorified — moments in history, presenting the War of Independence from the vantage point of the tens of thousands of slaves who did not share in the much-ballyhooed promise of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Elizabeth Verdick's "Germs are Not for Sharing" (Free Spirit, $7.95) is for the…
Photos from The Skanner Foundation's 37th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast.
