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Black Leaders Call For Change in Policing, Change in Media Coverage of Demonstrations
The Albina Ministerial Alliance of Portland’s Coalition for Justice and Police Reform has a long history of working on a deep policy level to effect change in local law enforcement practices, often in response to police killings
Portland, Oregon, Remains Largely Peaceful, Curfew Lifted
Portland will not impose a curfew on Tuesday night for the first time in four days
Inslee Orders Statewide Guard Activation Following Unrest
Inslee had previously authorized 400 troops for Seattle and 200 troops for Bellevue.
Mayor Ted Wheeler Asks Governor to Call Up National Guard
Portland police chief said, “It has been a long, difficult and emotional several days in Portland and across the country and we understand why.”
ACLU Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Minneapolis Police for Attacking Journalists at Protests
The lawsuit’s lead plaintiff, Jared Goyette, a journalist covering the demonstrations, was shot in the face with a rubber bullet ...
Statement by AG Rosenblum on People of Color Caucus Recommendations
People of Color Caucus released policy recommendations yesterday pertaining to police accountability ...
Oregon Health Authority Investigating COVID-19 Increase at Unnamed Business
Oregon reports 71 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases today, no new deaths ...
Some Columbia River Gorge Trails, Parks Reopen Today
Crowded sites including most waterfall viewing areas, campgrounds, and visitor’s centers will stay closed because of the coronavirus...
The Latest: Seattle ends city-wide curfew ahead of schedule
The Latest on the May 25 death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck:TOP OF THE HOUR:— Seattle ends city-wide curfew ahead of schedule. — Demonstrators march to U.S. Capitol during peaceful...
Report highlights voting inequities in tribal communities
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Native American voting rights advocates are cautioning against states moving to mail-in ballots without opportunities for tribal members to vote safely in person.In a wide-ranging report released Thursday, the Native American Rights Fund outlined the challenges that...
Kansas, Missouri renew Border War with 4-game football set
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas and Missouri are resuming their bitter Border War in football after the former Big 12 rivals agreed to a four-game series in which each school will play two home games beginning in September 2025.The fourth-longest rivalry in college football dates to 1891, but...
Mayor Ted Wheeler: Portland and the Path Forward
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler invites Portlanders, as public servants, to join him "in insisting that we never return to business as usual." ...
Local Business Leaders Share Messages of Hope
President, CEO of SAIF says each of us must move forward in "our understanding of the problem, in holding ourselves accountable for our own attitudes and biases, and in coming together, not apart." ...
Time to Stop Messing Around and Strike at the Root of Police Violence
Thomas Knapp says the root of police violence is the creation of "police forces" as state institutions separate from the populace and dedicated to suppressing that populace on command ...
A Letter to George Floyd: (Posthumous)
As Black mothers, so often we say, our Black boys across this nation belong to all of us. ...
AP tally: Arrests at widespread US protests hit 10,000
PHOENIX (AP) — More than 10,000 people have been arrested in protests decrying racism and police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's death, according to an Associated Press tally of known arrests across the U.S.The count has grown by the hundreds each day as protesters spilled into the...
Deputy mayor in Maine charged in case of racist Floyd post
BREWER, Maine (AP) — The deputy mayor of a Maine city has resigned and was charged with filing a false report after he said someone hacked his social media account to make racist statements about the George Floyd killing.Brewer police said Thomas Morelli was charged in relation to the...
The Latest: Seattle ends city-wide curfew ahead of schedule
The Latest on the May 25 death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck:TOP OF THE HOUR:— Seattle ends city-wide curfew ahead of schedule. — Demonstrators march to U.S. Capitol during peaceful...
Cannes announces lineup for a festival canceled by COVID
From an empty movie theater in Paris, organizers of the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday announced the films that would have played at there in May had it not been canceled by the pandemic. The selections were an exercise in what-might-have-been for Cannes, the international French festival that...
Review: Elisabeth Moss as Shirley Jackson in 'Shirley'
Josephine Decker's prickly, unnerving “Shirley,” is set mostly in the Bennington, Vermont, home of the reclusive writer Shirley Jackson (Elisabeth Moss) and her husband, the literary critic Stanley Hyman (Michael Stuhlbarg). But it also takes place in the gothic, heightened realm of...
'Splash,' 'Stern' writer Bruce Jay Friedman dead at 90
NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Jay Friedman, an Oscar-nominated screenplay writer and popular playwright and author known for the wry comedy and subtle pathos of such novels as “Stern” and “About Harry Towns” and for his scripts for “Splash” and “Stir...
Coronavirus strands merchant ship crews at sea for months
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — For nearly four months, Capt. Andrei Kogankov and his oil tanker crew haven’t...
Police: Well-coordinated thieves capitalize on protest chaos
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Police in a small San Francisco Bay Area community were about to help authorities in...
Brooklyn bishop accused by second man of sex abuse
NEW YORK (AP) — The Roman Catholic bishop of Brooklyn, already under a church investigation for alleged sex...
A year later, Sudanese raped in crackdown wait for justice
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Two or three times a week, Mayada goes to visit her baby daughter at the foster...
The Latest: Pakistan, India coronavirus cases, deaths spike
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan reported a record single-day spike in coronavirus-related deaths with 82 new...
Ex-Ecuador president detained in COVID-19 corruption raid
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A former Ecuadorian president has been detained after authorities raided his home...
Ray Rice arrived for his appeal hearing Wednesday morning at the offices of former U.S. District Judge Barbara S. Jones in New York.
The hearing begins nearly two months after the former Pro Bowl running back was suspended indefinitely by the NFL and released by the Baltimore Ravens.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, league security chief Jeffery Miller, Ravens President Dick Cass and Rice are among the key witnesses expected to testify in the two-day hearing. Rice's wife, Janay, might testify.
Rice was suspended indefinitely Sept. 8 for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy after a video of him hitting his then-fiancee was released publicly. Goodell originally had suspended the running back for two games. The incident occurred inside an elevator at an Atlantic City casino. The couple married a month later.
The league considered the video to be new evidence, giving Goodell the authority to amend Rice's suspension. But Rice's attorneys will argue he should not be punished twice, citing Article 46 of the collective bargaining agreement.
Jones was jointly picked by the commissioner and the players' union to hear the appeal. It's uncertain how long Jones will take to make a decision.
Rice is seeking immediate reinstatement, though it's unlikely a team would sign him this season. Rice has also filed a separate wrongful termination grievance against the Ravens.
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