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04-25-2024 2:48 am • PDX and SEA Weather
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The family of Freddie Gray, who died after being critically injured in police custody, reached a $6.4 million wrongful death settlement with the city of Baltimore … Read more about it
Showing solidarity with workers on Labor Day, President Barack Obama will sign an executive order Monday requiring paid sick leave for employees of federal contractors, including 300,000 who currently receive none … Read the whole story
George Curry responds to the recent right-wing criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement … Read all about it
Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy says she wants the city to have a conversation about young vagabonds occupying public spaces downtown … Find out more
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Race goes on despite conditions, with some calling the 34-year-old race the ‘best ever’… Read more about it
Dylann Roof, 21, will also be tried in federal court for hate crimes and obstruction of the practice of religion… Read the whole story
Letwina Fushai's book describes her experience in two cultures… Read all about it
More than 200 people attended multimedia event… Find out more and view the slide show
Film focuses on group's internal power struggle… Read the review and watch the trailer
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”The Wake of Vanport” multimedia oral history project expands to include new survivor stories … Read more about it
In Mississippi, churches rang their bells to remember when the storm made landfall. In Biloxi, clergy and community leaders gathered at MGM Park for a memorial to Katrina's victims and later that evening the park hosted a concert celebrating the recovery.… Read the whole story
Results for some of the states that participated in Common Core-aligned testing for the first time this spring are out, with overall scores higher than expected though still below what many parents may be accustomed to seeing … Read all about it
August 28 marked the 60th anniversary of the death of 14-year-old Emmett Louis Till, who was abducted, beaten and murdered near Money, Miss. for allegedly whistling at a White woman … Find out more
Rain and cooler temperatures Monday helped firefighters battling a series of big blazes in north-central Washington and other states in the West … Read more
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The two stars are helping call attention to brutality across the nation as the embark on free tour… Read more about it
Mayor, PDC announce plans to develop properties they say will enhance the neighborhood without displacing residents… Read the whole story
Many old arrest warrants withdrawn, plus defendants get new court dates and payment options… Read all about it
Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who helped lead the "Bloody Sunday" civil rights march in 1965, died early Wednesday… Read more
The North Portland Library is holding a free class on African-American Genealogy this Saturday, Aug. 29… Find out more
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Benjamin Chavis remembers and celebrates the life of Julian Bond… Read more about it
The blazes have "burned a big hole in our state's heart," Gov. Jay Inslee lamented Thursday, describing the outbreak as an "unprecedented cataclysm."… Read the whole story
The president of France pinned his country's highest award, the Legion d'Honneur, on three Americans and a Briton on Monday, saying they "gave a lesson in courage" by subduing a heavily armed attacker on a high-speed train carrying 500 passengers to Paris … Read all about it
Georgia Ferrell says she's still seeking justice after a jury couldn't unanimously decide the fate of a white North Carolina police officer accused in the 2013 shooting death of her son, Jonathan Ferrell an unarmed black motorist… Find out more
Black entrepreneurs are forming businesses across the country that focus on wellness that can combat inherit heath concerns… Get the details
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Inspired by Black Lives Matter movement nationwide… Read more about it
Advocates say minimum wage hit peak value in 1968… Read the whole story
Virtual villages will ensure aging people can stay home with support… Read all about it
Kam reviews American Ultra, Hitman: Agent 47, After Words, Grandma and more… Read reviews and watch trailers
Assembly and march to take place Aug. 26 and Aug. 28 respectively… Read more
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Through the tough struggles of the civil rights movement, Julian Bond always kept his sense of humor, and it was his steady demeanor that helped him persist despite the inevitable difficulties involved … Read all about it
Portland Mayor Charlie Hales, Commissioner Dan Saltzman, the Portland Housing Bureau, Portland Development Commission, and members of the Northeast Portland community will announce new developments in the City’s plans for Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard … Read more about it
A shooting at the top of Rocky Butte in Northeast Portland brought police from North and East precincts, police with dogs and the Gang Enforcement Team to the scene, at 2:01 am Saturday Aug. 15, 2015 … Read the whole story
The Portland Public School Board passed a resolution authorizing the study of an alternate design for the remodel. The resolution will assess the feasibility of turning an existing 1970s shop building into a modern technology education “makerspace.”… Find out more
This year again, the goal is to bring smiles to 500–1000 children’s faces as they prepare to go back to school. Each child will have their feet washed if they choose, receive a pair of new shoes and get a backpack with school supplies … Read more
Four Republican presidential candidates rallied hundreds of voters at a Basque-themed barbecue in Nevada on Saturday, a sign the state is coming into its own as a relatively new hotspot for campaigns … Read the story
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Gresham official says closure worsens Rockwood's food desert… Read more about it
Teressa Raiford and Diane Chavez were arrested at a Sunday protest on the anniversary of Mike Brown's death… Read the whole story
The agency plans to turn the center into a mixed use building with a wellness center and affordable housing… Read all about it
By Representative Lew Frederick… Read more
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