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Parts of Washington State Parental Rights Law Criticized as a ‘Forced Outing’ Placed on Hold
A provision outlining how and when schools must respond to records requests from parents was placed on hold, as well as a provision permitting a parent to access their student’s medical and mental health records.
Seattle Police Officer Fired for off-Duty Racist Comments
The termination stemmed from an altercation with his neighbor, Zhen Jin, over the disposal of dog bones at the condominium complex where they lived in Kenmore. The Seattle Office of Police Accountability had recommended a range of disciplinary actions, from a 30-day suspension to termination of employment.
New Holgate Library to Open in July
Grand opening celebration begins July 13 with ribbon cutting, food, music, fun
Nurses in Oregon Take to the Picket Lines to Demand Better Staffing, Higher Pay
The Oregon Nurses Association says they're seeking a contract that includes competitive wages and sufficient staffing levels. The CEO of Providence Oregon says they’ve been preparing for the strike for months and have contracted with replacement workers to ensure patient care does not suffer.
Art Exhibit 'Feeling Our Age-Sixty Over Sixty' Opens
The exhibition runs through mid-August, 1540 NW 13th Ave. at NW Quimby. ...
PCCEP Forum on Brain Injuries, Policing, and Public Safety
This Wednesday, June 26, 6-8:30 p.m. in person at The Melody Event Center ...
Tiffani Penson to Kick Off Her Campaign for Portland City Council, District 2
Host Committee Includes Former State Senators Margaret Carter and Avel Gordly ...
Calling All Nonfiction Media Makers: Real to Reel is June 29
Join Open Signal for a day of collaboration and opportunity with Portland's community of nonfiction media makers. ...
Governor Kotek Observes Juneteenth
Governor Kotek joins Oregon Black Pioneers, Just Walk Salem Keizer and the Willamette Heritage Center for In Freedom’s Footsteps...
Town in Washington state to pay million to parents of 13-year-old who drowned at summer camp
SEATTLE (AP) — A town in Washington state will pay the parents of a teenage boy million to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit they filed after he drowned during a town summer camp outing. Darrell “DJ” McCutcheon, Jr., disappeared under water in Florence Lake on Anderson Island...
Jury awards 0k to Seattle protesters jailed for writing anti-police slogans in chalk on barricade
Four protesters who were jailed for writing anti-police graffiti in chalk on a temporary barricade near a Seattle police precinct have been awarded nearly 0,000 after a federal court jury decided their civil rights were violated. The Jan. 1, 2021, arrests of the four followed the...
Kansas governor signs bills enabling effort to entice Chiefs and Royals with new stadiums
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' governor signed legislation Friday enabling the state to lure the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and Major League Baseball's Royals away from neighboring Missouri by helping the teams pay for new stadiums. Gov. Laura Kelly's action came three days...
A Missouri mayor says a fight over jobs is back on. Things to know about Kansas wooing the Chiefs
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A plan in Kansas for luring the Kansas City's two major league sports franchises from Missouri has prompted their hometown's mayor to declare that the move ends a 5-year-old agreement by the states not to poach each other's jobs. The Kansas Legislature has...
State of the Nation’s Housing 2024: The Cost of the American Dream Jumped 47 Percent Since 2020
Only 1 in 7 renters can afford homeownership, homelessness at an all-time high ...
Juneteenth is a Sacred American Holiday
Today, when our history is threatened by erasure, our communities are being dismantled by systemic disinvestment, Juneteenth can serve as a rallying cry for communal healing and collective action. ...
NAREB: Down Payment Assistance Programs Boost Home Ownership for Black Consumers
Here is how to get assistance. ...
A recent 7-2 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court gave consumers a long-sought victory that ended more than a decade of challenges over the constitutionality of the agency created to be the nation’s financial cop on the beat. ...
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — Julian Assange says he broke US law by encouraging classified leaks, but says the law violates free-speech rights....
A co-founder of the embattled venture capital firm Fearless Fund has stepped down as operating chief
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the co-founders of an Atlanta-based venture capital firm that supports women of color has stepped down as chief operating officer as the company battles a lawsuit that has become emblematic of a conservative backlash against corporate diversity programs. Ayana...
Top European rights court says Russia responsible for breaching rights in Crimea after 2014 takeover
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Europe's top human rights court ruled Tuesday that Russia was responsible for a string of human rights violations in Crimea since overrunning and later illegally annexing the Black Sea peninsula in 2014. The European Court of Human Rights said in a...
Music Review: Concert album from the Tomasz Stanko Quartet explains the jazz lineup’s staying power
Jazz trumpeter Tomasz Stanko ’s first notes on the new album "September Night,” dark and slightly distant, sound as though they’re coming from the hereafter. Stanko died in 2018, and his new album is a previously unreleased recording of a 2004 concert by his quartet. Along with...
Music Review: Linda Thompson’s family and friends sing her songs on 'Proxy Music'
Linda Thompson, who ranks among the finest singers of her generation, hardly sings a note on “Proxy Music," her first album in over a decade. Instead, Thompson makes herself heard through her songwriting. She’s often remembered for music she made with Richard Thompson, including...
Musical 'From Here' explores life before and after the Pulse nightclub massacre
NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright Donald Rupe didn't intend to write a musical about the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida. What he wanted to write about was his friends. But the more he dug into it, the more he returned to his hometown's 2016 trauma. “The Pulse connection...
Takeaways from AP's report on new footage from the fatal shooting of a Black motorist in Georgia
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — In the summer following the 2020 police killing of George Floyd, the fatal shooting of...
Brazil’s Supreme Court decriminalizes possession of marijuana for personal use
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday voted to decriminalize possession of marijuana for...
Laugh (or cringe) at these history-making moments from presidential debates
WASHINGTON (AP) — It could be a well-rehearsed zinger or an offhand, too-loud sigh. Notable...
Who is Julian Assange and why is the embattled WikiLeaks founder now on the verge of freedom?
WASHINGTON (AP) — A plea deal with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will bring a stunning conclusion to an...
Parliament speaker. The Tehran mayor. A heart surgeon. The race is on for Iran's next president
Six candidates have been approved by Iran's theocracy to run in Friday’s presidential election to replace the...
Israel's high court orders the army to draft ultra-Orthodox men, rattling Netanyahu's government
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting...
With poetic and gently provocative text, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker invites readers young and old to see the world — and our place in it — through new eyes in her new children's book, "There is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me," HarperCollins, $16.99).
In 1955 the murderers of Emmett Till, a Black Mississippi youth, were acquitted of their crime,undoubtedly because they were White.
