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‘Feeling Our Age’: Oregon Artist Explores Aging Through Portraiture
64 women were painted and asked to reflect on lives well lived.
Off-Duty Guard Charged With Killing Seattle-Area Teen After Mistaking Toy for Gun, Authorities Say
Prosecutors charged 51-year-old Aaron Brown Myers on Monday in connection with the death of Hazrat Ali Rohani. Myers was also charged with assault after authorities say he held another teen at gunpoint. His attorney says Myers sincerely believed he was stopping a violent crime.
James Beard Finalists Include an East African Restaurant in Detroit and Seattle Pho Shops
The James Beards Awards are the culinary world's equivalent of the Oscars. For restaurants, even being named a finalist can bring wide recognition and boost business.
Ranked-Choice Voting Expert Grace Ramsey on What Portland Voters Can Expect in November
Ramsey has worked in several other states and cities to educate voters on new system of voting.
This Juneteenth program uses the shoe as a medium to amplify the creative voices and visions of Black men and their communities ...
Southeast Portland Natural Area Improvements Coming, Funded by Development Fees
Kelly Butte Natural Area trails, park amenities planned ...
Montavilla Pool to Reopen in July After Mandatory Maintenance
The pool will open later this summer due to an upgrade to the pool’s plumbing that required a more complex solution to achieve...
Today, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and 42 other attorneys general announced they have reached a 0 million nationwide...
Juneteenth 2024 Events in Portland and Seattle
View events celebrating Juneteenth in the Portland and Seattle area ...
US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region's Native tribes
SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes. It issued a report that details how the unprecedented...
SEATTLE (AP) — US government for the first time acknowledges how damming of Pacific Northwest rivers devastated region's Native tribes....
Kansas lawmakers have passed tax cuts to clear the way for a plan to lure the Chiefs
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators cleared the way Tuesday for a debate on trying to lure the Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri by approving broad tax cuts that many lawmakers said they needed to see before considering a plan to help the Super Bowl champions finance a new stadium. ...
Kansas lawmakers to debate whether wooing the Chiefs with new stadium is worth the cost
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators trying to lure the Kansas City Chiefs to their state argue that helping the Super Bowl champions build a new stadium could bring Kansas millions of dollars in income taxes from players and coaches, which are currently going to Missouri. Some...
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. ...
The Skanner News May 2024 Primary Endorsements
Read The Skanner News endorsements and vote today. Candidates for mayor and city council will appear on the November general election ballot. ...
The beginner's guide to celebrating Juneteenth
For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s...
Colorado justices consider a pink and blue cake's meaning in a transgender discrimination case
From plain white cakes to rainbow-colored ones, the Colorado Supreme Court considered a variety of hypothetical cake-design scenarios Tuesday as it heard arguments in the case of a Christian baker who refused to make a pink cake with blue icing to celebrate a gender transition. The...
Here’s where courts are slowing Republican efforts for a state role in enforcing immigration law
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government has long had sole authority over immigration policy in the United States, but several Republican-led states have continued to push for a role in enforcing regulations out of frustration with current policy and as a way to criticize Democratic U.S....
Book Review: 'Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ tells a tale of modern love and success
The cover art and title of “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” don’t quite convey the wild ride readers who crack open this new fiction from Rufi Thorpe will take. There’s a reason Apple TV optioned it as a series starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning before it was even published. This is a...
Music Review: Paul McCartney and Wings' oft bootlegged 1974 'One Hand Clapping' deserves applause
The sound of Paul McCartney and Wings' “One Hand Clapping” used to only be heard on bootlegs, or in snippets available on archival releases over the years. But it's new (mostly) complete official release deserves two-handed applause. As aging rockers empty their...
Book Review: 'Swole' explores what masculinity could be in a hyperconnected, TikTok-imaged world
Author Michael Brodeur takes the gym too seriously, and not seriously at all at the same time, in his book “Swole: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscles” in an effort to show the readers that the overly online world of hypermasculinity is an illusion and what a man can be is what you...
Dollar Tree left lead-tainted applesauce pouches on store shelves for weeks after recall, FDA says
Dollar Tree failed to effectively recall lead-tainted applesauce pouches linked to reports of illness in more than...
Here’s where courts are slowing Republican efforts for a state role in enforcing immigration law
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government has long had sole authority over immigration policy in the United...
Biden is offering some migrants a pathway to citizenship. Here's how the plan will work
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Biden administration policy announced Tuesday will give roughly half a million...
Absentee voters in France scramble to make their voices heard in high-stakes legislative election
PARIS (AP) — Voters who don't expect to be able to cast ballots themselves are scrambling to make their voices...
Russian authorities arrest 3 people after dozens are hospitalized with botulism symptoms
Russian authorities on Tuesday detained three people in connection with a suspected botulism outbreak, a move that...
Assault on US avocado inspectors in Mexican state led to suspension of inspections
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two employees of the United States Agriculture Department were assaulted and temporarily held...
