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New Tax Documents Show Black Lives Matter Foundation is Tightening its Belt

A national Black Lives Matter nonprofit, whose philanthropic fortunes grew almost overnight during historic racial justice protests three years ago, raised just over $9 million in its last fiscal year, new IRS tax filings show, significantly less than the $79 million in revenue reported in a previous tax filing after the murder of George Floyd. The nonprofit had raised more than $90 million in the first year that it was… Read More
Debt-ceiling Deal: the Details in the Agreement to Avert US Default

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached an agreement in principle on legislation to increase the nation's borrowing authority and avoid a default. Negotiators are working on finalizing the bill's text and McCarthy said the House will vote on the legislation on Wednesday, giving the Senate time to consider it ahead of the June 5 deadline to avoid a default Read More
Honoring Black Americans’ Role in the Inception of Memorial Day

Although the origins of Memorial Day trace back to the period following the Civil War, when some 620,000 soldiers lost their lives, the precise origins remain a source of controversy. Read More
Former Senator Margaret Carter Receives Honorary Doctorate of Public Service

Margaret Carter was the commencement speaker for Willamette University's Salem undergraduate commencement ceremony Read More

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Former Senator Margaret Carter Receives Honorary Doctorate of Public Service

Margaret Carter was the commencement speaker for Willamette University's Salem undergraduate commencement ceremony

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Ex-Seattle Man Gets 8 Years for Stealing $1M in Pandemic Benefits

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Boycotting Oregon GOP Senators Vow to Stay Away Until Last Day of Session

The walkout, which began on May 3 ostensibly because bill summaries weren't written at an eighth grade level as required by a long-forgotten law, has derailed progress on hundreds of bills

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Foster, Ware homer, Auburn eliminates Mizzou 10-4 in SEC

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Small Missouri college adds football programs to boost enrollment

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Significant Workforce Investments Needed to Stem Public Defense Crisis

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Over 80 Groups Tell Federal Regulators Key Bank Broke $16.5 Billion Promise

Cross-country redlining aided wealthy white communities while excluding Black areas ...

Public Health 101: Guns

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Op-Ed: Ballot Measure Creates New Barriers to Success for Black-owned Businesses

Measure 26-238, a proposed local capital gains tax, is unfair and a burden on Black business owners in an already-challenging economic environment. ...

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What California's Ravidassia community believes and why they want caste bias outlawed

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ENTERTAINMENT

CBS is television's most popular network for 15th straight year

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Sloane Stephens leads 4 American women into 2nd round of French Open

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4 dead after tourist boat capsizes in storm on Italian lake

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By The Skanner News | The Skanner News

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- A federal grand jury has indicted a Las Vegas man on charges he sent more than 27 million spam messages to Facebook users.

Forty-year-old Sanford Wallace, the self-proclaimed "Spam King," turned himself in Thursday to face charges outlined in last month's indictment filed in San Jose, Calif.

Prosecutors say Wallace compromised about 500,000 Facebook accounts between November 2008 and March 2009 by sending massive amounts of spam through the company's servers.

In March 2009, a judge banned Wallace from using the social networking site, but the indictment alleges that he violated that order within a month.

Wallace is charged with six counts of electronic mail fraud, three counts of intentional damage to a protected computer and two counts of criminal contempt. He posted $100,000 bond after a court appearance Thursday.

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