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12-13-2025 11:26 pm • PDX and SEA Weather
MLK Breakfast
There are seasons in this country when the struggle of ordinary Americans is not merely a condition but a kind of weather that settles over everything.
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FILE - M23 rebels enter the centre of east Congo's second-largest city, Bukavu, and take control of the South Kivu province administrative office, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Janvier Barhahiga, File)
The peace signing will also open up access to eastern Congo's critical minerals for the U.S. government and American companies. Congolese residents have expressed little hope Thursday's signing will quickly end the fighting that has continued in eastern Congo.
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Food specially formulated to feed starving children is marked for disposal in a U.S. government warehouse in July 2025. Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post via Getty Images
Policies such as immigration raids, tariff changes and temporary and permanent cuts to food assistance programs have left farmers short of workers and money, food rotting in fields and warehouses, and millions of Americans hungry.
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A woman performs a Gregorian chant on Christmas Eve in 2023 in Spain. saac Buj/Europa Press via Getty Images
In every known culture, evidence exists of music, singing or chanting
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This photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, shows National Guard member Specialist Sarah Beckstrom. (U.S. Attorney's Office via AP)
Officials have released the name of the suspect, who is in custody, and the names of the two Guard members who were shot, one fatally. But the suspect's motive for the attack is not yet clear.
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Black Friday arrives this year in a country wrestling with the weight of policies that have stripped stability from millions of Americans and placed Black communities at the edge of economic ruin.
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Former President Barack Obama speaks at a rally for New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Jackson is in Stable Condition at a Chicago Hospital
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Elias Washington talks to a friend on the phone as he walks to Midtown High School on Aug. 4, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Like many evicted families, McNair and her three kids went from living in a school district that spends more money on students to one that spends less.
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Home appraisal bias contributes to racial wealth disparities and violates the Fair Housing Act. (Photo/Jeff Fusco/The Conversation U.S., CC BY-SA)
Getting the appraisal value right is key to ensuring that homebuyers and those seeking to refinance a mortgage can do so under fair and equal conditions.
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FILE - House Democrats prepare to speak on the steps of the Capitol to insist that Republicans include an extension of expiring health care benefits as part of a government funding compromise, in Washington, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Democrats are expected to vote against the measure because it doesn't extend Affordable Care Act tax credits. Wednesday marks Day 43 of the shutdown.
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