WNBA Awards Portland an Expansion Franchise That Will Begin Play in 2026
The team will be owned and operated by Raj Sports, led by Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal. The Bhathals started having conversations with the WNBA late last year after a separate bid to bring a team to Portland fell through. It’s the third expansion franchise the league will add over the next two years, with Golden State and Toronto getting the other two.
Strong Words, Dilution and Delays: What’s Going On With The New Police Oversight Board
A federal judge delays when the board can form; critics accuse the city of missing the point on police accountability.
Oregon DMV mistakenly registered more than 300 non-citizens to Vote
Oregon DMV registered more than 300 non-citizens as voters by mistake since 2021. The “data entry issue” meant ineligible voters received ballot papers, which led to two non-citizens voting in elections since 2021
Here Are the 18 City Council Candidates Running to Represent N/NE Portland
Three will go on to take their seats at an expanded Portland City Council.
Common Cause Oregon on National Voter Registration Day, September 17
Oregonians are encouraged to register and check their registration status ...
New Affordable Housing in N Portland Named for Black Scholar
Community Development Partners and Self Enhancement Inc. bring affordable apartments to 5050 N. Interstate Ave., marking latest...
Benson Polytechnic Celebrates Its Grand Opening After an Extensive Three Year Modernization
Portland Public Schools welcomes the public to a Grand Opening Celebration of the newly modernized Benson...
Attorneys General Call for Congress to Require Surgeon General Warnings on Social Media Platforms
In a letter sent yesterday to Congress, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, who is also president of the National Association of...
Washington State Library Set to Re-Open on Mondays
The Washington State Library will return to normal public operating hours Monday after remaining partially closed for the past 11...
Accusations of dishonesty fly in debate between Washington gubernatorial hopefuls
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington’s longtime attorney general and a former sheriff known for his work hunting down a notorious serial killer traded accusations of lying to voters during their gubernatorial debate Wednesday, as each made his case for becoming the next governor of the Democratic...
WNBA awards Portland an expansion franchise that will begin play in 2026
The WNBA is headed back to Portland, with Oregon's biggest city getting an expansion team that will begin play in 2026. The team will be owned and operated by Raj Sports, led by Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal, who also own the Portland Thorns of the National Women's Soccer...
No. 7 Missouri, fresh off win over Boston College, opens SEC play against Vanderbilt
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Vanderbilt and Missouri both got wake-up calls last week, albeit much different ones. The Commodores got the worst kind: one that ended with a loss on a last-minute touchdown by Georgia State, preventing them from getting off to a 3-0 start for the first time...
Vanderbilt heads to seventh-ranked Missouri as both begin SEC play
Vanderbilt (2-1) at No. 7 Missouri, Saturday, 4:15 p.m. ET (SEC) BetMGM College Football Odds: Missouri by 21. Series record: Missouri leads 11-4-1. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Vanderbilt and Missouri begin SEC play after wildly different results in...
Since 1975 when I was first named director of Albina Head Start, I’ve had the privilege of serving our community by providing educational opportunities for low-income Pre-K students and watching the program flourish.This month,
DOJ and State Attorneys General File Joint Consumer Lawsuit
In August, the Department of Justice and eight state Attorneys Generals filed a lawsuit charging RealPage Inc., a commercial revenue management software firm with providing apartment managers with illegal price fixing software data that violates...
Harris hopes to turn Ukraine war into winning issue in battle with Trump for Polish American votes
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats are stepping up their outreach to Polish Americans in this year's presidential election as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump vie for support from a community that could play a decisive role in razor-thin battleground state contests. Harris hopes to...
Rwanda begins vaccinations against mpox amid a call for more doses for Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Rwanda has started a vaccination campaign against mpox with 1,000 doses of the vaccine it obtained from Nigeria under an agreement between the two countries, the African health agency said on Thursday. The vaccinations started Tuesday targeting seven districts...
A news site that covers Haitian Americans is facing harassment over its post-debate coverage of Ohio
NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists at a news site that covers the Haitian community in the United States say they've been harassed and intimidated with racist messages for covering a fake story about immigrants eating the pets of people in an Ohio town. One editor at the Haitian Times, a...
After docs about Taylor Swift and Brooke Shields, filmmaker turns her camera to NYC psychics
Filmmaker Lana Wilson had never thought much about psychics. But the morning after Election Day in 2016, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, she found herself drawn towards a sign that promised “ psychic readings” and wandered in. Much to her surprise, she found it to be a rather...
Book Review: Raymond Antrobus transitions into fatherhood in his poetry collection 'Signs, Music'
Becoming a parent is life changing. Raymond Antrobus’ third poetry collection, “Signs, Music," captures this transformation as he conveys his own transition into fatherhood. The book is split between before and after, moving from the hope and trepidation of shepherding a new life...
Wife of Jane's Addiction frontman says tension and animosity led to onstage scuffle
BOSTON (AP) — A scuffle between members of the groundbreaking alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction came amid “tension and animosity” during their reunion tour, lead singer Perry Farrell’s wife said Saturday. The band is known for edgy, punk-inspired hits “Been Caught...
Lebanon is rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares a new phase of war
BEIRUT (AP) — Walkie-talkies exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in a second wave of...
Takeaways from AP's report on the evangelicals backing Kamala Harris
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has heavily courted conservative evangelicals since his arrival...
Thailand's adorable pygmy hippo Moo Deng has the kind of face that launches a thousand memes
CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) — Only a month after Thailand's adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook,...
Vatican gives green light to devotion at Bosnia site in Medjugorje where Madonna reportedly appeared
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Thursday gave the green light for Catholics to continue flocking to a...
Blinken says surprise escalations threaten to derail talks for a cease-fire in Gaza
CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed frustration Wednesday at surprise escalations that...
At least 1000 people evacuated as flooding hits northern Italy
ROME (AP) — About a thousand residents were evacuated in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna after it...
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) -- The Springfield that exists in the mind of Matt Groening is a kind of American everything - hick pit stop, rosy-cheeked Rockwellian font of family values, cesspool of corruption, ethnic melting pot, boomtown gone to rust.
NEW YORK (AP) -- NBC's "Today" show is bringing Sarah Palin on board as a co-host - for one morning, this Tuesday.