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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.

NEWS BRIEFS

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...

FAA investigating after Delta passengers report bleeding ears and noses

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a Delta Air Lines flight leaving Salt Lake City last weekend developed cabin pressure issues and left some passengers with bleeding eardrums, headaches and bloody noses. The flight was traveling Sunday...

Lawsuits buffet US offshore wind projects, seeking to end or delay them

BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) — Opponents of offshore wind around the U.S. are pelting projects with lawsuits seeking to cancel them or tie them up for years in costly litigation. The court cases represent another hurdle the nascent industry must overcome, particularly along the East Coast...

Brady Cook helps No. 6 Missouri rally past No. 24 Boston College 27-21

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Brady Cook passed for a touchdown and ran for another TD, helping No. 6 Missouri top No. 24 Boston College 27-21 on Saturday. Nate Noel rushed for 121 yards for the Tigers (3-0), who trailed 14-3 early in the second quarter. Blake Craig kicked four field goals. ...

Missouri gets Board of Curators approval for 0 million renovation of Memorial Stadium

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri Board of Curators approved a 0 million renovation for Memorial Stadium on Thursday during a meeting attended by SEC commissioner Greg Sankey on the campus of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The project, which will break...

OPINION

No Cheek Left to Turn: Standing Up for Albina Head Start and the Low-Income Families it Serves is the Only Option

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...

America Needs Kamala Harris to Win

Because a 'House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand' ...

Student Loan Debt Drops $10 Billion Due to Biden Administration Forgiveness; New Education Department Rules Hold Hope for 30 Million More Borrowers

As consumers struggle to cope with mounting debt, a new economic report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York includes an unprecedented glimmer of hope. Although debt for mortgages, credit cards, auto loans and more increased by billions of...

AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE NEWS

NAACP president urges Missouri governor to halt execution planned for next week

Executing a Black man in Missouri who says he was wrongfully convicted would amount to a “horrible miscarriage of justice,” the president of the NAACP said in a letter Wednesday calling on the governor to halt the execution planned for next week. Prosecutors want to vacate the...

The Smoky Mountains' highest peak is reverting to the Cherokee name Kuwohi

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years after a surveyor named it for a Confederate general. The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted on Wednesday in favor of a request from the...

Work has begun on an inauguration stage at the Capitol. The last one became part of Jan. 6 attack

WASHINGTON (AP) — Work on the presidential inauguration platform began Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol with congressional leaders pounding the first ceremonial nails into a stage they cast as a symbol of America's commitment to the peaceful transfer of power — a tradition that was almost upended...

ENTERTAINMENT

,000 literary award named for the late author Gabe Hudson goes to Ayana Mathis' 'The Unsettled'

NEW YORK (AP) — A ,000 literary award named for the late author-editor-podcaster Gabe Hudson has been established by the publisher McSweeney's, where Hudson once worked. The inaugural winner, Ayana Mathis' “The Unsettled,” was announced Thursday, on what would have been...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 22-28

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 22-28: Sept. 22: Singer-dancer Toni Basil is 81. Actor Paul Le Mat (“American Graffiti”) is 79. Singer David Coverdale (Whitesnake, Deep Purple) is 73. Actor Shari Belafonte is 70. Singer Debby Boone is 68. Country singer June Forester of...

Book Review: Joe Posnanski scores with poignant, informative, hilarious 'Why We Love Football'

Joe Posnanski is getting pretty good at this whole sports countdown thing. The award-winning sportswriter's previous books have profiled significant ballplayers ("The Baseball 100") and ticked off 50 of the biggest occasions in the history of our national pastime ("Why We Love...

Angela Bassett Wins First Emmy Award in Four-Decade Career

Kendrick Lamar to Headline the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show

Science Teacher’s Viral Creative Classroom Decor Continues to Inspire a New School Year

Oprah and Poet Amanda Gorman Meet for the First Time at DNC and Share Sweet Exchange

U.S. & WORLD NEWS

Class and Race Can Create Divides Between Donors and a Cause They Support − Putting Stress on Those Nonprofits

Head Start Is a Jump Start for Women’s Economic Security

Suspect in Apparent Assassination Attempt on Trump Was Near Golf Course for 12 Hours, Records Show

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 53rd Annual Legislative Conference Concludes with Powerful Phoenix Awards Gala

Tupperware lifts the lid on its financial problems with bankruptcy filing

NEW YORK (AP) — The company behind Tupperware, the plastic kitchenware that revolutionized food storage after...

Scientists detect longest pair of jets streaming from a supermassive black hole

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered the longest pair of jets streaming from a black hole in a distant...

Federal Reserve signals end to inflation fight with a sizable half-point rate cut

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large...

As Trump seeks Polish-American votes, he and the Polish president are due to be at the same event

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Donald Trump and Polish President Andrzej Duda are scheduled to attend the same event this...

Two years after Mahsa Amini death, Western allies sanction a dozen Iranian officials

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S., Canada and Australia hit a group of Iranian officials with sanctions Wednesday for...

Suspension of security clearance for Iran envoy did not follow protocol, watchdog says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department’s internal watchdog concluded Wednesday that officials did not follow...

By The Skanner News | The Skanner News

NEW YORK (AP) -- Authorities say a daughter of Malcolm X is being held without bail after violating terms of her probation.

According to the New York Post, ( http://nyp.st/udVdBP ) Malikah Shabazz (muh-LEE'-kuh shuh-BAHZ') is due back before a New York City judge on Jan. 6.

She was arrested at her home in Mars Hill, N.C., in February and later extradited to New York.

She was sentenced to five years of probation in July for stealing the identity of a family friend to run up credit card bills.

She pleaded guilty and was freed from jail in June and ordered to pay back the amount stolen.

Prosecutors in New York say Shabazz opened credit cards in the name of a 70-year-old woman whose late husband was one of Malcolm X's bodyguards.

Shabazz's lawyer did not immediately return a call for comment Thursday.

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