Amy Watson was diagnosed with COVID-19 more than two months ago and is still dealing with symptoms. PORTLAND, Oregon — A Portland woman was diagnosed with COVID-19 more than two months ago and is still dealing with symptoms. She's far from alone. The virus is causing long-term health issues and medical experts are trying to…
A police precinct in Seattle was attacked Friday night as violent clashes continued there and in Portland, Ore., more than a month after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.Rioters were seen smashing a window at the entrance to the city’s West Precinct, prompting a group of officers in riot gear to charge out of…
For about a week, Portland has been easing into phase one reopening — restaurants have begun to seat customers in their dining rooms, bars have started serving beer on their patios, and salons are taking their first clients in months. However, as Multnomah County eases its coronavirus-related restrictions, the state could be heading into a…
Black community leaders decried Friday the protesters who wreaked havoc on a predominantly minority Portland neighborhood in an attempt to set up a Seattle-style autonomous zone, telling the rioters to “get your knee off our neck.” Protesters were thwarted as they tried to build a fence around the North Precinct, but instead set fires, looted…
Nearly 300 Portland, Oregon city employees have taken bereavement leave over the past two weeks to mourn the deaths of unarmed black people killed by police officers across the country.Democratic Mayor Ted Wheeler announced earlier this month that he would instruct managers to approve a week of leave without question and encouraged private employers to…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…