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In Portland, Oregon, political outsider Keith Wilson elected mayor after homelessness-focused race

Voters in Portland, Oregon, have elected political outsider Keith Wilson as their next mayor

The Independent UK

19 mayoral candidates compete to lead Portland, Oregon, in a race with homelessness at its heart

A lot of political changes are coming to Portland, Oregon

The Independent UK

Internet outage latest | Airlines rush to get back on track after global tech disruption

Transport providers, businesses and governments are rushing to get all their systems back online after long disruptions following a widespread technology outage

The Independent UK

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Group of homeless people sues Portland, Oregon, over new daytime camping ban

A group of homeless people in Portland, Oregon, has filed a class action lawsuit challenging new restrictions the city placed on daytime camping in an attempt to address safety issues stemming from a crisis of people living on the streets

The Independent UK

Oregon county pauses plan to distribute tin foil, straws for fentanyl users

A plan by Oregon’s largest county to distribute tin foil and straws for fentanyl users and glass pipes for methamphetamine and crack users has been halted after opposition from Portland’s mayor and other officials

The Independent UK

Portland bans daytime camping, imposes other restrictions

Officials in Portland, Oregon, have voted to pass an ordinance prohibiting camping during daytime hours in most public places as the city struggles to address a longtime homelessness crisis

The Independent UK

Walmart Has Completely Exited a Major U.S. City

The big box retailer is pulling the plug in Rose City

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Portland, Oregon, approves $27M for new homeless camps

City Council members in Portland, Oregon, have voted to allocate $27 million of the city's budget to build designated camping areas for homeless people

The Independent UK

Homeless vote in Portland, Oregon, delayed in angry meeting

City Council members in Portland, Oregon, have pushed back a vote on a disputed budget measure that would fund the creation of designated camping areas for homeless people

The Independent UK

Thousands of Portland mayor's texts gone from public record

Thousands of text messages sent from Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s city-issued iPhone are missing from the public record

The Independent UK

Oregon mayor to ban homeless camps on Portland streets

An Oregon mayor plans to ban camping on Portland streets in the next year and a half

The Independent UK

'Devastating': Mass shootings obscure daily U.S. gun toll

Four high-profile shootings in U.S. cities this week drew headlines but masked the daily toll of gun violence in some of the same communities

The Independent UK

The lure of "Stranger Things"

Goodbye to you. Goodbye to everything Gen Z never knew

Salon

Sobering lessons in untying the knot of a homeless crisis

PORTLAND, Ore. — Michelle Farris never expected to become homeless, but here she was, sifting through garbage and towering piles of debris accumulated along a roadway on the outskirts of Northeast Portland. Farris, 51, has spent much of her adult life in Oregon, and has vivid memories of this area…

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Lessons from the homeless crisis

Portland’s homeless problem now extends well beyond the downtown core, creating a crisis of conscience

The Independent UK

In an about-face, liberal US cities target homeless camps

The mayor of Portland, Oregon, recently banned camping on the sides of certain roadways, and officials are exploring other aggressive options to combat homelessness

The Independent UK

How a deadly protest shooting deepened distrust of Portland police

Activists are calling for an investigation into the city’s police bureau for spreading misinformation following the killing of activist June Knightly, Abe Asher reports

The Guardian - US

‘Completely predictable’: the Portland shooting and fears of escalating extremism in America

The killing of June Knightly sent shockwaves through a city that has seen frequent protests, and raised fears of further violence

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Portland bans encampments near highways after 70% of pedestrian deaths were homeless people

‘We can no longer justify allowing our most vulnerable community members to be exposed to the dangers of camping in freeway and high-crash corridors,’ Mayor Ted Wheeler says

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