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Month: November 2023

Prosecutors say paramedics ignored Elijah McClain’s distress after stop and killed him with overdose

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado prosecutor says two paramedics ”did nothing” to help an ailing Elijah McClain and instead injected him with a fatal overdose of a powerful sedative during a 2019 police stop. The ketamine injection killed the 23-year-old Black man after he’d been weakened

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Conservative Supreme Court justices seem open to an attack on the Securities and Exchange Commission

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Supreme Court justices seem open to a challenge to how the Securities and Exchange Commission fights fraud, in a case that could have far-reaching effects on other regulatory agencies. A majority of the nine-member court Wednesday suggested people accused of fraud by the SEC should have

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Georgia Republicans move to cut losses as they propose majority-Black districts in special session

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans are moving to preserve their majorities as they propose additional Black voting districts in a special legislative session that opened Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones in October found that Georgia’s voting districts illegally diluted Black voting power. He ordered Georgia to draw Black majorities

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Oregon secretary of state joins ‘Trusted Info 2024’ campaign, urging citizens to turn to election officials

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade on Tuesday joined fellow members of the National Association of Secretaries of State in the #TrustedInfo2024 voter education effort to encourage citizens to look to election officials as the trusted sources of election information. “Between prolific misinformation and endless sources of information, it’s easy to get overwhelmed,”

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Oregon Department of Agriculture leads trade mission to Singapore, Taiwan

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Department of Agriculture Assistant Director Jonathan Sandau and five agricultural companies from around the state embarked Tuesday on a trade mission to Singapore and Taipei, Taiwan. Although small in geography, these sophisticated markets are very important to Oregon agriculture. “Oregon has important cultural and trade ties with Singapore and Taiwan,

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Climate contradictions key at UN talks. Less future warming projected, yet there’s more current pain

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The world is heading for considerably less warming than projected a decade ago, but that good news is overwhelmed by much more pain from current climate change than scientists anticipated, experts said. That’s just one of a set of seemingly contradictory conditions facing climate negotiators who this week gather

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Chavez-DeRemer backs resolutions demanding Hamas release all hostages, reaffirming Israel’s right to exist

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) voted Tuesday in favor of House Resolution 793, which calls on Hamas to immediately release all hostages, and House Resolution 888, which reaffirms the state of Israel’s right to exist. Both resolutions passed the House with bipartisan support. “I’m encouraged by the temporary ceasefire that’s been taking place

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