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April 19th, 2022
What A Week
English - April 19, 2022 21:00 - 4 minutes - 6.14 MBDaily News News portland state portland oregon news student media campus news student newspaper Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
What A Week (4/12)
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Hey everyone, welcome back to What a week! I’m your host, Olivia Lee, here to deliver your weekly dose of the news. Let’s get started!
In Local News:
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2022/04/group-sets-dumpster-on-fire-at-police-precinct-damages-several-buildings-in-north-and-ne-portland-police-say.htmlhttps://komonews.com/news/nation-world/group-protesting-police-killing-in-michigan-damages-portland-oregon-businesses-patrick-lyoya-protestors-police-bureaus-north-precinct-mlk-jr-boulevardThis past Saturday, a group of protesters marched through the streets of northeast Portland, damaging buildings and lighting a dumpster on fire at the Portland Police Bureau’s north precinct. Police reported that some members of the group vandalized a Starbucks coffee shop, two banks, and three bus shelters on Northeast MLK Jr. Boulevard. According to posts on social media, the Peninsula Park gathering and march were intended as a demonstration calling for justice for Patrick Lyoya, who was shot and killed by a police officer in Grand Rapids, Michigan during a traffic stop on April 4th. Lyoya, who moved to the United States with his family from the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2014, was shot in the back of the head by a police officer as he laid face down on the ground, a video released last week shows.
In-state news:
The Elliott State Forest is full of old-growth trees and is a habitat for several endangered species. Since 1930, timber sales from the forest were part of funding K-12 education in Oregon. The 91,000-acre forest is located east of Coos Bay in southwest Oregon.
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/president-biden-coming-to-portland-seattle/283-edbebf2c-452b-480d-b3f1-ba4bd03954e6President Joe Biden will visit Portland on Thursday, April 21, to speak about investments being made from the recent infrastructure bill, according to the White House. There are currently no formal details as to where in the city and what time his visit will take place. Back in November, Congress passed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill and it was announced that both Oregon and Washington were going to receive billions of dollars in federal funding. Oregon estimated it would receive about $1.2 billion over the next five years. The Oregon government said in November it was considering the I-5 Bridge and the Rose Quarter highway redesign project as candidates for a big portion of the funds.In National News:
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-04-13/cdc-extends-federal-mask-mandate-for-transportation-into-mayThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last Wednesday that they will be extending the federal mask mandate for transportation, including on planes, trains, and in airports, through the beginning of May. The order was set to expire on April 18, but the agency wants more time to monitor for potential increases in severe cases of COVID-19 as infections rise. The order will now extend to May 3rd. The transportation mask mandate is one of the few federal coronavirus measures left in place. The order has faced legal challenges and pushback after the CDC updated its guidance to reflect that virtually all Americans live in areas where they no longer need to wear masks indoors.
In International News:
Russia is still currently striking Ukraine and troops are expected to advance toward the east. Earlier last week, the Pentagon expressed alarm about reports of chemical weapons used against Ukrainian troops in Mariupol and is monitoring the situation.
Lastly here is the wildcard news for the week:
https://www.theverge.com/23026874/elon-musk-twitter-buyout-news-updateshttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/richardnieva/elon-musk-twitter-acquisition-offer-tedLast week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a formal offer in his SEC filing to buy Twitter for 43 billion dollars. Hours after this disclosure, Elon Musk said in a TED live conference in Vancouver that his offer to buy Twitter is about his desire to quote “increase the trust of ...