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Portland Business News

Shared transportation, e-scooter use remains strong in Portland
Author: Andy Giegerich
E-scooter mileage and trips are down slightly from last year but have become an established mode of alternative transportation across the Rose City, helping keep many cars off the road.
Here are the 296 Big Lots stores closing nationwide
Author: Dan Eaton
The 296 store closings nationwide include eight in Oregon.
Judge in years-long Nike pay inequity case pushes parties to set trial date
Author: Demi Lawrence
Given the length of the case, judges who have presided over the case have pushed both parties to settle their discovery differences.
Dr. Darrell Millner Building opens in North Portland
Author: Andy Giegerich
Millner is a Black history expert known for his community work and encyclopedic knowledge of the West.

Washington State News

Game Recap: Dolphins Lose First Game of Season in 31-10 Loss to Bills

Luke Chaney

The Miami Dolphins dropped their first divisional matchup of the season, losing 31-10 to the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night at Hard Rock Stadium.

Buffalo's strong defensive effort was on display from the very first possession of the game, as Bills cornerback Ja'Marcus Ingram picked off quarterback Tua Tagovailoa on a pass intended for wide receiver Grant DuBose and returned the turnover to Mia

NYT Politics

Biden Is No Longer Front and Center — and It’s Liberating to Him
Author: Michael D. Shear
Since Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee, attention has focused away from the president.
Trump Pledges to Start Migrant Deportations in Ohio and Colorado
Author: Michael Gold and Jonathan Swan
The former president has repeatedly leveled baseless and exaggerated claims about migrants in Springfield, Ohio, and Aurora, Colo.

Columbian Newspaper

Warming fire gets out of control in Hazel Dell homeless camp
Author: Mia Ryder-Marks

Kristy Salt woke up Friday to the sound of wood crackling nearby and a loud boom. Next came the heat. A fire raced through her camp, about a dozen tents and shacks nestled on a hill between Highway 99 and Interstate 5.

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Biden and Starmer are set to meet as Ukraine pushes to ease weapons restrictions
Author: AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Ukraine’s push to ease restrictions on the use of weapons from the United States and Britain will be discussed Friday in White House talks between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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Seattle Times Opinion

American exceptionalism, old and new and back again
Author: Peter Schwartz

One definition of an exceptional nation might be that it has no experience with evil. If that blessed state were ever ours in the U.S., it is no longer.

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