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Yamanishi retains crown as world 20K walk champ

EUGENE, Ore. -- Toshikazu Yamanishi won the men's 20-kilometer race walk on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships on Friday in Eugene, Ore., making him the first Japanese in history to repeat as a world or Olympic champion in the sport.

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Starbucks says these LA stores are too unsafe to operate. Not everyone buys that

LOS ANGELES — Anna Gonzalez grabs a coffee at the Starbucks on 2nd Street in downtown Los Angeles across from her office most workdays, a favorite part of her morning routine.

Los Angeles Times

Manchin upends effort for a downsized 'Build Back Better’

WASHINGTON — West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin III is yet again upending his party’s priority economic package, jettisoning climate measures and tax increases he previously favored and leaving only provisions focused on lowering health care costs.

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Mark Zeigler: Are the World Championships in Eugene a launching pad for U.S. track, or a burial?

EUGENE, Ore. — Newly renovated Hayward Field sits in the middle of the University of Oregon campus, its futuristic exoskeleton rising above the aging brick buildings like a spaceship. It cost Phil Knight and friends $300 million, and it includes a 5,000-square-foot video board, a 10-story tower with a hall…

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Spencer Webb, Oregon tight end and social media star, dies at age 22

Webb, who was expected to play his fifth football season for the Ducks this fall, was found about 100 yards down a steep trail Wednesday afternoon.

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Mark Zeigler: Ukraine track team escapes horrors of war at Chula Vista training center

SAN DIEGO — Viktor Bryzhin and Olga Vladykina won Olympic track gold medals for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea. Bryzhin was on the 4x100-meter relay team. Vladykina won the individual 400 meters and got the baton in the anchor leg of the 4x400…

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Dennis Anderson: Minnesotans have fishing rods, will travel far — and farther

Challenging as it is to prove, it's likely that Minnesotans travel farther and more frequently to fish than do anglers from any other state.

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A new dominant omicron strain in the U.S. is driving up cases — and reinfections

BA.5 is now the dominant omicron strain in the U.S. It's good at evading the immune system, though doesn't appear to cause more serious illness.

WEKU

The pandemic pushed people to reevaluate their jobs. Meet 5 who reinvented themselves

Morning Edition spoke with people who changed their jobs and transformed their lives as a result of the pandemic, from a Broadway actor who entered the tech world to a mom who set more boundaries.

WEKU

Sen. Ron Wyden: Congress Needs To Catch Up With Americans, Pushes For Cannabis Banking Reform Bill Before Senate Recess

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LIV Golf fans in Portland waited for hours in traffic outside the course before final round

Some fans waited in their cars for upwards of 90 minutes once they got off the highway near Pumpkin Ridge.

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‘I’m not discouraged’: Phil Mickelson remains upbeat after tough start to his LIV Golf career

"It doesn't feel far off. I actually feel pretty good but I'm not scoring yet. I got to score."

USA Today Sports Media Group

Why ‘alcohol monitors’ are roaming the crowds at the LIV Golf event in Portland

People have behaved well, aside from the fan who jumped on a production cart before falling off as it drove away.

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Sergio Garcia explains why he sees the LIV Golf format as ‘the future of golf’

"It brings something different to the game that we haven't had for forever," explained Garcia.

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The next Usain Bolt? Erriyon Knighton isn't scared by comparisons and expectations.

EUGENE, Ore. — But for a scrolling thumb, the world's fastest teenager was, for once, unmoving.

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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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Public defenders were scarce before COVID. It’s much worse now

PORTLAND, Ore. — On any given day in Oregon jails, 40 or so people remain in custody without a public defender to represent them in court. Some have waited weeks for a lawyer, others have waited months. Several hundred more people charged with crimes but not in jail also await…

Los Angeles Times

Real Madrid's summer tour will have stops at the Rose Bowl and Las Vegas

LOS ANGELES — The International Champions Cup, a summer tournament founded by the Relevent Sports Group and international soccer executive Charlie Stillitano, regularly brought as many as eight top European clubs to the U.S. for a series of exhibitions before the competition was suspended two years ago because of COVID-19.

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Less parking could mean more housing

PORTLAND, Ore. — Citing environmental concerns and a lack of housing, an increasing number of cities and some West Coast states are reconsidering mandates that all homes, offices and businesses offer a minimum number of parking spots for residents, workers and customers.

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Oregon HOA board backs off plan to support a nearby private golf club

There was a proposal to assess each homeowner $90 a month to support a neighboring private golf club.

Salon

Blue Dog goes down after blocking Biden

Kurt Schrader is the first congressional incumbent to lose an Oregon primary since 1980

WEKU

Oregon is dropping an artificial intelligence tool used in child welfare system

Officials will stop using an algorithm to help decide which families are investigated by social workers, opting instead for a process that officials say will make more racially equitable decisions.

WEKU

Progressive challenger tops Oregon Rep. Schrader, after ballot issue delayed count

In Oregon's 5th Congressional District, centrist incumbent Rep. Kurt Schrader, who had President Biden's backing, lost to his more progressive opponent, Jamie McLeod-Skinner.

Reason

A Double Standard Between Ukrainian and Afghan Refugees?

Critics allege, with some justice, that the Biden Administration is treating the former more favorably than the latter. If so, the right solution is to increase openness to Afghans and others fleeing war and repression, not bar more Ukrainians.

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With July approaching, mental health bill seems far off

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are facing increased pressure to pass a comprehensive mental health and substance use package but are unlikely to make an initial goal of advancing legislation before the implementation of a three-digit suicide hotline in July.

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