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Maine city reopens arena to hundreds of asylum seekers

Hundreds of asylum seekers have filed into a basketball arena in Portland as Maine’s largest city deals with a months-long surge in immigration that has taxed its already limited housing market

The Independent UK

Kiss's Tommy Thayer names 11 guitarists who shaped his sound

The Spaceman offers his pick of the greatest riff-masters, salutes the player who invented the power chord and reveals the guitarist his bandmates compare him to (and it's not Ace Frehley)

Guitar World

How the politics and personalities of Portland's art scene informed A24's 'Showing Up'

A ceramic artist named Lizzy sits in her studio, nimbly bending the arm of a clay figurine. She examines her creation, then picks up a fork and scrapes the clay girl's skirt. In doing so, she adds folds to the clothing and makes it look more realistic.

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LeBron James talks about watching his son Bronny at Nike Hoop Summit

LeBron James found some time in his busy schedule to see his son Bronny James play his final game as a high schooler up in Portland.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Warriors use record-setting first quarter to secure playoff spot in chaotic West

PORTLAND, Ore. — A record-setting first quarter allowed the Warriors to cruise to their needed win on Sunday — and watch the rest of the West light up in chaos in the process.

Tribune News Service

Injury Report: Steph Curry, Jonathan Kuminga listed as probable vs. Trail Blazers on Sunday

Steph Curry and Jonathan Kuminga are listed as probable for Golden State's regular-season finale in Portland on Sunday.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Review: Kelly Reichardt's first comedy is a wincingly funny portrait of an artist at work

More than once in "Showing Up," her wry and wonderful new movie, the director Kelly Reichardt gives us something that feels rarer than it should in American cinema: a lingering moment in the presence of an artist at work. Not a famous writer pounding self-consciously away at a typewriter, cranking…

Los Angeles Times

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Kerr: Wiggins won’t play in Warriors’ final 2 regular-season games

Andrew Wiggins will not play in the Golden State Warriors’ final two games of the regular season in Sacramento and Portland, head coach Steve Kerr said Wednesday in a radio interview.

Tribune News Service

Inside the floating barge that’s set to hold 500 asylum seekers in Dorset

With “natural ventilation and wi-fi connection throughout”, the barge can accommodate up to 506 people across 222 bedrooms

The Independent UK

Dorset asylum seeker barge will not be like a prison, says minister

But Richard Holden also says efforts will be made to avoid people needing to leave port to access local services

The Guardian - UK

Home office confirms plans to house asylum seekers on barge at Dorset's Portland Port

The barge, called the Bibby Stockholm, will be berthed in Portland Port for at least 18 months

Birmingham Post

‘It’s inhumane’: anger at plan to house asylum seekers on barge off Dorset

People on small island of Portland say scheme would be bad for them and bad for those on the vessel

The Guardian - UK

Tory MP issues legal threat over plan to house migrants on barge

Portland Port in Dorset has been selected as a site to house migrants, despite local opposition.

The Independent UK

Location chosen for mega-barge that will house 500 asylum seekers on the British coast

The gigantic barge named Bibby Stockholm was deemed an 'oppressive environment' when it was used by the Dutch government to house asylum seekers in 2005

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WEKU

When homelessness and mental illness overlap, is forced treatment compassionate?

Democratic leaders in California and Oregon are becoming more open to using involuntary psychiatric commitment to combat homelessness, drug abuse and untreated mental illness.

Tribune News Service

Governors push faster construction to meet housing needs

PORTLAND, Oregon — Dick Anderson, a Republican state senator from coastal Oregon, has a chart and a readymade joke to illustrate the housing crisis facing his state. Up until 2006, his figures show, home building was on an upward trajectory in Oregon. But once he retired from a career in…

USA Today Sports Media Group

PHOTOS: Best images from the Thunder’s 118-112 win over the Trail Blazers

The best photos from the Thunder's 118-112 win over the Trail Blazers on Sunday.

Daily Mirror

'Date from hell left me in wheelchair and scarred for life after horror crash'

Kiaha Kurek, from Portland, Oregon, US, was left her in hospital with serious injuries after her date lied about his age and crashed into oncoming traffic at 50mph

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$300 personal EPIRB device saves two men capsized at sea off Portland's Cape Bridgewater

When these two friends hooked a big tuna off the coast of South West Victoria, it looked to be the perfect day. But a rogue wave changed all that.

The New Daily

The frill is gone: US mourns Darcelle XV, the world’s oldest drag queen

Walter Cole, better known as the iconic drag queen Darcelle XV and fearless advocate for the LGBTQI community, has died at 92.

WEKU

Darcelle, the world's oldest working drag queen, has died at 92

Walter Cole, better known as the iconic Darcelle XV, was crowned the world's oldest working drag performer in 2016 by the Guinness Book of World Records. Off stage, Cole championed LGBTQ+ rights.

The Independent UK

Darcelle, world's oldest working drag queen, dies at 92

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WEKU

A wolverine has been seen outside of its normal range for the first time in 30 years

In Oregon, wolverines are typically located in the Wallowa Mountains in the northeast of the state. But the animal was seen near Portland this week.

USA Today Sports Media Group

One of Oregon’s rarest critters spotted near Portland

An extremely rare sighting of a wolverine by two anglers in Oregon on Monday has been confirmed by state biologists.

The Independent UK

Report: 119K people hurt by riot-control weapons since 2015

More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from “less lethal” impact projectiles

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