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Today’s stories
CITY SPENDING: Portland spent $1,100 a night on a hotel for a mayor’s aide, records show. Read more.
MAY DAY: Six men are indicted on charges related to a May Day brawl at a Portland bar. Read more.
U.S. POLITICS: Cory Booker is coming to Portland for a fundraiser Sunday and will address “this moral moment in America.” Read more.
GOVERNOR’S OFFICE: How many of Gov. Kate Brown’s state staffers volunteer on her campaign? She won’t say. Read more.
UH-OH: A felon tries to enter the downtown Portland justice center with a gun and explains that he forgot he had it with him, the DA says. Read more.
DEADLY CRASH: A teen driver who said he was driving as fast as he could when he killed a friend in Troutdale gets two years in prison. Read more.
ROAD RACE: The 2019 Hood to Coast relay begins Friday; officials urge cautious driving. Read more.
SEPTIC MESS: Oregon firefighters rescue a person stuck in a septic tank for days. Read more.
TRAVEL OREGON: Eight alien landscapes in Oregon, where nature looks like another world. Read more.
CREEPY OREGON: Mysterious Oregon cattle killings and mutilations alarm ranchers. Read more.
DEATH PENALTY: A special session over Oregon’s death penalty changes is still undecided. Read more.
GUN VIOLENCE: This Portland artist is using embroidered street art to start a conversation about gun violence. Read more.
CHILD SAFETY: After a Portland 3-year-old is found wandering at night, here are eight tips to keep toddlers safe. Read more.
FIGHTING CRIME: The Beaverton police are partnering with a doorbell camera company, but the crime-fighting effort is drawing privacy concerns. Read more.
REAL ESTATE: Inside Evergreen Aviation founder Del Smith’s $18 million Dundee estate. Read more.
More news
Oregon officials want to seal off much of federal child welfare lawsuit from public view
Portland police hire new homeless community liaison
Dear Abby: Husband resentful because passive wife acts more like a daughter
Ask Amy: Former flames reunite, decide they are ‘soul mates’ and make plans to leave their lovers
Carolyn Hax: Work fatigue perfectly acceptable excuse to opt out of friend’s after-work plans
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Today in history
AROUND THE WORLD: On August 23, 1927, amid worldwide protests, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery. (On the 50th anniversary of their executions, then-Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis issued a proclamation that Sacco and Vanzetti had been unfairly tried and convicted.)