August 15, 2019
VOL. 34, No. 32
PORTLAND STATE ATHLETE TRAGEDY: SISTER KILLS
BROTHER, SHOOTS AUNT & GRANDMOTHER
FAVORING WEALTHY VS. POOR IMMIGRANTS FOR GREEN CARDS
By Harmony Wortham
Earlier this month police in Portland, Oregon, responded to reports of gunfire at a family dwelling around 2 p.m. on a Friday afternoon. Upon arrival they identified, Deante Strickland, as the man fatally shot; and the two others
By Francis Taylor, Asst. Editor/Publisher
wounded (but likely to survive) as his aunt and grandmother, both named Shirley Strickland. Deante, 22, was a player on Portland State University men’s basketball team. The school says on it’s website it “mourns the tragic loss of studentathlete Deante Strickland.” The police later announced the cause of death as a single gunshot wound to the chest. Strickland was a member of Central Catholic’s state-champion basketball and football teams where he earned
Trump broadened his assault on the nation’s immigration system, issuing a new rule targeting legal immigrants who want to remain in the United States but whose lack of financial resources are judged likely to make them a burden on taxpayers. The new regulation is aimed at hundreds of thousands of immigrants who enter the country legally every
year and then apply to become permanent residents. Starting in October, the government’s decision will be based on an aggressive wealth test to determine whether those immigrants have the means to support themselves. Poor immigrants will be denied permanent legal status, also known as a green card, if they are deemed likely to use government benefit programs such as food stamps and subsidized
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housing. Wealthier immigrants, who are designated as less likely to require public assistance, will be able to obtain a green card. Officials said the program would not apply to people who already have green cards, to certain members of the military, to refugees and asylumseekers, or to pregnant women and children. But immigration advocates warned that vast numbers of immigrants, including those not actually subject to the regulation, may drop out of programs they need because they fear retribution by immigration authorities. Monday’s rule is an attempt to enact Trump’s priorities. It embraces people who have financial means while shunning immigrants who are struggling. That is certain to affect the flow of immigrants who have sought refuge in the United States from impoverished places in Africa, Central America and the Caribbean. Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, the acting director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Servic4 es, who announced the
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By Francis Taylor, Asst. Editor/Publisher
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One night after becoming the first person ever to land a double-double dismount at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Simone Biles continued to make jaws drop on Sunday with more history. Biles became the first woman to land a triple double (two flips and three twists) in competition on the floor during her routine: Biles won her sixth U.S. championship on Sunday by 4.95 points. She is only the second woman in history to accomplish the feat, joining Clara Schroth Lomady’s record mark set 67 years ago. It is Biles’ 20th consecutive all-around win dating back to 2013.
At least five children were killed and two people injured in the blaze that ripped through a 24-hour day care center in Erie, Pennsylvania early Sunday the father of three of four siblings killed in a fire at a Pennsylvania day care is a volunteer firefighter who was responding to another call at the time of the blaze. Chief Joe Crotty of the Lawrence Park Township Volunteer Fire Department told USA TODAY that volunteer Luther Jones was out on a call that turned out to be a false alarm as his department helped handle other calls while Erie 3
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