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WORLD IN BRIEF
uranium at the Hanford 300 Area has been dug up down to 15 feet,
removing the majority of the contamination.
The uranium is left over from decades of work making pluto-
nium for nuclear weapons during World War II and the Cold War.
As a byproduct of the process, 60 tons of dissolved uranium was
dumped into the ground.
Associated Press
From LOL shirt to bulletproof
vest, hit suspects go to court
TOKYO — Because of a grainy security camera photo that
went viral online, she is now known to many as the LOL assassin.
But as Doan Thi Huong arrived at a courthouse in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, to be formally charged with the murder of North Korean
leader Kim Jong Un’s estranged half brother two weeks ago, she had
a very different look — tear-filled eyes and a bulletproof vest.
For most people, those first images Huong were as shocking as
they were bizarre — apparently showing her lunging at Kim Jong
Nam in a crowded airport terminal while wearing a T-shirt embla-
zoned in big black letters, LOL, an acronym for laughing out loud.
Huong, who is Vietnamese, and an Indonesian woman were
formally charged with murder today.
Her light-brown dyed hair disheveled and frizzy, Huong was
led into the courthouse handcuffed to a female Malaysian officer.
She wore a yellow shirt under the protective vest and jeans. As she
looked out at a bank of photographers and journalists waiting out-
side, her face was puffy and her eyes red and teary.
Officials: New Trump travel ban
removes Iraq from list
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s new immigra-
tion order will remove Iraq from the list of countries whose citi-
zens face a temporary U.S. travel ban, U.S. officials say, citing the
latest draft in circulation. Trump is expected to sign the executive
order in the coming days.
Four officials told The Associated Press that the decision fol-
lowed pressure from the Pentagon and State Department, which
had urged the White House to reconsider Iraq’s inclusion on the list
given its key role in fighting the Islamic State group.
Citizens of six other predominantly Muslim countries — Iran,
Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen — will remain on the
travel ban list, said the officials, who spoke on condition of ano-
nymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the order before
it is signed. Those bans are effective for 90 days.
The new order includes other changes as well. The officials said
the 12-page document no longer singles out Syrian refugees for an
Union says University of Oregon
planning 75 layoffs of faculty
AP Photo/Daniel Chan
Vietnamese suspect Doan Thi Huong, center, in the on-
going assassination investigation, is escorted by police
officers out from Sepang court in Sepang, Malaysia today.
Appearing calm and solemn, two young women accused
of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim Jong Nam, the es-
tranged half brother of North Korea’s leader, were charged
with murder today.
indefinite ban and instead includes them as part of a general, 120-
day suspension of new refugee admissions.
The officials also said the order won’t include any explicit
exemption for religious minorities in the countries targeted by the
travel ban. Critics had accused the administration of adding such
language to help Christians get into the United States while exclud-
ing Muslims.
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
Efforts expand to stop uranium
from entering Columbia River
RICHLAND, Wash. — Efforts to prevent uranium from leach-
ing into the Columbia River along the Hanford Nuclear Reserva-
tion are being expanded after a test showed good results.
Wells are being drilled to inject a solution into the ground to
bind the uranium to the soil and prevent it from migrating into the
groundwater and then into the river.
The Tri-City Herald says much of the soil contaminated with
EUGENE — A labor union representing University of Oregon
employees says the school is considering a plan to lay off 75 non-
tenured faculty members.
The Register-Guard reports that United Academics says the
reductions will affect employees of the College of Arts and Sci-
ences, the College of Education and other university units.
The plans come as UO faces an $8.8 million gap in next year’s
budget caused largely by rising pay and retirement benefits.
UO documents say the university is proposing to cover most of
the budget shortfall with tuition increases, which will be consid-
ered by the board of trustees on Thursday and Friday.
University spokesman Tobin Klinger says there is no detailed
information to release about potential cutbacks at this point.
In emotional moment, Trump
salutes slain SEAL’s wife
WASHINGTON — The widow of a U.S. Navy SEAL killed in
Yemen stood in the balcony of the House chamber, tears stream-
ing down her face as she looked upward and appeared to whisper
to her husband.
Democrats and Republicans alike stood for minutes to applaud
Carryn Owens, giving her the loudest cheers of the night in a rare
moment of unity during President Donald Trump’s first speech to
a joint session of Congress. Her husband, Senior Chief William
“Ryan” Owens, was killed last month in a raid approved by Trump,
a decision that has been sharply criticized by some — including
the slain SEAL’s father — and which Trump continued to defend
Tuesday night.
Trump, near the end of his hour-long speech, paid tribute to
Carryn Owens, a surprise guest whose presence in the first lady’s
box was not announced in advance by the White House.
Homestays: May compete directly with Astoria’s bed-and-breakfasts
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Commissioner
Daryl
Moore, addressing the larger
debate head-on, asked Brown
why she chose a homestay
operation rather than rent to
year-round locals.
“My husband and I really
enjoy entertaining people,
but I don’t know if we want
someone in our house as, like,
a roommate, if that makes
sense,” Brown replied.
‘Two different animals’
Most commissioners ques-
tioned the idea that homestay
lodging contributes to the
town’s housing shortage,
which remains a countywide
problem. Vice President Kent
Easom, owner of Easom Prop-
erty Management, called the
topics “two different animals.”
Moore said, “I don’t see
that homestay negatively
impacts the housing issues
that we’re facing in Astoria
because, as Ms. Brown stated
… she isn’t a housing option.
Their home isn’t a housing
option. And I think that’s prob-
ably very common among the
homestay lodging that occurs
in our city.
“And that’s an opinion, of
course, of mine, not a fact,” he
added.
LJ Gunderson, a partner in
Easom Property Management
who once owned a vacation
rental company, told the com-
mission that it’s “very differ-
ent” to set up a one- or two-day
rental rather than a rental last-
ing 30 days or longer.
“(Brown) wants to invite
people into her home and have
them for a couple days, and
she likes it when they leave.
And she wants to be there,
because that’s her stuff,” Gun-
derson, president of the His-
toric Landmarks Commission,
told the Planning Commission.
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“So you’re talking a totally dif-
ferent market — a totally dif-
ferent person that’s trying to
do the homestay.”
Jennifer Cameron-Lattek,
the newest commissioner and
owner of Street 14 Coffee in
Astoria, is fully aware of the
housing crisis, and has said her
employees have trouble find-
ing places they can afford.
She agreed with her fel-
low commissioners. Many
homestays, as long as they
are owner-occupied, she said,
“are often not taking housing
off the market for some of our
other residents.”
She added that homestays
like Brown’s could help mit-
igate the scarcity by getting
locals used to having more
people around, in their homes
and their neighborhoods, and
perhaps by inspiring some
property owners to set up
a small apartment in their
houses. “So it could actually
have a positive effect on our
housing problems right now,”
Cameron-Lattek said.
Impact on B&Bs
Homestays,
however,
may compete directly with
Astoria’s bed-and-breakfast
industry.
“I’m sure it impacts the
bed-and-breakfast business,”
Commissioner Jan Mitchell
said. “I’m sure.”
Loretta Maxwell, assistant
manager of Grandview B&B
in Astoria, opposed Brown’s
homestay. She recently told
the City Council that, as short-
term rentals have taken off, her
business has declined.
“I think that we need to
think about the impact to the
businesses that are already in
place, here in town,” Maxwell
told the Planning Commission.
Katrina Gasser, as Asto-
ria resident who launched an
Airbnb with her husband last
summer, said Airbnbs and
traditional B&Bs, like Max-
well’s, offer different kinds
of services and experiences,
and that the homestay lodg-
ing market has room enough
for both.
“Not that I want to take
away from your income,” she
told Maxwell, “but I also feel
like my business is viable, too.
My business brings people to
the area as well.”
Gasser said she, like
Brown, is not interested in
renting out a space long-term.
Illegal vacation rentals
Moore said that illegal
vacation rentals in Astoria’s
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residential areas “should be
shut down.” He wants the City
Council to direct City Man-
ager Brett Estes to take mea-
sures to enforce the city’s rules
barring vacation rentals —
which do not require on-site
management — from residen-
tial zones.
“The vacation rentals in res-
idential areas definitely have a
direct impact on the housing
problem,” Moore said. “We
don’t know how big the prob-
lem is, because we don’t have
an inventory necessarily of
how many are available. But
if it’s one house, it’s one house
that’s unavailable for a perma-
nent resident of Astoria.”
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