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April 15, 2015
Week
in
Review
The
Running for President
Former Secretary of State and
First Lady Hillary Clinton an-
nounced Sunday she will be run-
ning for president again in 2016.
the victims of a double homi-
cide that occurred in Southeast
Portland on Friday night. Dat
Pham, 33, and Sut-Leng Chang,
41, were both fatally shot at the
scene.
A Message
of Peace
Sybrina Fulton, mother of the now
famously slain Florida teen, Trayvon
Martin, spoke to a full house Monday
night about her life after her son’s
death. The event, sponsored by the
YWCA at the Maranatha Church in
Northeast Portland. The crowd was
standing-room-only and Fulton deliv-
ered and Fulton shared her thoughts
on racial profiling and the lives of
young black people growing up in the
United States under the current po-
litical climate. Trayvon Martin, an un-
armed black teenager, was killed in
Florida in February 2012. His death
ignited public debate about the state
of race in America.
Record-breaking Mother
A 65-year-old German woman
is making history as one of the
oldest women to ever carry qua-
druplets to term. The woman,
U.S.-Cuban Relations
For the first time in over 20 years, who lives in Berlin, is due this
the United States and Cuba sat summer.
down for open discussion. Pres- Man Found Dead
ident Obama and President Raúl Reports of gunshots drew Port-
Castro of Cuba sat down togeth- land police to a Northeast Port-
er for their first summit since the land park early Tuesday morn-
meetings began in 1994. Obama ing. While police searched the
announced Tuesday that he will neighborhood, a report of a
remove Cuba from the list of man’s body lying in a nearby
state sponsors of terrorism.
parking lot came in. It is unclear
if the shooting involved the man
On Sunday the Oregon State and a medical examiner will de-
Medical Examiner identified termine the cause of death.
Double Homicide
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