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December 7, 2016
The
Week
in
Review
At least 36 people were killed, in-
cluding one child. Authorities con-
tinue to search through the debris.
Merkley Talks Carson
Sen. Jeff Merkley will be consid-
ering Ben Carson’s nomination for
30 year Sentence Upheld
Housing and Urban Development
23 year old Mo-
Secretary as a member of the Sen-
hamed Mohamud’s
ate Banking, Housing and Urban
30-year sentence
Affairs Committee. The Oregon
for plotting to bomb
senator issued a statement Monday
Pioneer
Square
to say he was “deeply concerned
during the 2014
that the incoming Administration
holiday tree lighting
has proposed someone who be-
ceremony has been
lieves ‘poverty is really more of a
upheld. A federal appeals court Mon-
choice than anything else.’
day found the government’s used a
sting operation that was aggressive, Treatment Suspended
but fell short of a due process viola- Oregon Zoo’s beloved elephant
tion for entrapment.
Packy has tested positive again for
tuberculosis after becoming resis-
Police Shooting Mistrial
tant to antibiotics. Packy’s team of
Jurors could not agree on a verdict
animal care staff is consulting with
and a mistrial was declared Monday
experts and veterinarians around
in the trial of Michael Slager, the
the country for the next steps. The
white South Carolina police officer
first Asian elephant born in cap-
charged in the death of Walter Scott,
tivity, Packy’s 54 years is unusual
50, who was shot five times in the
even for those in the wild.
back in April 2015 after he fled a
traffic stop for a broken taillight.
Spirit of Giving
An anonymous Portlander helped
Warehouse Fire Kills 36
spread the spirit of the season by
A warehouse in Oakland, Calif.,
donating an American Eagle gold
used as an event space called the
coin to the Salvation Army red ket-
“Ghost Ship,” caught fire Friday
tle downtown. The coin is valued
night and quickly engulfed the
at $1,300.
building trapping everyone inside.
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