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June 7, 2017
The
Week
in
Review
Popular NBA Finals
The first two games of
the NBA Finals were
the most-watched since
Michael Jordan’s final
championship in 1998.
Despite two lopsid-
ed outcomes, Golden State’s two home
wins over Cleveland averaged 19.6 mil-
lion viewers. Game three is Wednesday in
Cleveland and will be broadcast at 6 p.m.
on KATU Channel 2 (ABC).
Arrests in Cold Case Murder
After a two year investigation, murder
charges have been filed against two men
in the April 2015 shooting death of a Se-
attle man visiting friends in Portland near
Woodlawn Park. Gary Lonell Black Jr., 31
and Cortez Treandre Wade, 25 were indict-
ed last week for the murder of D’Andre
Dickerson, 24.
Biketown Expanding
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Officials announced last week that the
bikes will now be available in the Overlook
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DeVos Stirs Controversy
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was in
the hot seat in an appearance before Con-
gress Tuesday. She defended $9 billion in
cuts across the board which would elimi-
nate afterschool and students with disabil-
ities programs, and when Sen. Jeff Merk-
ley of Oregon tried to get her to say the
U.S. Department of Education wouldn’t
allow private schools getting vouchers to
discriminate, DeVos would not commit.
Bill Cosby Trial Begins
Comedian and television celebrity Bill
Cosby’s sexual assault trial began Mon-
day. The iconic TV actor is charged with
three counts of felony aggravated indecent
assault over a decade ago against Temple
University employee, Andrea Constand.
Arrest in MAX Hero Theft
George Elwood Tschaggeny, a 51-year-old
homeless man, was arrested Friday in the
theft of a wedding ring and backpack from a
man who was fatally stabbed in last month’s
racially motivated attack on TriMet. Detec-
tives said he was wearing the victim’s ring.
Supporting Paris Accord
The NAACP issued a statement Thursday
opposing President Trump for his with-
drawal from the Paris Climate Agreement
to limit fossil fuel air pollution emissions
while also promising to do its part to ad-
here to the agreement and to continue to
fight for environmental justice.
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