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October 31, 2018
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Week Review
Pipe Bomb Mailer Arraigned
On Monday, a man accused of mailing at
least 14 pipe bombs in the last week to Dem-
ocratic Party leaders and dissenters of Presi-
dent Trump was arraigned in a Miami court-
room even as another explosive package was
intercepted. Cesar Sayoc, 56, was arrested
Friday in Florida after the bombs were sent
to President Barack Obama, former Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton, former US Attorney
General Eric Holder, Congresswoman Max-
ine Waters and others.
Mass Slaying at Synagogue
A white gunman killed 11wor-
shipers at a Pittsburgh syna-
gogue Saturday morning that
marked the deadliest attack on
Jews in United States history.
The semi-assault rifle attack at
Tree of Life Synagogue was
accompanied by suspect Rob-
ert Bowers making anti-Semitic comments, police said. Jewish orga-
nizations said it underscored the dangers of unchecked hatred during a
time marked by an uptick of such crimes.
Racially Motivated Killings
The killings of two black people at a Kroger grocery store in Louis-
ville, Kentucky, last Wednesday were racially motivated, the city’s
police chief has acknowledged. Police said the white suspect, Greg-
ory Bush, first tried to break into a predominantly African-American
church shortly before going on the shooting rampage.
Allen Sister to Oversee Estate
The sister of Paul Allen, Jody Allen, has been named to look after
the late Portland Trail Blazer owner’s estate and carry out his will.
The billionaire and Microsoft co-founder died from complications of
non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma on Oct. 15 in Seattle at the age of 65. He was
unmarried and without children.
Tornado Near Marine Drive
A tornado landed near Marine
Drive in north Portland Sunday
afternoon, the Weather Service
said. It was the lowest intensity
category, EF-0, with estimated
wind speeds between 65 and 85
miles per hour. No injuries were reported, but the wind did overturn
three unoccupied trailers, damaged a roof, and snapped some birch
trees.
Ruling Against Executive Order
A federal judge ruled in favor of Portland and Seattle last week in a
case against President Trump’s executive order barring sanctuary cities
from receiving federal funds. The ruling followed an opinion from the
Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in August that deemed a section of
Trump’s executive order unconstitutional.
Lawsuit Accuses TriMet Driver
A black man filed a federal lawsuit Thursday alleging a TriMet bus
driver undermined his Constitutional rights by refusing to let him
board because of his ethnicity. Willie Taylor, 54, is asking for a federal
jury trial to ascertain whether his rights to equal protection under 14th
Amendment were violated.
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