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December 19, 2018
Shaken by
Break-ins
Coffee House
responds; video
shows suspect
D anny p eterson
t he p ortlanD o bserver
A northeast Portland coffee
shop is on guard after the fourth
break-in in less than a month and
survellience video may lead to
the person responsible.
by
photo by D anny p eterson /t he p ortlanD o bserver
Hit on Saturday with its fourth break-in in less than a month,
Arrow Coffeehouse on the corner of Northeast Martin Luther King
Jr. Boulevard and Alberta Street, was awaiting costly repairs to a
broken door on Tuesday.
C ontinueD on p age 5
The
in
Week Review
Russia Targeted Black Vote
The Russian influence campaign
on social media in the 2016 elec-
tion made an extraordinary ef-
fort to target African-Americans
against Hillary Clinton, used an
array of tactics to try to suppress
turnout among Democratic vot-
ers and unleashed a blizzard of
posts on Instagram that rivaled
or exceeded its Facebook cam-
paigns to help Donald Trump,
according to a report produced
Monday for the Senate Intelli-
gence Committee.
School Police Approved
Portland Public Schools ap-
proved an agreement last week to
formalize the contracting of nine
police officers in public schools
for $1 million each year, which
would expand their presence at
the schools. School resource of-
ficers were previously provid-
ed free of charge to the school
district and the proposed new
contract has come under fire by
student activists and civil rights
groups.
Health Care Law Stumbles
A federal judge’s ruling striking
down the Affordable Care Act
in its entirety has stoked anxiety
among millions of Americans
who rely on subsidized health
insurance and millions more who
have pre-existing conditions. The
Texas judge Friday declared the
individual mandate of the Afford-
able Care Act unconstitutional
and, as a result, the entire law
invalid, but the decision will not
take effect pending appeals.
Trump Attorney Sentenced
Former Trump attorney Michael
Cohen was sentenced last week
to three years in federal prison,
followed by three years of super-
vised release. The judge declared
he will serve time for a “smor-
gasbord” of fraudulent crimes
connected to campaign finance
violations related to payments to
women alleging affairs with the
president before taking office.
Magazine Paid to Hush Story
The media company that owns
the National Enquirer last week
admitted to “working in concert”
with the Trump campaign to pay
off a woman who said she had an
affair with Mr. Trump in order
to squash her story, prosecutors
in New York reported last week.
The U.S. Attorney for New York
agreed not to prosecute American
Media, Inc., the Enquirer’s parent
company, for its involvement in
the scheme in exchange for the
company’s cooperation in the in-
vestigation.
Singer Nancy Wilson Dies at 81
Winters Steps Down as Leader
Republicans in the Oregon Sen-
ate have a new leader, after Sen.
Jackie Winters of Salem, the first
African American Republican
woman to lead the caucus, decid-
ed not to seek the post for 2019.
Winters said it was time for her
“to go back to my roots tackling
tough issues with a renewed en-
thusiasm.”
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Nancy Wilson, the Grammy-win-
ning singer whose polished pop-
jazz vocals made her a platinum
artist and top concert performer,
died Thursday at the age of 81.
Influenced by Dinah Washing-
ton, Nat “King” Cole and other
stars, Wilson covered everything
from jazz standards to “Little
Green Apples” and in the 1960s
alone released eight albums that
reached the top 20 on Billboard’s
pop charts.