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remained skeptical about the program.
Malaysia Airlines
Mystery
B ERNIE F OSTER
Founder/Publisher
En route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing,
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared
on March 8 with 239 people on board. In the
weeks that followed, aircraft, ships and
searchers from two-dozen countries mobi-
lized to look in vain for the wreckage on the
Indian Ocean floor. To date, there’s no con-
sensus as to why the plane vanished.
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artist antwoine thomas supervised volunteers of all ages who came together to
paint the big bang of Peace street painting at the intersection of north
killingsworth court and north borthwick streets in Portland. the street painting is
one of a series of projects from the strYVe program which has trained and hired
youth to support community efforts to reduce violence.
racists Picket Irco
Frustrated by an impasse in Congress,
President Obama took executive actions in
November to curb deportations for many
immigrants residing in the U.S. illegally.
Republican leaders in the House and Senate
pledged efforts to block the president’s
moves. Prospects for reform legislation
were dimmed earlier in the year by the
influx of unaccompanied Central American
minors arriving at the U.S. border, causing
shelter overloads and case backlogs.
Turmoil In Ukraine
A sometimes bloody revolt that toppled
President Viktor Yanukovych in February
triggered a chain of events that continued to
roil Ukraine as the year drew to a close.
Russia, worried that Ukraine would tilt
increasingly toward the West, annexed the
Crimean peninsula in March and backed an
armed separatist insurgency in coal-rich
eastern regions of Ukraine. The U.S. and its
allies responded with sanctions against Rus-
sia.
Gay Marriage
The Skanner Newspaper, established
Due to a wave of federal court rulings, 19
more U.S. states began allowing same-sex
marriages, raising the total to 35 states
encompassing about 64 percent of the pop-
ulation. Given that one U.S. court of
appeals bucked the trend by upholding state
bans on gay marriage, there was widespread
expectation that the U.S. Supreme Court
will take up the issue and make a national
ruling.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs
became embroiled in a nationwide scandal
over allegations of misconduct and cover-
ups. Several senior officials were fired or
forced to resign, including VA Secretary
Eric Shinseki. At the heart of the scandal
was the VA hospital in Phoenix; allegations
surfaced that 40 veterans died while await-
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keoke silvano and his son Julius, 12, take a selfie with acclaimed film
director spike lee after lee spoke at the solid Ground building
community luncheon, april 4 at the westin hotel in seattle. solid Ground
celebrated 40 years of “building community to end poverty.” lee spoke
about the importance of education in helping to end poverty.
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Paul rummell, ben west and their son Jay
rummell-west celebrated legalization of
same-sex marriage in oregon on the steps of
the melody ballroom. rummell and west were
plaintiffs in the case.