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Page 2A NATION/WORLD East Oregonian Thursday, February 26, 2015 Pasco man wasn’t shot in back Judge orders Oracle to keep hosting Oregon’s Medicaid system By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press KENNEWICK — The WKUHH RI¿FHUV LQYROYHG LQ the death of unarmed Mex- ican man in Washington VWDWH ¿UHG VKRWV LQFOXG- LQJ VHYHUDO WKDW VWUXFN WKH former orchard worker but none that hit him in the back, a task force spokesman said Wednesday. The regional law enforce- PHQW WDVN IRUFH LV LQYHVWL- gating the killing of Antonio Zambrano-Montes, which has led to protests and calls for a federal probe. Kennewick Police Sgt. Ken Lattin, a spokesman for the unit, said at a news con- IHUHQFHWKDW¿YHRUVL[EXOOHWV struck Zambrano-Montes. +RZHYHU KH VDLG DXWRSV\ results were pending, and he FRXOGQ¶W EH PRUH VSHFL¿F about where the 35-year-old was shot. Zambrano-Montes was killed Feb. 10 in Pasco, and a witness captured the gun- ¿UHRQYLGHR7KHGHDWKKDV sparked two weeks of pro- tests in this agricultural city DORQJWKH&ROXPELD5LYHULQ the southeastern part of the state. Authorities say the Mexi- can immigrant was throwing SALEM (AP) — An Oregon judge has ordered technology giant Oracle Corp. to continue host- ing Oregon’s Medicaid health insurance system for low-income Oregonians HYHQ DIWHU WKH FRPSDQ\¶V contract expires this week- end. Marion County Circuit Judge Courtland Geyer ruled Wednesday that Or- acle should host Medicaid for another year. He granted the preliminary injunction until February 2016. Geyer said he was more FRQYLQFHGE\WKHWHVWLPRQ\ of the state’s witnesses than by that of Oracle’s witness- es, and that the state’s case was likely to succeed on its merits. Earlier this month, Or- DFOH QRWL¿HG 2UHJRQ WKDW it does not intend to renew the contract and would ter- minate hosting on Saturday. Oregon sued to compel Or- acle to continue hosting. 2UHJRQ RI¿FLDOV DUJXHG in court that Oracle had SURPLVHG ¿YH PRQWKV DJR that the contract would be renewed, and as a result they did not seek alternate KRVWLQJ VHUYLFHV 2I¿FLDOV also said a termination of hosting would cause “irrep- arable harm” to thousands of people who would not be able to enroll or re-enroll in Medicaid and access health VHUYLFHV Oracle argued it didn’t make a promise, it only agreed to negotiate, and was not legally obligated to do business with Oregon after the contract expires. 7KH FRXUW ¿JKW KDV RF- curred amid a larger legal EDWWOH RYHU WKH IDLOXUH RI Oregon’s health care ex- AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios Agapita Montes-Rivera, left, the mother of Antonio Zambrano-Montes, who was shot and killed by police in Pasco Feb. 10, walks with her son, Artemio Zambra- no-Montes, second from left, after meeting with reporters in Kennewick Tuesday. They were accompanied by interpreter Fabian Ubay, second from right, and an un- identified family member at right. Agapita Montes-Rivera viewed her son’s body for the first time Monday and said she hopes for justice in the case that has sparked protests and calls for a federal investigation. URFNV DW RI¿FHUV DQG D VWXQ gun failed to subdue him. The Franklin County coroner has ordered an inquest into the death, which is being re- YLHZHGE\WKHWDVNIRUFH7KH LQYHVWLJDWLRQ LV EHLQJ PRQ- itored by federal authorities. /DWWLQVDLGWKHORFDOLQYHV- tigation will be thorough and fair. ³:H¶UH QRW KHUH WR FRYHU up for anybody,” he told re- porters. The killing was the fourth by police in less than a year for fast-growing Pasco, a city of 68,000 where more than half the residents are Hispan- ic but few are members of the police force or the power structure. 2I¿FHUV ZHUH H[RQHUDWHG DIWHUVLPLODULQYHVWLJDWLRQVLQ WKH¿UVWWKUHHFDVHV&ULWLFVRI WKHODWHVWFDVHVD\WKHRI¿FHUV VKRXOG KDYH XVHG OHVV WKDQ lethal force to capture Zam- brano-Montes. 3ROLFH VDLG RI¿FHUV IHOW threatened. Zambrano-Mon- tes was arrested last year for assault after throwing objects DW3DVFRRI¿FHUVDQGWU\LQJWR JUDEDQRI¿FHU¶VSLVWROFRXUW records show. Journalists arrested for flying drone in Paris PARIS (AP) — Three $O-D]HHUD MRXUQDOLVWV KDYH EHHQDUUHVWHGIRULOOHJDOO\À\- ing a drone in Paris Wednes- GD\ DIWHU XQLGHQWL¿HG GURQHV ÀHZRYHUWKH(LIIHO7RZHUDQG key Paris landmarks for a sec- ond night running. It’s further EDIÀHG)UHQFKDXWKRULWLHVZKR DUHLQYHVWLJDWLQJDVSDWHRIXQ- LGHQWL¿HGÀ\LQJREMHFWVLQWKH Paris skies at a time of high se- curity across the country. The foreign nationals aged DQG ² ZKR ZRUN for the Doha-based interna- tional broadcaster — were taken into custody Wednesday afternoon after police spotted DGURQHÀ\LQJLQWKH%RLVGH %RXORJQH ZRRGV LQ ZHVWHUQ Paris, said Paris prosecutors’ spokeswoman Agnes Thi- EDXOW/HFXLYUH She said is was unclear what the trio were trying to accomplish. “Three Al-Jazeera English MRXUQDOLVWVKDYHEHHQKHOGE\ SROLFH LQ 3DULV ZKLOH ¿OPLQJ a report on the city’s recent mystery drones,” the network said in a comment from its base in Qatar. “We will com- ment further when more infor- PDWLRQLVDYDLODEOH´ The journalists can be held for a maximum of 24 hours under French law. Flying drones without a license in France is illegal and carries a maximum one-year prison VHQWHQFH DQG D HXURV ¿QH The Al-Jazeera arrests come in the midst of a police LQYHVWLJDWLRQ LQWR D VSDWH RI mysterious drone sightings RYHU WKH )UHQFK FDSLWDO LQ- cluding on Monday and Tues- day nights. Police sighted one or more GURQHVLQ¿YHLQVWDQFHVEX]]- ing in the Paris sky in the night of Tuesday to Wednesday — from 11.30 p.m. to 2 a.m. $QXQLGHQWL¿HGÀ\LQJRE- MHFW ZDV ¿UVW VHHQ 7XHVGD\ night near the Gare de l’Est train station, with sightings continuing in sequence for RYHUWZRKRXUVRYHUWKH3DULV Opera, then on to the Tuileries gardens, past the Eiffel Tow- er and then south past Paris’ Montparnasse Tower, accord- LQJWR7KLEDXOW/HFXLYUH An inquiry was launched after drones, which are banned RYHU 3DULV ZHUH DOVR VSRWWHG Monday night — including RYHUWKH86(PEDVV\ It’s not known who was EHKLQGWKHÀLJKWVKRZPDQ\ objects there were in total, and HYHQZKHWKHUWKH\ZHUHDOOFR- ordinated. Last month a drone caused ZRUU\DIWHUEHLQJVLJKWHGÀ\- LQJRYHUWKH(O\VHH3DODFHWKH residence of President Fran- cois Hollande — following dozens of sightings of drones RYHU QXFOHDU SODQWV DQG PLOL- tary installations. These latest episodes are sparking particular concern, with Paris already on its high- est-alert after January’s dead- ly terrorist attacks by Islamic radicals. )UHQFK DXWKRULWLHV KDYH said the drones currently pres- ent no threat, apart from the risk of falling on someone, EXW WKH JRYHUQPHQW LV WU\LQJ WR¿QGZD\VWRFRXQWHUDFWWKH GHYLFHV6RPHIHDUWKHGURQHV could be spying on technology or could one day be equipped with weapons. Drone operator Jean-Luc Fournier, who has consulted on French drone legislation, said authorized operators FRQGHPQ VXFK URJXH ÀLJKWV because it casts the whole in- dustry in a bad light. Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 Didn’t receive your paper?&DOO EHIRUHSP7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\ RUEHIRUHDP6DWXUGD\ for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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