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100 years ago in Chicago: Prospect of nominating Spokane senator for president fades at GOP convention
The prospect that Sen. Miles Poindexter of Spokane would be the next Republican candidate for president was fading fast.
Spokane Valley to decide whether to stay with county’s federal grant program
The Spokane Valley City Council will decide on Tuesday whether to continue to allow Spokane County to manage its low-income projects grant program, or separate from the county and create a program of its own.
Activists seek support for racial justice and Spokane police reforms
Spokane City Council President Breean Beggs expressed his support for protesters’ goals on Monday night, including a ban on the knee-to-neck restraint technique used on George Floyd.
Internet vigilantes falsely link ex-officer to teens’ attack
SILVER SPRING, Md. – John Damskey’s nightmare began with his wife getting emails from strangers telling her she should be ashamed of her husband, a retired police officer. Their phones wouldn’t stop ringing with calls from unfamiliar numbers. Some even called his 74-year-old mother. Baffled by the barrage of hate last Thursday, Damskey plugged his name into the internet and made a horrifying discovery: Mobs of Twitter users were falsely accusing him of being the bicyclist on a Maryland trail who accosted three young adults posting flyers protesting the death of George Floyd.
Police took a behind-the-scenes approach on Sunday, and Spokane didn’t experience another riot
“We learned a lot from that first week,” a police spokesman said. “The department provided way more resources. We still had the National Guard. We had agencies from other areas that were willing to support us. The difference is you probably didn’t see them.”
Cristobal to merge with new storm system after lashing South
Tropical Storm Cristobal could soon renew its strength by merging with another storm system to form a large cyclone
Falwell apologizes for tweet that included racist photo
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. apologized Monday for a tweet that included a racist photo that appeared on Gov. Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook page decades ago
Employees must wear facial coverings starting this week due to governor’s Safe Start order
Gov. Jay Inslee’s face covering order for employees in businesses went into effect on Monday.
Gov. Jay Inslee to create task force to ‘rethink’ policing
Gov. Jay Inslee announced Monday that he would create an independent statewide task force to address policing across the state of Washington.
Seattle council members protest after tear gas used on crowd
Just days after Seattle’s mayor and police chief promised a month-long moratorium on using a type of tear gas to disperse protesters, the department used it again during an overnight demonstration, bringing severe criticism Monday from City Council members, vows to overhaul the department and calls for the mayor to consider resigning.
Democrats unveil ambitious police reform bill; McMorris Rodgers says she’s reviewing it
Democratic leaders from the House and Senate rolled out a broad police reform bill Monday, seeking to channel the energy of nationwide protests into changes at the federal level.
Listen to the Eyer Family Band for Spokane’s Street Music Week
Carey Eyer hopes this year’s virtual Street Music Week event will be just like walking down Main Street, hearing a new song from a different busker every 100 feet – except you’ll be scrolling through your Facebook feed instead.
100 years ago in Spokane: Newspaper celebrates Prohibition; severed human hand found at lumber company
The Spokane Daily Chronicle celebrated what it believed was the final triumph of Prohibition. A new court ruling upheld the Volstead Act, ensuring that Prohibition would be enforced in every state.
Spokane’s R & R Custom Colorlab grew graduation orders during pandemic
Erin Cramer became the owner of R & R Custom Colorlab three months before Washington’s stay-home order. She’s convinced if she can get through this year, she can get through anything.
Then and Now: Brown Metal Works
Thoburn C. Brown, born in 1907, was an inventor who knew his way around a pair of tin snips. Thoburn and his older brother William, born in 1902, attended Lewis and Clark High School. By 1929, both worked in their father’s business, Brown Metal Works. At night, the two young men tinkered with airplanes and in 1930 rolled out Thoburn’s first design, an all-aluminum, high-wing plane called the Metalark. Legendary Spokane pilot Nick Mamer made the first flight.
Bolton plans June release for book about time in White House
WASHINGTON – John Bolton is forging ahead with plans to publish a memoir about his time in President Donald Trump’s White House and is in negotiations with network television channels to promote the book, according to people familiar with the talks. Bolton, who served as national security adviser from April 2018 to September 2019, plans to publish “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir” on June 23, after embarking on a media tour to promote the book the weekend before, according to people with knowledge of the negotiations who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.
Mad magazine legend Al Jaffee retires at age 99 after a record-breaking career
Mad magazine’s iconic back-page Fold-In is about to fold it in. Finito after 56 years. Because Al Jaffee, officially the longest-working comic artist ever, has decided to retire at age 99. So to mark his farewell, Mad’s “Usual Gang of Idiots” will salute Jaffee with a tribute issue this week. It will be the magazine’s final regular issue to offer new material, including Jaffee’s final Fold-In, 65 years after he made his Mad debut.
NY Times editorial page editor resigns amid fury over op-ed
The New York Times says its editorial page editor has resigned in the wake of outrage over the publication of an op-ed by a Republican senator who advocated using federal troops to quell protests
Bloodied store manager describes life in the age of COVID-19
Retail workers across the country are facing insults, threats and even attacks from customers angry over being told to comply with coronavirus restrictions in stores
‘Harry Potter’ author J.K. Rowling’s tweets blasted for being anti-transgender
“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling is in hot water again with social media users and transgender activists over controversial tweets. On Saturday, the British writer commented on an op-ed about health care inequality that used the phrase “people who menstruate” to be more inclusive. “‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?” she tweeted.