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Spector had suffered from cancer. She recorded a string of pop hits in the 1960s including "Walking In The Rain" and "Be My Baby."

Bellecourt died on Tuesday night in Minneapolis, where more than 50 years ago he helped launch the American Indian Movement.

Mtume brought, in Miles Davis' words, "a deep African-American groove" to the trumpet legend's band before later exploring neo-minimalist funk and R&B. And then there was "Juicy."

Acclaimed for her fearless performances in operas by Strauss and Bizet, Ewing also partly inspired Passing, a film written and directed by her daughter, Rebecca Hall.

Reid was recalled as a "legendary leader" as colleagues and friends gathered to pay tribute to a hardscrabble Democrat who rose from poverty in Nevada to the most powerful position in the Senate.

President Biden and others in his administration insist schools should stay open, even with the omicron wave making it harder than ever to manage.

The former president blasted Republicans who have crossed him and kept up repeated election lies in an NPR interview.

In response to the Omicron surge, the University of Oregon’s COVID-19 Monitoring and Assessment Program, or MAP, has begun offering free testing to people with mild viral symptoms. KLCC visited the outdoor testing site, which operates safely from an unlikely spot on the campus.

According to the Office of Public Defense Services, more than 45 people who qualify for a public defender don’t have one. As of Friday, 19 were in custody on pre-trial offenses. While the pandemic is partly to blame, public defenders argue the system has long been under-staffed, overworked and inefficient.

The proposal teased during last month’s Oregon Business Leadership Summit includes investments in career programs and wraparound services to remove barriers to Oregonians entering or reentering the workforce.