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A Minnesota state trooper has been charged with murder over the fatal shooting of Ricky Cobb II who died during a traffic stop last year.

September 20, (THEWILL) –The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has urged Nigeria and other countries to abolish the death penalty, to enhance the dignity of the human race. The UNHRC is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system, whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world In its annual

In a global pandemic and during a rainy winter, unhoused people don’t have many options for places to go. The continual clearing out of camps and ticketing by the city of Eugene hasn’t helped, either. After months of criticism about the ways Eugene addressed homelessness during COVID-19, the city restructured its policies to allow some urban camping. But a growing coalition of advocates say it isn’t enough. They instead call for wider and more drastic reform for the age-old story — to s...

It’s instructive to begin on 7th Avenue and Washington Street in Eugene on any given winter evening. From that starting point, walk the windy asphalt trail through Washington/Jefferson Park. You see them instantly — tarps and tents by the layered dozens, each containing stories of homeless men and women who are holding threads of dignity. The tarps and tents are properly spaced (a nod to COVID-19), but they are everywhere under the viaducts of the Washington/Jefferson area, or those areas t...

  The Jan. 8 candlelight vigil was the second time the advocacy group Stop Death on the Streets held the event. The group mourned the lives of 30 people who died while experiencing homelessness in 2020. Credit Melorie Begay/KLCC The advocacy group, Stop Death on the Streets held their 2nd annual vigil in Eugene on Friday Jan. 8. About 100 people came to mourn the lives of homeless people who died in the past year.  Activist Chelsea Swift said in a speech during the vigil that the community ha...

But so much has changed. "It really does feel different," said Chelsea Swift, an organizer of the event and a CAHOOTS crisis worker. "The pandemic and especially the fires in the fall really activated a lot of people." The gathering of about 100 people joined in song and in mourning at 6 p.m. one street north of the Washington Jefferson skatepark with much of the same intentions of last year — to bring attention to the health risks associated with living unsheltered and give space to those ...