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A 2017 march in Northern Ireland protesting the countrys archaic anti-abortion law.
A 2017 march in Northern Ireland protesting the country's archaic anti-abortion law. Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Mornin', Portland! Here's some news to kick off your Thursday:

Lake Oswego Creeper: The New York Times has unearthed information that a Lake Oswego banker for Morgan Stanley has repeatedly stalked, physically abused, and threatened women. And his bosses were totally aware of it. This week, shortly after the newspaper asked Morgan Stanley about Douglas E. Greenberg's fraught criminal record, the wealth management company put him on "administrative leave."

ICYMI: A city audit has found that members of Portland Police Bureau's gang enforcement team disproportionally pull over African American drivers for minor traffic violations, under the assumption they're involved in gang activity.

Everything About This is Tragic: The boy captured hugging a Portland cop in a viral 2014 photo lost his parents and three of his siblings in a fatal car wreck Monday. Fifteen-year-old Devonte Hart and two other siblings, who were also suspected to be in the car at the time, have yet to be found near the crash site on the California coast.

Today in 'Who Doesn't Work in the White House Anymore?': President Trump has scrapped the White House's Veteran Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and replaced him with the president's personal doctor. Yup, you heard that right. The guy who told reporters that Trump's health is "excellent" and doesn't have "any issues whatsoever with his thought process," will be charged of solving the country's numerous veteran issues. Dr. Ronny Jackson has never been a veteran himself, but is an active-duty admiral in the Navy.

No, it's tragically not this guy.


AND THEN: Shulkin fired back in a New York Times editorial, warning the public of Trump's interest in privatizing the VA. He ended in a blaze of sass: "As I prepare to leave government, I am struck by a recurring thought: It should not be this hard to serve your country."

#Suspicious: So, it turns out Michigan State University paid a public relations firm more than $500,000 in January to track social media activity around the Larry Nassar case (the MSU physician and former USA Gymnastics doctor accused with molesting at least 250 girls). It's still unclear why the university hired the firm, but it's definitely a big enough chunk of money to start asking questions.

Just Try and Remix This: R. Kelly should have had his "#MeToo" moment more than a decade ago. Like Chris Brown, Kelly's been one of those accused abusers who've somehow dodged the public evisceration that should always come with abusing women. Or, in Kelly's case, girls. In a new BBC documentary, one of Kelly's former girlfriends details the R&B artist's "sex dungeon," and his interest in "training" underage girls to be one of his sex "pets." CAN WE PLEASE HOLD THIS DUDE ACCOUNTABLE.

Let the People Decide: Ireland's Senate has voted to put the future of its extremely restrictive abortion law in the hands of the public. On May 25, Irish voters will decide whether or not the country should repeal the country's eighth amendment, which "acknowledges the right to life of the unborn."

France Mourns: A French judge has ruled that the stabbing death of an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor in her home was motivated by anti-Semitism. The murder has sparked massive marches and memorials across France, where Jewish residents have increasingly become a target of violent hate crimes.

Fatal Fire in Venezuela: A fire in a Venezuela jail have left 64 people dead, the majority of them prisoners. Officials believe the fire was started intentionally, in the midst of a prison riot (which have become common in overcrowded, understaffed Venezuelan jails).

And now, here's the weather report for Nashville brought to you by a Kindergartner. WORTH IT I PROMISE.