GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! You don’t know what you’ll do until you’re put under pressure, 110th Street is a hell of a tester. LET’S GO TO PRESS.

A mix of snow and rain had Portlanders flipping their wigs yesterday. You can decide how you feel about that.

Local activist Joe Walsh is sick of being kicked out of Portland city council meetings, so he’s taking his case to federal court.

Thank god for CJ McCollum who took the Blazers to a 98-94 win against the Sacramento Kings.

A mini-Hollywood Theatre will be opening and showing mini-movies at the Portland International Airport.

Even more trouble for the Chicago police, after cops accidentally kill a grandmother and a 19-year-old black man during a domestic dispute call.

Storms, floods, and tornadoes kill at least 41 people during Christmas time in central and southern states.

Abstract painter and sculptor Ellsworth Kelly has died at the age of 92.

Bernie Sanders has an interesting plan to win the presidency—by winning the support of Trump backers.

Japan’s prime minister offers “sincere apologies” to South Korea for using tens of thousands women as wartime sex slaves.

Iraqi officials say that government forces have seized a critical government complex in Ramadi from ISIS militants.

More $$$$ for Disney as Star Wars: The Force Awakens clears the $1 billion mark.

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is calling BAAAA-LONEY on accusations that he took HGH (human growth hormones).

Now what about this WEATHER we’ve been having: Scattered showers in the morning with a drying trend through tomorrow (oh, and a high in the low 40s).

And finally, ’tis the season for “Christmas videos gone wrong.” Here’s one depicting a woman trying to do a handstand on a hoverboard-self-balancing-scooter-thing-whatever. The result is exactly what you expect.

Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.)

One reply on “Good Morning, News: Snow Panic/Rejoicing, More Chicago Cop Woes, an Bernie Sanders Milks Trump”

  1. How many years will Japan still have to apologize to Korea – over incidents that occurred 70 plus years ago?
    Do we hear yearly apologies from Germany over the much greater horror Holocaust?
    I realize many of the Comfort Women are still alive, and that my views may be affected by my love of Japan (and of things Korean too), but
    I’m getting rather tired of Korea demanding a new apology every few years.

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