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OR mom ‘letting a big breath out’ after driver arrested in connection to deadly accident

Click here for updates on this story     GRESHAM, Oregon (KPTV) — An arrest has been made in a deadly pedestrian accident in Gresham. Gresham police said they arrested 20-year-old Cameron King Thursday, two months after the accident off Northwest Eastman Parkway. The mother of nine-year-old Baylei Martins-Read, who was killed, is reacting to the arrest.

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Asian American history is American history. These AAPI leaders transformed the US for generations to come

Imagine getting through this pandemic without Zoom. Or not having any days off work, toiling seven days a week with no overtime pay. Asian Americans have improved the lives of fellow Americans in countless ways. But some of the biggest contributions don’t end up in history books. Here’s how five Asian Americans of different ethnicities

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There’s a database whose mission is to stop problematic police officers from hopping between departments. But many agencies don’t know it exists

When a police officer leaves their department because of misconduct, there’s no easy public way for people to know if they’re rehired elsewhere in law enforcement. One of the most notable recent cases was Timothy Loehmann, the former Ohio officer who shot and killed Tamir Rice in 2014. Loehmann was fired from the Cleveland police

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