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Let the river run! An image created by artists Shelby David and Crystal Schenk that depicts the Salmon Run sculpture for the Oregon Coast Aquarium’s new lobby. In March 2024, a brand-new Salmon Run sculpture will greet visitors to Newport’s Oregon Coast Aquarium, supported by an Oregon Cultural Trust grant award. Designed by Portland-based artists Shelby Davis and Crystal Schenk, the Salmon Run “river” will be constructed out of blue copper mesh and hang from the lobby’s vaulted ceilings. While providing visitors with a warm welcome to the aquarium, the Salmon Run will also serve as an educational tool. Since…

by AI | 20.Jun 2025 | Europe in brief AI The European Commission decided on Friday to exclude Chinese companies from public contracts for medical equipment exceeding 5 million euros. The airport staff unloads cargo from an Antonov 124 of the Russian airline Volga-Dnepr Airlines carrying 10 million masks ordered by France from China, at Paris-Vatry Airport in Bussy-Lettre, in eastern France, on March 30, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic (Photo: FRANÇOIS NASCIMBENI / AFP) Brussels – Acting in retaliation to restrictions affecting European firms in the Chinese market, the Commission plans to ban Chinese companies from selling health materials…

NY Fed, St. Louis Fed, GS tracking: Figure 1: GDP as reported (black), May Survey of Professional Forecasters (tan), GDPNow of 6/18 (light blue square), NY Fed of 6/20 (chartreuse +), St Louis Fed News (green circle), Goldman Sachs of 6/20 (red triangle), all in bn. ch.2017$ SAAR. Source: BEA 2025Q1 2nd release, Philadelphia Fed, Atlanta Fed, NY Fed, St. Louis Fed, Goldman Sachs, and author’s calculations. This entry was posted on June 20, 2025 by Menzie Kent.

Paris Saint-Germain and The Weeknd have deepened their creative partnership with the launch of a full clothing line titled “PSG x XO: Beyond Limits. Beyond Borders.”Building on their 2023 collaboration, the new drop includes a limited-edition version of PSG’s 2025/26 home shirt, which debuted as the Champions League holders beat Atlético Madrid 4–0 in their Club World Cup opener. The kit features a bold red XO logo, the symbol of The Weeknd’s label, placed on the shirt’s back, just below each players’ numbers. Inside the ‘O’ sits a football adorned with the Eiffel Tower – a symbol of the fusion…

enTaiko of Portland received a $20,000 FY2024 Cultural Trust grant award to support an inclusive, multi-sensory concert experience for deaf and hearing audiences. Salem, Ore. – Oregonians investing in the Cultural Tax Credit contributed more than $5.4 million to support arts, heritage and humanities nonprofits in 2023, the Oregon Cultural Trust announced today. The total, which represents a 3.5 percent increase over calendar year 2022, will fund grant awards to cultural organizations across the state this summer and continue to build the Cultural Trust’s permanent fund, now valued at more than $31 million. “We are inspired by the generosity of…

Last summer, the Warriors aimed to land a star and pursued a sign-and-trade for Paul George, but he opted out and signed with the Sixers. They then targeted power forward Lauri Markkanen, but he extended with the Utah Jazz and became ineligible for a trade. After missing out, Golden State pivoted to adding strong role […] The post Looking ahead: Warriors’ 2025 offseason outlook appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico on Thursday morning. Direct Relief Mexico Manager Jonathan Mangotich joins FOX Weather to talk about the ongoing efforts to aid the people of Mexico after Erick. SAN MARCOS, Mexico – A 1-year-old baby boy is the first confirmed death from Hurricane Erick, after the Category 3 hurricane made landfall on the southwestern coast of Mexico Thursday morning.The child drowned in a swollen river near the city of San Marcos, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said during a news conference on Friday. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Hurricane Erick came onshore in the southern Mexico…

Mounting evidence that Vance Boelter — the man charged with murder in connection with an attack on Minnesota state lawmakers — was politically right-leaning and had no close ties to the state’s governor hasn’t ended conservatives’ online speculation about Boelter’s connection to Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. Conservative influencers first seized on Walz’s 2019 reappointment of Boelter to a state board to promote baseless claims that Walz was implicated in the attack on state Rep. Melissa Hortman and state Sen. John Hoffman and their spouses. Now, some online personalities said Walz tried to erase evidence of past praise for Boelter. Without…

We often hear that the American dream is no longer achievable for a large fraction of Americans. Some of the people who make that claim go on to advocate more government regulation and spending to help restore the dream. But what if the American dream is alive and well, and what if current government intervention is making it less well than it could be? In his new book, Crushing Capitalism: How Populist Policies Are Threatening the American DreamCato Institute economist Norbert J. Michel raises those questions. To answer them, he lays out massive amounts of data that show things are…

The Blues have now won and lost in the Club World Cup.