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Boarding in Jordan

Locally produced documentary, “7 Hills,” shows peace at the skatepark
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

A statistic floats by early on in local filmmaker Jesse Locke’s new documentary, “7 Hills,” which brings a shock to the system. The country of Jordan has 67,600 displaced humans from Iraq, 671,579 from Syria, 14,457 from Yemen, 793 from Somalia and 6,146 from Sudan. That’s close to 1/10th of the population of the entire country. […]

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What in the World: An Oregon teen contracts bubonic plague, the U.S. is sending troops to Syria, and a look at where uninsured Americans live

Corinne Boyer

An Crook County, Oregon teen contracted bubonic plague after being bit by a flea on a recent camping trip. Eight people in Oregon have been diagnosed with bubonic plague since 1995. Wild rodents and fleas carry plague. In 2012, a Prineville man contracted plague from a domestic cat. (OPB, KTVZ) The U.S. will send ground […]

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