(PRO TIP: If you despise being "the last to know," then be one of the first to know by signing up for Mercury newsletters! All the latest stories shipped directly to your email's in-box... and then... YOUR HEAD.) * Portland Officers Who Clashed With Anti-ICE Protesters Identified Officer who was filmed punching a protester on January 9 was previously named in a lawsuit stemming from a 2020 protest. Another officer was reassigned after recent remarks made on camera triggered complaints and internal review.
We know of at least one link between slain Laney College Athletic Director John Beam and his alleged killer Cedric Irving Jr. It's unclear if the two ever overlapped on a football fielf, but Beam taught a class at Laney in 2022 that Irving was enrolled in. [Chronicle] Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has resigned from his seat on the board of OpenAI, following revelations about his extended involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.