QUICK HITS

1 Wrongful death settlement:

Portland, Oregon, will pay more than $2 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit arising from the police killing of a Black teenager in 2017, but family members of Quanice Hayes say they are still upset that the officer who pulled the trigger was not disciplined. A grand jury found no criminal wrongdoing by Officer Andrew Hearst, who fired three shots at Hayes on Feb. 9, 2017, while investigating an armed robbery.

Search on for crew member: A 2 rescue operation is underway in the Black Sea after a coal cargo ship sank, leaving two people dead and one missing, authorities said Thursday. The ship had a 13-member crew on board when it left the port city of Rostovon-don on Saturday and was expected to reach Romania’s port city of Constanta on Thursday.

Severe snowstorm forecast: 3

Parts of the High Plains and Rockies are bracing for a severe snowstorm with multiple feet of accumulation this weekend. Some locations could see their biggest snowstorm on record in an event that is expected to last from tonight through most of Sunday.

4 Myanmar report: An independent U.N. rights expert on Thursday cited “credible reports” that Myanmar security forces have killed at least 70 people. He upbraided the U.N. Security Council for a “wholly insufficient” response. Thomas Andrews, an expert focusing on Myanmar, also said the number of arbitrary detentions since the Feb. 1 coup had topped 2,000 as of Wednesday night.

5 Governor signs transgender sports ban: Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Thursday to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls or women’s teams. Mississippi is the first state this year to enact such a ban. It is set to become law July 1, although a legal challenge is possible.

Tara Midha, a junior at Campbell High School, is bringing some cheer to children and seniors in medical care despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Her 5-year-old golden retriever, Adi, is a licensed therapy dog. Before the pandemic, the two used to visit the Atria Mableton senior living community.

They’ve had Zoom meetings since then, but the 17-year-old came up with another way for Adi to make people happy: books with photos of the dog and some of her story.

She wants to send them to senior living residents and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta patients.

“For kids, picture books are way more interesting than words, and also at the senior living center that we visit, I know some residents weren’t able to see very well, so we decided to cater toward that,” Midha said.

Pictures from the book show Adi wearing pajamas, resting and getting belly rubs from her owner.

Midha and her family decided early on that Adi was a good fit for therapy, she said.

“As she grew with us and we were training her, we realized she had a really good temperament, so we figured this would be a way to give back to the community,” she said. “She seems to love it.”

Midha hopes to raise $3,000 to print 200 “The Story of Adi” books, according to her Gofundme page. To donate, go to gofundme. com/f/the-story-of-adi.