Oregon, a hotbed of extremism, seeks to curb paramilitaries SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge. Over 100 straight days of racial justice protests that turned downtown Portland into a battleground. A violent breach of the state Capitol. Clashes between gun-toting right-wingers and leftist militants. Over the past decade, Oregon experienced the sixth-highest number of extremist incidents in the […]
Report: 119K people hurt by riot-control weapons … More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from “less lethal” impact projectiles, according to a report released Wednesday.
Report: 119K people hurt by riot-control weapons … SALEM, Ore. (AP) — More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from “less lethal” impact projectiles, according to a report released Wednesday. Physicians for Human Rights and the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations, which produced the report, […]
Stumptown Fil vs Punxsutawney Phil: Will there be … The Oregon Zoo’s own Groundhog Day rodent Stumptown Fil agrees with Punxsutawney Phil this year: six more weeks of winter.
Start the countdown: 6 months until ‘last major’ … Oregon, prepare to see the ring of fire. An annular eclipse will cross the United States from Oregon to Texas six months from Friday.
Portland Thorns’ Christine Sinclair has been on same … Portland was the only place Christine Sinclair ever wanted to play.
5 NWSL players have been with the same team all 11 … Portland was the only place Christine Sinclair ever wanted to play. When the National Women’s Soccer League launched in 2013, it was natural that Sinclair would gravitate to the Portland Thorns; she won a pair of NCAA titles at the University of Portland and she had a home in the Rose City. Eleven seasons later, […]
Ex-WSU football player drops lawsuit against ex-coach Washington State University football player Kassidy Woods filed a federal lawsuit against his controversial coach over COVID policy, the racial justice movement and a secretly recorded phone conversation. Now he dropped the suit.
Woman’s stolen car sold to a dealership, shipped … A stolen car in the Portland Metro area was sold to a used car dealership in Portland only to later be sold to someone in Hawaii – and no one was the wiser
Healthcare workers demand better working conditions … Plans are moving forward in the legislature to tackle Oregon’s healthcare staffing crisis. House Bill 2697 would require hospitals to make staffing plans to improve frontline working conditions.
