Oregon Votes To Decriminalize Hard Drugs

Oregon Votes To Decriminalize Hard Drugs

On Tuesday, Oregon became the first state in the United States to decriminalize the possession of hard drugs and legalize the use of hallucinogenic mushrooms for therapeutic purposes. The new laws were approved by public vote, as reported by BBC News. According to the current state law, people caught in possession of hard drugs, such […]

Portland Police Deputized As Federal Officers As Far-Right Proud Boys Move Into City

Portland Police Deputized As Federal Officers As Far-Right Proud Boys Move Into City

The Proud Boys descended on Portland, Oregon Saturday, and local police prepared for conflict by ramping up their authority. As the Oregonian reported, dozens of police were deputized as federal marshals, and state Gov. Kate Brown declared a state of emergency in anticipation of confrontations between the far-right group and left-wing counter-protesters. State Police Supt. […]

Domingo Lopez Jr. Accused Of Deliberately Starting Oregon Brush Fire With Molotov Cocktail

Domingo Lopez Jr. Accused Of Deliberately Starting Oregon Brush Fire With Molotov Cocktail

An Oregon man is accused of deliberately starting brush fires with Molotov cocktails, KATU-TV wrote. Domingo Lopez, Jr. reportedly admitted to starting a series of small fires that authorities contained quickly. On Sunday, firefighters were alerted to reports of brush burning along a stretch of Interstate 205 that runs through the outer reaches of the […]

Portland Officials Warn Protesters That Fireworks, Molotov Cocktails Could Spark Out-Of-Control Fires

Portland Officials Warn Protesters That Fireworks, Molotov Cocktails Could Spark Out-Of-Control Fires

Authorities in Portland, Oregon, are warning protesters that some of the devices used in demonstrations, such as Molotov cocktails and fireworks, could spark fires while the state is bedeviled by dry and windy conditions. As KATU News reported, protests have occurred almost nightly in the city since the death of George Floyd on May 25 […]

World’s Last Blockbuster To Host Special ‘End Of Summer Sleepover’ Through Airbnb

World’s Last Blockbuster To Host Special ‘End Of Summer Sleepover’ Through Airbnb

The world’s last Blockbuster, located in Bend, Oregon, has been listed on Airbnb by manager Sandi Harding as part of a special “end of summer sleepover.” She wants to show her appreciation to the local community that has helped keep it afloat, according to an official Airbnb press release released on Tuesday. Harding wants to […]

Donald Trump Says Federal Troops May Stay In Portland After Governor Announces Withdrawal

Donald Trump Says Federal Troops May Stay In Portland After Governor Announces Withdrawal

President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Thursday that federal troops would not be leaving Portland just hours after Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced that they would be. “Kate Brown, Governor of Oregon, isn’t doing her job. She must clear out, and in some cases arrest, the Anarchists & Agitators in Portland. If she can’t […]

Fox News Cuts Away As White House Shows Profanity-Laced, ‘Propagandalike’ Video Of Portland Protests

Fox News Cuts Away As White House Shows Profanity-Laced, ‘Propagandalike’ Video Of Portland Protests

Fox News cut away from a live White House briefing on Friday and as the administration began to show a violent and profanity-laced video of protests taking place in Portland, Oregon. Business Insider, which described the clip as “propagandalike,” noted that the cable news outlet interrupted its live coverage of the White House press event […]

Donald Trump Appears To Mock Portland Mayor Who Was Tear-Gassed At Protest: ‘They Knocked The Hell Out Of Him’

Donald Trump Appears To Mock Portland Mayor Who Was Tear-Gassed At Protest: ‘They Knocked The Hell Out Of Him’

Donald Trump appeared to mock Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler in a live interview on Thursday night, saying that federal law enforcement officers “knocked the hell out of him” at a protest this week. Speaking to Fox News host Sean Hannity, Trump spoke of his decision to dispatch a number of federal security forces to […]

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Tear-Gassed By Federal Agents At Protest

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Tear-Gassed By Federal Agents At Protest

Portland, Oregon Mayor Ted Wheeler appeared at a Black Lives Matter protest Wednesday night where he was first jeered by protesters and later tear-gassed by federal agents, AP News reports. Initially, people assembled near the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse in downtown Portland to call for Ted Wheeler to abolish police within the city and […]

Navy Veteran Chris David Says Unidentified Federal Agents In Portland Broke His Arm During Protest

Navy Veteran Chris David Says Unidentified Federal Agents In Portland Broke His Arm During Protest

Navy veteran Chris David alleged that unidentified federal officers broke his arm during a confrontation at a protest in Portland, Oregon, over the weekend, according to MSNBC. David appeared in a viral video that showed him approaching a group of officers to question them about upholding their oath to the constitution, he said. But after […]

Moms Form Human Shield Around Protesters In Portland Against Federal Agents

Moms Form Human Shield Around Protesters In Portland Against Federal Agents

In order to protect protesters in Portland, Oregon, from unidentified federal agents, a group of moms gathered together to form a human shield on Saturday night. Lindsey Smith, a preschool teacher-turned-journalist in Portland filmed video of a chain of moms gathered together in front of the federal courthouse in the downtown area chanting “Feds stay […]

Oregon Authorities Believe They Have Found The Remains Of Missing Woman, Allyson Watterson

Oregon Authorities Believe They Have Found The Remains Of Missing Woman, Allyson Watterson

Oregon authorities believe that the remains of missing woman Allyson Watterson may have been discovered. According to The Daily Mail, a property owner in North Plains contacted the police when they noticed something “unusual” while tending to the nearby brush. The article stated that the man who discovered what is believed to be Watterson’s body […]

Police In Salem, Oregon, Apologize After Video Shows Officer Telling Armed White Men How To Avoid Arrest

Police In Salem, Oregon, Apologize After Video Shows Officer Telling Armed White Men How To Avoid Arrest

The police department in Salem, Oregon, has issued an apology after a video showed an officer telling a group of armed white men how to avoid being arrested after curfew so it didn’t appear the department was “playing favorites.” As KGW8 reported, the viral video had been posted last week and drew outrage from community […]

Kitten Born With Two Faces Is Taking Social Media By Storm

Kitten Born With Two Faces Is Taking Social Media By Storm

A kitten in Oregon was born with a rare genetic quirk: two faces attached to one body. The adorable feline was born on Wednesday and has been named Biscuits and Gravy by her family. The baby cat’s siblings and mother are all doing well. Owner BJ King expressed his surprise at seeing the two-faced cat […]

Keanon Lowe, Coach Who Disarmed And Embraced Student, Will Receive The Congressional Medal Of Honor

Keanon Lowe, Coach Who Disarmed And Embraced Student, Will Receive The Congressional Medal Of Honor

Keanon Lowe, a 27-year-old high school football coach and former Oregon wide receiver, made headlines on May 17 of 2019 when he bravely stopped a school shooting and likely saved the lives of many students and staff members. Lowe approached a gun-wielding student, disarmed him, and then hugged him. He will now receive a Congressional […]

Oregon Woman Ashreana Scott Is Suing Chuck E. Cheese After Her Hair Got Stuck In A Ticket Machine

Oregon Woman Ashreana Scott Is Suing Chuck E. Cheese After Her Hair Got Stuck In A Ticket Machine

Oregon woman Ashreana Scott is suing Chuck E. Cheese for damages after her hair got caught in a ticketing machine for 20 minutes, reports People Magazine. Scott claims that in December 2019, she was feeding paper tickets into the machine at the Southeast Portland Chuck E. Cheese when it started eating her hair. She asserted […]

A Catfish Scammed An 80-Year-Old Oregon Man Out of $200,000 Using An Online Dating Service

A Catfish Scammed An 80-Year-Old Oregon Man Out of $200,000 Using An Online Dating Service

Oregon officials are warning people to be extra-cautious when talking to strangers online after discovering that an 80-year-old widower was swindled out of $200,000 by an unknown con artist, reports NBC News. According to the article, the victim had begun chatting with someone pretending to be a Florida woman on an online dating service. They […]

Portland Bank Employee Says She Was Fired For Helping A Customer On Christmas Eve With Her Own Money

Portland Bank Employee Says She Was Fired For Helping A Customer On Christmas Eve With Her Own Money

An employee of a U.S. Bank branch in Portland, Oregon, says that she was fired for going out of her way to help a customer down on his luck on Christmas Eve, The Oregonian reports. Emily James, a senior banker at a U.S. Bank call center in Portland, said that she got a call from […]

MMA Fighter Tara LaRosa Takes Down, Subdues Anti-Trump Protester At Veterans Day Event

MMA Fighter Tara LaRosa Takes Down, Subdues Anti-Trump Protester At Veterans Day Event

MMA fighter Tara LaRosa tackled and subdued an anti-Trump protester at a Veteran’s Day event in Portland, Oregon, suffering a bite to her chest in the process, Yahoo Sports reports. The incident happened on Sunday but is only now making the national news. On Sunday morning, a group of people had gathered near a busy […]

Oregon Man Sues Fertility Clinic For Using His Sperm To Father At Least 17 Children Without Telling Him

Oregon Man Sues Fertility Clinic For Using His Sperm To Father At Least 17 Children Without Telling Him

An Oregon man is suing a fertility clinic, alleging that they used his sperm to father at least 17 children without telling him, CBS News reports. Dr. Bryce Cleary said that, back in 1989, he donated some of his sperm to a clinic at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. He claimed that he […]

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