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A man is awarded a $4.4 million settlement after being racially profiled in Walmart

4:38pm August 25, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

In a lawsuit filed against the company, Michael Mangum says he was followed around a Walmart in Wood Village, Ore., by one of the store's asset protection associates.

A daughter holds her mother's hand and encourages her while sitting on a hospital bed.

Physician-assisted death in Oregon is no longer limited to just state residents

12:27pm March 30, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

Under a settlement reached in a federal lawsuit this week, terminally ill patients seeking physician-assisted death in Oregon are no longer required to be residents of the state.

A homeless camp is seen after a vehicle crashed into the camp, killing several people, on Sunday, in Salem, Ore.

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A driver who killed 4 homeless people in Oregon was drunk, a prosecutor says

11:37am March 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

Enrique Rodriguez Jr., 24, had roughly double the legal limit of alcohol in his blood when he allegedly plowed into a homeless encampment in Salem, Ore., early Sunday morning.

The front of WOW Hall in Eugene, Ore., is seen in a photo taken from Google Maps Street View. The hall was the site of a mass shooting on Friday.

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6 people have been injured in a mass shooting in Oregon

7:18am January 15, 2022

by Harrison Jacobs

The shooting took place shortly before 9:30 p.m. local time Friday outside the WOW Hall, a concert venue and non-profit community center in downtown Eugene.

A gray wolf in Oregon's northern Wallowa County in February 2017. Officials in Oregon are asking for help locating the person or persons responsible for poisoning an entire wolf pack in the eastern part of the state earlier this year.

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8 wolves were poisoned in Oregon. Police are asking for help finding who killed them

10:24am December 04, 2021

by The Associated Press

The animals, including an entire wolf pack, were found poisoned earlier this year. "All investigative leads have been exhausted," says Oregon State Police Capt. Stephanie Bigman.

A display at an Olympia Federal Savings branch shows a temperature of 107 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday in the early evening in Olympia, Wash.

The West Coast Heat Has Killed Dozens And Hospitalized More In Canada And The U.S.

6:41pm June 30, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Heat-related illnesses have sent hundreds of people to the ER across the region as temperatures hit unprecedented highs. British Columbia reported about 100 excess deaths from Friday to Monday.

Gwen Berry turned away from the U.S. flag during the national anthem at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials.

Gwen Berry Changed Olympic Trials Protest Rules Last Year And Is Still Protesting

6:15pm June 28, 2021

by Josie Fischels

The hammer throw competitor turned away from the flag during the national anthem on Saturday after she said she was told it wouldn't play when she was on the U.S. Olympic trials podium.

People jump from a pedestrian bridge at Lake Union Park in Seattle on Sunday as a record-setting heat wave blasts the Pacific Northwest.

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The Pacific Northwest Has Limited A/C, Making The Heat Wave More Dangerous

2:23pm June 28, 2021

by Scott Neuman

The brutal heat wave is worse for some residents in the region who live in areas where relatively mild summers have meant that many homes don't have air conditioners.

Federal law enforcement officers fire impact munitions and tear gas at protesters demonstrating against racism and police violence in front of the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse in Portland, Ore., on July 16, 2020. Through the end of 2020, the majori

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DOJ Uses Civil Rights-Era Law To Charge Protesters And Insurrectionists

8:04am May 22, 2021

by Conrad Wilson

Racial justice protesters and many who stormed the U.S. Capitol are being charged with civil disorder, under the 1968 Civil Obedience Act. Some argue that the law is unconstitutional.

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Rep. Mike Nearman, R-Polk County, chats with fellow representatives on the House floor on April 11, 2019, at the Capitol in Salem, Ore. He faces criminal charges after allowing far-right demonstrators to breach the state Capitol in December 2020.

Oregon Lawmaker Who Opened State Capitol To Far-Right Protesters Faces Charges

12:39pm May 01, 2021

Oregon state Rep. Mike Nearman, a Republican who allowed far-right demonstrators to breach the state Capitol in December, now faces charges of official misconduct and criminal trespass.