January 26, 2022 Oregon child rapist sentenced to 27 years in prison Anthony Dewey who repeatedly raped and abused a child in Oregon and Washington state and placed a hidden camera to capture video of another child using a bathroom has been sentenced to 27 years in prison.
January 26, 2022 Oregon’s progressive Gov. Brown's clemency push comes amid spike in violent crime With violent crime on the rise in big cities around the country, Oregon’s progressive governor is pioneering the power of executive clemency, prompting an outcry from prosecutors in her state charged with putting dangerous criminals behind bars.
January 25, 2022 Mayor of Oregon town denies knowing ex-NYT columnist running for governor who claims it as home Former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is being shunned by some residents of Yamhill Oregon, the town he claims as his home, including its mayor, who says she has never met him in person or seen him at any town events.
January 25, 2022 Six charged with smuggling weapons, ammo to violent Mexican drug cartel Six people have been charged in connection with providing one of Mexico's most dangerous and violent drug cartels with high-powered firearms and ammunition, including .50-caliber, armor-piercing bullets, the Justice Department said Monday.
January 25, 2022 Oregon lawsuit decries Democrat governor’s clemency push as unlawful after nearly 1,000 convicts freed Two Oregon district attorneys and the families of three murder victims have filed a lawsuit against Democratic Gov. Kate Brown over her approach to granting clemency – arguing that it’s against the law.
January 22, 2022 Oregon Christmas killer could go free after just 14 years of 25 to life sentence if Gov. Brown grants clemency Dale Rost III was a father of five from Oregon when he went out to walk his dog just before Christmas in 2005 and encountered a couple of meth-fueled thugs who forced him to strip naked and tied him up.
January 15, 2022 Massive volcano eruption recorded from space, triggers West Coast tsunami warning A tsunami last hit the U.S. West Coast in 2011 following an incredible 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan.
January 15, 2022 Oregon shooting at Lil Bean-Zay Bang concert sends 6 to hospital, authorities say Gunfire at a Eugene, Oregon, concert featuring rappers Lil Bean and Zay Bang sent at least six people to a hospital Friday night, authorities said.
January 14, 2022 Biometric data at US airports calls for tighter controls, senators from both parties say In a letter to CBP earlier this week, two U.S. senators called for authorities to allow Americans to opt out of facial recognition at airports.
January 14, 2022 COVID-19 may be blocked by cannabis compounds, study says Compounds found in hemp may prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from entering human cells, according to a new study published in the Journal of Natural Products.