SALEM, Oregon (AP) – Heather Griggs puts a phone to her ear in a makeshift office in the small courthouse that once served as a jail in rural Pendleton, a place best known for its annual rodeo. Her confident tone hides her tiredness when she tells the person on the …
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Friday against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Marshals Service after agents deployed to quell the protests in Portland, Oregon. The ACLU lawsuit seeks to prevent federal police from dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, or using physical force …
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The number of deaths carefully followed by COVID-19 may not fully capture the loss of life during the pandemic. Analysis of state and federal statistics for all-cause deaths shows hundreds of additional deaths above normal levels this spring in the Pacific Northwest. Some or many of them may overlook COVID-19 …
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It seems like 2020 lasted a lifetime, but do you remember when the United States came together to fight the common enemy that was The Plastic bag? Cities around the world enacted bans and embarrassed anyone who dared to carry anything inside one. Those with pets were the most affected …
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Seven white men were arrested for allegedly making Nazi salutes and shouting racial slurs at a black family celebrating Independence Day on an Oregon beach, police said Sunday. The seven, from Clark County, Washington, were part of a larger “highly intoxicated” group that harassed the family July 4 in Lincoln …
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