Date: 03/10/2015 09:09 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A U.S. senator says an Oregon woman jailed in Japan because she shipped in a medication containing amphetamine has been released from a Japanese detention center. Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden announced Carrie Russell’s release last night. Japanese authorities took her into custody on Feb. 20 after she shipped herself the medication Adderall as part of her prescribed treatment for attention deficit disorder.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – The nurse who refused to be quarantined after treating Ebola patients in West Africa is leaving Maine. Kaci Hickox says she’s accepted a position with a health care system in Oregon. Hickox made national news last fall when she defied state-imposed quarantines in New Jersey and Maine after she returned from Sierra Leone, where she treated Ebola patients.
GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) – Police in Gresham say a 15-year-old Portland boy accused of attempted murder has been arrested in a weekend gang-related shooting. The Oregonian reports that police say the victim in the Sunday evening shooting is expected to recover. The teen was booked into juvenile detention.
WEST LINN, Ore. (AP) – Police in West Linn say two people have been taken to a hospital after a car crashed into a noodle shop. Witnesses say the woman driving appeared to be suffering from a medical emergency before the crash yesterday afternoon. Police say she was taken to a hospital in critical condition. A woman inside the business was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
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