Date: 03/17/2016 04:00 AM
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Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) – Nike Inc. has unveiled its first self-lacing sneaker – it allows users to make the fit looser or snugger by pressing buttons on the side of the shoe. The world’s largest sportswear brand, based in Beaverton, Oregon, unveiled the sneaker along with a host of other innovations Wednesday at a media event in New York. The innovations come as Nike is digging deeper into personalization and focusing on hitting the $50 billion revenue goal by 2020. The self-lacing sneaker will be out starting the holiday season and will only be available for members of its loyalty Nike+ app.
LAS VEGAS (AP) -Four co-defendants pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges stemming from an armed standoff with government agents outside Nevada cattleman Cliven Bundy’s ranch two years ago. A magistrate judge postponed arraignment until Monday for one of the Nevada rancher’s adult sons, Mel Bundy. Gregory Burleson, Micah McGuire, Joseph O’Shaughnessy and Jason David Woods each had a lawyer appointed for him, and each pleaded not guilty to charges including conspiracy, assault, obstruction, weapon possession and threatening federal officers.
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (AP) – Authorities say two people were shot multiple times in a home on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Warm Springs police received reports of a shooting Wednesday morning. Police found two adults shot inside the home. Two other adults were inside unharmed. FBI officials in Portland say a 34-year-old woman was taken by helicopter to a Bend hospital. She was in critical condition Wednesday.
GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) – Police have arrested a woman in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed her husband in Gresham. Police say 48-year-old Jennifer Ann Lowery was booked into Multnomah County Detention Center on a manslaughter charge Wednesday. She’s being held on $250,000 bail.
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