PORTLAND POLICE SHOOTING Portland officer says he warned teen not to reach for waist (Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland police officer who fatally shot a 17-year-old boy last month testified that he warned the teen several times to keep his hands away from […]

  OREGON IMMIGRANT ARREST ‘Dreamer’ immigrant in Oregon detained by US authorities PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Activists say a 25-year-old man who had been allowed to stay in the U.S. because he was brought into the country as a child has been detained by immigration agents. Immigration lawyer Stephen Manning […]

  NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING-GUILTY Man guilty in 2013 murder outside Portland nightclub PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 26-year-old man has been found guilty of murder in the shooting of a man outside a Portland nightclub. The Portland Police Bureau said in a news release that a Multnomah County jury on Thursday […]

  UO LAWSUIT-PROFESSOR UO professor sues school over gender discrimination (Information from: The Register-Guard, http://www.registerguard.com) EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The University of Oregon has been hit with a lawsuit by one of its psychology professors over claims that she is being paid substantially less than several of her less-experienced male […]

  JAIL DEATH Jailed man who attempted suicide dies at hospital HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a man who was jailed in Hillsboro has died at a hospital after attempting to kill himself. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that 36-year-old Ryan Freeman was found […]