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Truck driver arrested for suspected DUI over Oregon crash that left seven dead

The crash occured on I-5 in Marion County, south of Portland

The Independent UK

On abortion, Democrats take a risk on repeal of parental notification laws

Illinois repealed parental notification in 2021. Bills to repeal these laws are being introduced in Minnesota, Oregon, Michigan and elsewhere, and it’s creating a divide in the party, S.E. Cupp writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dolphins Wire UDFA Player Profile: Oregon S Bennett Williams

There seems to be a pipeline from Oregon to South Florida.

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Three Oregon senators become ineligible for re-election under Measure 113 as the legislative walkout continues

On May 15, three senators involved with the walkout—Daniel Bonham (R), Dennis Linthicum (R), and Brian Boquist (I)—accrued their 10th unexcused absences, a threshold making them ineligible to be re-elected to a subsequent term under Measure 113, a ballot measure Oregon voters approved in 2022.

Ballotpedia

Punishing heatwave grips Pacific north-west as wildfires rage in western Canada

Temperatures pushed past 90F (32C) with forecasters warning they would remain 20-30 degrees higher than average this week

The Guardian - US

Extended boycott disqualifies 2 GOP senators, 1 independent in Oregon Senate from being reelected

Republicans and an independent senator in the Oregon Senate stretched their walkout to 10 days, triggering a new constitutional provision that prohibits lawmakers with 10 or more unexcused absences from being reelected

The Independent UK

The Supreme Court outlawed split juries, but hundreds remain in prison anyway

In 2020, the Supreme Court struck down laws that allowed people in Louisiana and Oregon to be convicted even if two jurors voted not guilty. Despite the ruling, some of them may never get a new trial.

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An unusually early heat wave in the Pacific Northwest is testing records

An early heat wave took hold Saturday in parts of the Pacific Northwest, with temperatures nearing or breaking records in some areas and heat advisories in place through Monday.

WEKU

Unusual early heatwave set to sweep Pacific north-west of US

Record-breaking temperatures expected as National Weather Service issues heat advisory for parts of Oregon and Washington

The Guardian - US

Unusually early heat wave in Pacific Northwest could break records

An unusually early heat wave is expected to start Saturday and last through Monday in parts of the Pacific Northwest

The Independent UK

‘Swastika Mountain’ in Oregon gets a new name

The mountain’s name change was approved in mid-April after residents petitioned to have it changed

The Independent UK

Oregon Republican boycott threatens key bills on abortion and gun control

Walkout lasting more than a week has thrown statehouse into disarray and jeopardized Democrats’ legislative agenda

The Guardian - US

Early heat wave in Pacific Northwest could break records

An early May heat wave this weekend could surpass daily records in parts of the Pacific Northwest

The Independent UK

GOP boycott in Oregon threatens abortion, transgender bills and protesters' own political careers

A boycott by Republican state senators in Oregon threatens to derail dozens of bills, including on gun control and abortion rights, as a deadline looms that could also upend the protesters’ political futures

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Guitar World

The worlds of reverb and tremolo come crashing together in Catalinbread's new Tremol8 pedal

The Portland, Oregon firm's answer to the Strymon Flint and Fender Tre-Verb was inspired by the Fender Showman, but also features a wide variety of other tremolo/'verb effects, with plenty of tweakability, to boot

The Independent UK

Amazon to receive $1 billion in tax breaks in eastern Oregon for new data centers

Officials in a rural county in northeastern Oregon have voted to give tax breaks worth an estimated $1 billion to Amazon for five more data centers there

Ballotpedia

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #60

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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Oregon bans PFAS in food containers

Lawmakers say the legislation was “a long time coming"

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Swastika Mountain is renamed Mount Halo in honor of a historical tribal leader

The mountain in Oregon and a nearby town, no longer in existence, were named Swastika more than 100 years ago after a local ranch that bore the same name.

The Independent UK

Man convicted of killing corrections director fully freed

A man who spent nearly three decades in prison for the 1989 killing of Oregon’s prisons director has been granted his full freedom

Daily Mirror

Terrifying fanged cannibal fish found washed up on beach leaves experts baffled

Several longnose lancetfish have been discovered washed up on a beach in Oregon, USA, leading to investigations by experts to find why they left their usual home 3,300ft under water

The Independent UK

For far-right activist, lawsuit becomes one-sided standoff

A far-right activist best known for his showdowns with federal law enforcement in Oregon and Nevada is now waging a one-sided standoff of a different kind in Idaho

USA Today Sports Media Group

Photos of 2023’s 80th overall pick DJ Johnson

23 photos of 2023's 80th overall pick DJ Johnson

The Independent UK

'Freaky-looking' fanged fishes found on Oregon beaches

Several scaleless fish with fanged jaws and huge eyes known as lancetfish have washed up along a roughly 200-mile stretch of Oregon coastline, and it’s unclear why

LiveScience

Elusive cannibal fish from the twilight zone are washing up on Oregon beaches and no one knows why

Oregon State Parks said several lancetfish have washed up on beaches in recent weeks in a highly unusual spate of strandings.

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