Oregon Bootleg Fire, nation’s largest, keeps doubling in size
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Portland riots: Justice Department considered pursuing charges against city officials in violent unrest
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DOJ officials were looking at the way Portland officials, ‘were handling, or not handling,’ the riots and violence. The Justice Department explored possible criminal or civil charges against local officials in Portland, Ore., after weeks of clashes between federal law enforcement and violent protesters, spokeswoman Kerri … Read More
Talking Heads Finally Accept Reality of Riots — Only to Pin Blame on White Nationalists and Russians
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Rioters make a barricade in Portland, Ore., August 23, 2020. (Terray Sylvester/Reuters) Others have continued to argue it doesn’t exist or has been blown out of proportion. After months of daily unrest and violent crime surges in major American cities, some … Read More
Oregon wildfires: Half a million people flee dozens of infernos
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More than 10% of Oregon’s population are fleeing, according to the Oregon Office of Emergency Management – Reuters More than half a million people in the US state of Oregon are fleeing deadly wildfires that are raging across the Pacific … Read More
Violence in Portland after far-right groups rally
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The Proud Boys and other far-right groups rally in downtown Portland, Oregon on Aug. 22 for the second Saturday in a row. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Federal authorities intervened after clashes between armed far-right groups, some with “ties to fascist” … Read More
Portland mayor tear-gassed by federal agents, riot declared
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Wheeler had joined protesters downtown earlier in the evening for a listening session where he thanked them for opposing the Trump administration’s “occupation” of the city in the deployment of federal agents A riot was declared in Portland just after midnight Thursday morning … Read More
Epic Gridlock: Winter storm creates 115-mile backup along snow-clogged I-5 in Oregon
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EUGENE, Ore. — There is traffic gridlock… And then there are backups that stretch for 115 miles. Nearly a foot of heavy, wet snow fell around the Eugene and southern Willamette Valley area Monday, toppling trees and power lines across … Read More
California wildfires: Satellite imagery reveals shocking blanket of thick smoke over western US
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New satellite imagery reveals thick blankets of smoke over California and Oregon from the raging wildfires that have incinerated hundreds of thousands of acres across the U.S. this summer. Persistent, record-breaking heat and an extremely dry landscape set the stage … Read More