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
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 Kupec told Fox News. Kupec declined to comment on whether the department ultimately will bring charges….
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Talking Heads Finally Accept Reality of Riots — Only to Pin Blame on White Nationalists and Russians
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 media figures finally felt compelled to ditch the “mostly peaceful” canard and discuss the violence…
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Oregon wildfires: Half a million people flee dozens of infernos
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 Northwest, authorities say. Fanned by unusually hot, dry winds, dozens of fires are sweeping the…
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Violence in Portland after far-right groups rally
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” organizations, and anti-racism protesters near the Justice Center in downtown Portland, Oregon, saw rocks, mace…
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Portland mayor tear-gassed by federal agents, riot declared
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 after Mayor Ted Wheeler’s tense visit with protesters— where he was booed, told to resign, given…
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Epic Gridlock: Winter storm creates 115-mile backup along snow-clogged I-5 in Oregon
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 I-5 in the area. As a result, a 94-mile stretch of the freeway was closed…
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California wildfires: Satellite imagery reveals shocking blanket of thick smoke over western US
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 for the Carr Fire—one of the most dangerous infernos that has claimed six lives and…
