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U.S. states have taken legal action in an effort to expand abortion pill access. According to Reuters, attorneys general in 12 Democratic-led states are suing the Food and Drug Administration over the restricted distribution of mifepristone. The medication is part of a two-pill regimen that’s used to terminate pregnancies within the first 10 weeks. While the second […]
A man who was recently rescued by the Coast Guard after getting thrown from a stolen yacht as it capsized was wanted for allegedly leaving a fish on the porch of the Oregon house from The Goonies. As reported by CNN, the U.S. Coast Guard’s Pacific Northwest district released a video on Friday of the daring rescue, in which […]
An Oregon woman is accused of pushing a 3-year-old child off a platform and onto the train tracks in an unprovoked attack last week. Breanna Workman, 32, has been charged with first-degree attempted assault, third-degree assault, interfering with public transportation, second-degree disorderly conduct, and recklessly endangering another person, according to a press release from the Multnomah County […]
Phil Knight has chosen to back the Republican candidate in the tight Oregon governor race, Christine Drazan, who has also been outspoken about her anti-abortion views. According to The New York Times, he recently spoke about his decision to support her, despite Nike, which he co-founded, being a liberal-leaning company. When asked if being a […]
A man accused of starting multiple wildfires in Oregon is now behind bars. And it’s all thanks to quick-acting and incredibly gutsy residents. According to the Associated Press, Oregon officials had been searching for a man who allegedly ignited two fires Monday in a remote forested area of Curry County. An employee with the Bureau of Land Management […]
Four people are dead after a driver crashed his vehicle into a homeless camp in Salem, Oregon, CNN reports. According to a press release from the Salem Police Department, the incident occurred around 2 a.m. on Sunday. Two members of the camp were found dead at the scene, while four others were transported to Salem Health hospital […]
The expanding presence of sneakers and the sneaker industry in the NFT space continues with the launch of Division Street, a marketing agency co-founded by Tinker Hatfield, Phil Knight, and other University of Oregon alumni focused on developing NIL opportunities for Oregon student-athletes. The agency’s first NFT Collection, “Flying Formations,” is a limited-edition series of 120 […]
America’s weirdest city joins forces with Canada’s weirdest chef. Travel Portland has recruited Matty Matheson to star in a new campaign encouraging people to visit the Oregon city, which has seen a dip in tourism due to continued unrest and rising crime. The nonprofit that oversees the city’s tourism marketing received mixed reactions last June when it […]
News of the “study finds” variety is, at best, a speculative experience we’d surely all be better off with much less of in our lives. The risk of (even unintentionally) parroting a misleading and/or over-condensed interpretation of something that should be presented in the most nuanced manner possible is often quite high, particularly in the […]
For the first time ever, student athletes at the University of Oregon will be allowed to turn the cultural cachet of their exclusive sneakers into actual currency. This week, 100 pairs of the new Oregon Ducks version of the Air Jordan 8 tied to the school’s football team went up for auction. All of the money […]
