Today is Wednesday, April 24, the 115th day of 2024. There are 251 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On April 24, 1995, the final bomb linked to the Unabomber exploded inside the Sacramento, California, offices of a lobbying group for the wood products industry, killing chief lobbyist Gilbert[Read More…]

Today is Wednesday, April 17, the 108th day of 2024. There are 258 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On April 17, 1961, some 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple Fidel Castro, whose forces crushed the incursion[Read More…]

Today is Wednesday, April 10, the 101st day of 2024. There are 265 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On April 10, 1912, the British liner RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, bound for New York on its ill-fated maiden voyage.On this date:In 1866, the American Society for[Read More…]

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek on Monday signed into law a bill that recriminalizes the possession of small amounts of drugs, ending a first-in-the-nation experiment with decriminalization that was hobbled by implementation issues.The new law rolls back a 2020 voter-approved measure by making so-called personal use[Read More…]

Today is Wednesday, April 3, the 94th day of 2024. There are 272 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On April 3, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered what turned out to be his final speech, telling a rally of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee,[Read More…]

By The Associated Press Oregon State and Washington State have finalized a settlement over financial distributions with the 10 schools leaving the Pac-12 .The departing schools will have $5 million withheld during the 2024 fiscal year for a total of $50 million under the deal announced Monday. The departing schools[Read More…]

Today is Wednesday, March 27, the 87th day of 2024. There are 279 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On March 27, 1973, “The Godfather” won the Academy Award for best picture of 1972, but its star, Marlon Brando, refused to accept his Oscar for best actor, and in[Read More…]

Today is Wednesday, March 20, the 80th day of 2024. There are 286 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On March 20, 1996, a jury in Los Angeles convicted Erik and Lyle Menendez of first-degree murder in the shotgun slayings of their wealthy parents. (They were sentenced to life[Read More…]

CLAIRE RUSHAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — During a 35-day whirlwind legislative session that adjourned Thursday night, a couple days ahead of schedule, Oregon lawmakers focused on two main priorities: housing and drugs.Their decision to recriminalize drug possession made national headlines, and a sweeping $370 million package aimed at boosting[Read More…]

Claire RushAssociated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Momentum is building in a case regarding homeless encampments that will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court next month and could have major implications for cities as homelessness nationwide has reached record highs.Dozens of briefs have been filed in recent days, including[Read More…]