AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-kate-brown-id-state-wire-or-state-wire-oregon-6d392faf8069e659ecd52f8e97aa871aClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-kate-brown-id-state-wire-or-state-wire-oregon-6d392faf8069e659ecd52f8e97aa871aClick to copyRelated topicsPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon police prepared Thursday to take over protecting a federal courthouse in Portland that’s been a target of violent protests, in a deal between the Democratic governor and the Trump administration that aimed to draw down the federal presence and offered hope for a much-needed detente in...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-kate-brown-id-state-wire-or-state-wire-oregon-6d392faf8069e659ecd52f8e97aa871aClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-kate-brown-id-state-wire-or-state-wire-oregon-6d392faf8069e659ecd52f8e97aa871aClick to copyRelated topicsPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon police prepared Thursday to take over protecting a federal courthouse in Portland that’s been a target of violent protests, in a deal between the Democratic governor and the Trump administration that aimed to draw down the federal presence and offered hope for a much-needed detente in...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/lawsuits-us-news-ap-top-news-courts-arrests-85977b54231de6264f6c8b00c735f52cClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/lawsuits-us-news-ap-top-news-courts-arrests-85977b54231de6264f6c8b00c735f52cClick to copyRelated topicsPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal law enforcement officers’ actions at protests in Oregon’s largest city, done without local authorities’ consent, are raising the prospect of a constitutional crisis — one that could escalate as weeks of demonstrations find renewed focus in clashes with camouflaged, unidentified agents outside Portland’s U.S....…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/lawsuits-us-news-ap-top-news-courts-arrests-85977b54231de6264f6c8b00c735f52cClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/lawsuits-us-news-ap-top-news-courts-arrests-85977b54231de6264f6c8b00c735f52cClick to copyRelated topicsPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal law enforcement officers’ actions at protests in Oregon’s largest city, done without local authorities’ consent, are raising the prospect of a constitutional crisis — one that could escalate as weeks of demonstrations find renewed focus in clashes with camouflaged, unidentified agents outside Portland’s U.S....WW…

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AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/police-brutality-us-news-ap-top-news-wa-state-wire-portland-96be8a461ab0f3886fc1723607c926e7Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/police-brutality-us-news-ap-top-news-wa-state-wire-portland-96be8a461ab0f3886fc1723607c926e7Click to copyRelated topicsPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Protesters in this liberal, predominantly white city have taken to the streets peacefully every day for more than five weeks to decry police brutality. But violence by smaller groups is dividing the movement and drawing complaints that some white demonstrators are co-opting the moment.As...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/police-brutality-us-news-ap-top-news-wa-state-wire-portland-96be8a461ab0f3886fc1723607c926e7Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/police-brutality-us-news-ap-top-news-wa-state-wire-portland-96be8a461ab0f3886fc1723607c926e7Click to copyRelated topicsPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Protesters in this liberal, predominantly white city have taken to the streets peacefully every day for more than five weeks to decry police brutality. But violence by smaller groups is dividing the movement and drawing complaints that some white demonstrators are co-opting the moment.As...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/health-us-news-virus-outbreak-courts-kate-brown-858075236a56cad769c96c0187b8bfe6Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/health-us-news-virus-outbreak-courts-kate-brown-858075236a56cad769c96c0187b8bfe6Click to copyRelated topicsSALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court late Monday halted a rural judge’s order earlier in the day that had tossed out statewide coronavirus restrictions imposed by Democratic Gov. Kate Brown.Baker County Circuit Judge Matthew Shirtcliff had ruled that Brown erred by not seeking the Legislature’s approval to extend the...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/health-us-news-virus-outbreak-courts-kate-brown-858075236a56cad769c96c0187b8bfe6Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/health-us-news-virus-outbreak-courts-kate-brown-858075236a56cad769c96c0187b8bfe6Click to copyRelated topicsSALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court late Monday halted a rural judge’s order earlier in the day that had tossed out statewide coronavirus restrictions imposed by Democratic Gov. Kate Brown.Baker County Circuit Judge Matthew Shirtcliff had ruled that Brown erred by not seeking the Legislature’s approval to extend the...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-ted-wheeler-id-state-wire-or-state-wire-wa-state-wire-72474ff6e526fedaae288f09aff0aefeClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-ted-wheeler-id-state-wire-or-state-wire-wa-state-wire-72474ff6e526fedaae288f09aff0aefeClick to copyRelated topicsPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — About 200 people, some wielding homemade shields, clashed with police early Friday for the third consecutive night as two other Black Lives Matter rallies proceeded peacefully elsewhere in the city, authorities said.The demonstration with unrest came hours after the city’s...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-ted-wheeler-id-state-wire-or-state-wire-wa-state-wire-72474ff6e526fedaae288f09aff0aefeClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-ted-wheeler-id-state-wire-or-state-wire-wa-state-wire-72474ff6e526fedaae288f09aff0aefeClick to copyRelated topicsPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — About 200 people, some wielding homemade shields, clashed with police early Friday for the third consecutive night as two other Black Lives Matter rallies proceeded peacefully elsewhere in the city, authorities said.The demonstration with unrest came hours after the city’s...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-id-state-wire-or-state-wire-wa-state-wire-racial-injustice-edd4ebdd7a245e568da69db38aea04dbClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-id-state-wire-or-state-wire-wa-state-wire-racial-injustice-edd4ebdd7a245e568da69db38aea04dbClick to copyRelated topicsPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon was tear-gassed by U.S. government agents as he stood outside a federal courthouse during another night of against the presence of federal police sent by President Donald Trump to quell the city’s ongoing unrest.Mayor Ted Wheeler, a...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-id-state-wire-or-state-wire-wa-state-wire-racial-injustice-edd4ebdd7a245e568da69db38aea04dbClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-id-state-wire-or-state-wire-wa-state-wire-racial-injustice-edd4ebdd7a245e568da69db38aea04dbClick to copyRelated topicsPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon was tear-gassed by U.S. government agents as he stood outside a federal courthouse during another night of against the presence of federal police sent by President Donald Trump to quell the city’s ongoing unrest.Mayor Ted Wheeler, a...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-id-state-wire-media-or-state-wire-oregon-2ed5ad6a436febbcc75761639e6e214bClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-id-state-wire-media-or-state-wire-oregon-2ed5ad6a436febbcc75761639e6e214bClick to copyRelated topicsPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities declared a riot early Sunday in Portland, Oregon, where protesters breached a fence surrounding the city’s federal courthouse building where U.S. agents have been stationed.Police described via Twitter the “violent conduct of people downtown” as creating a “grave risk of public alarm.”...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-id-state-wire-media-or-state-wire-oregon-2ed5ad6a436febbcc75761639e6e214bClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-id-state-wire-media-or-state-wire-oregon-2ed5ad6a436febbcc75761639e6e214bClick to copyRelated topicsPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities declared a riot early Sunday in Portland, Oregon, where protesters breached a fence surrounding the city’s federal courthouse building where U.S. agents have been stationed.Police described via Twitter the “violent conduct of people downtown” as creating a “grave risk of public alarm.”...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/us-news-ap-top-news-wa-state-wire-id-state-wire-oregon-4b08b6e30cbe37697120466d56f294a5Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/us-news-ap-top-news-wa-state-wire-id-state-wire-oregon-4b08b6e30cbe37697120466d56f294a5Click to copyRelated topicsPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A team of retirees that scours the remote ravines and windswept plains of the Pacific Northwest for long-forgotten pioneer orchards has rediscovered 10 apple varieties that were believed to be extinct — the largest number ever unearthed in a single season by the nonprofit .The Vietnam veteran and...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/us-news-ap-top-news-wa-state-wire-id-state-wire-oregon-4b08b6e30cbe37697120466d56f294a5Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/us-news-ap-top-news-wa-state-wire-id-state-wire-oregon-4b08b6e30cbe37697120466d56f294a5Click to copyRelated topicsPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A team of retirees that scours the remote ravines and windswept plains of the Pacific Northwest for long-forgotten pioneer orchards has rediscovered 10 apple varieties that were believed to be extinct — the largest number ever unearthed in a single season by the nonprofit .The Vietnam veteran and...WW…