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Police have arrested an Oregon man who allegedly pulled down his mask to kiss a stranger’s baby on the lips inside a grocery store. According to the New York Post, Austin Blake Stewart, 24, is accused of kissing a 1-year-old girl while her mother was looking away at a WINCO …

Three Oregon college students are suing the University of Oregon and Oregon State University over tuition during the COVID-19 pandemic. Caine Smith filed a lawsuit against the University of Oregon on March 19, according to CNN. Danielle Pranger and Garrett Harris both filed suit against Oregon State University on March 5. Both suits seek unspecified monetary damages and “prorated unused …

Several people in Oregon were diagnosed with COVID-19 and experienced “reduced” severity after receiving both doses of the vaccine. The Oregon Health Authority made the revelation in a series of tweets on Friday, calling the four who tested positive despite receiving the vaccine “breakthrough cases.” They also announced that overall …

Oregon is now the first state to decriminalize the possession of hard drugs. Heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone, and other hard drugs are now okay to have in the state of Oregon as long as the amount isn’t excessive. WSVN reports people who possess the drugs will now be subjected to …

A former Oregon elementary school teacher pleaded guilty to sex trafficking charges.  William Hamman, 38, is facing 13 years in federal prison after he admitted to sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl he met on social media, the New York Post reports. He also pleaded guilty to one count of sex …

In a strange carjacking incident in Oregon, a man stole a car with a 4-year-old in it and went back to the scene to lecture the child’s mother about her parenting. According to The Oregonian, the child’s mother parked the car outside of a Beaverton grocery store and ran in to get …

Newly released security footage shows a Republican state legislator opening a side door, which allowed protesters of Oregon’s COVID-19 restrictions to enter the Capitol building. CNN reports that according to spokesman Timothy Fox, Oregon State Police have opened an investigation into state Rep. Mike Nearman. Tina Kotek, Oregon Speaker of the House, said …

Hundreds of people in Douglas County, Oregon, are in quarantine, and seven people have died after two coronavirus outbreaks in the community. The cause of the outbreaks were not “super spreader events,” such as a wedding or a holiday gathering, but instead a result of a simple “super spreader action” …

An Oregon nurse just lost her job after she gloated on TikTiok about how she breaks Covid-19 rules. “You about to lose yo job” lives rent-free in our heads, mainly because people continue to lose their jobs after going viral on social media for good and bad reasons – mostly …

Another Black teenager has been shot and killed in an Oregon hotel parking lot last week after an argument about loud music. Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara told CNN that 47-year-old Robert Paul Keegan shot 19-year-old Aidan Ellison last week at the Stratford Inn. Keegan shot Ellison in the chest …

In Portland, Oregon, after a school bus driver waited months to receive her unemployment benefits, is now panicking after she recently learned that she needs to pay it all back. In May, Ashley Sterling was laid off after it was announced that schools would stay closed due to the pandemic, …

As many states push to relax drug laws nationwide, yesterday four states voted to legalize marijuana, and Oregan became the first state to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of hard drugs. Voters in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota passed state ballot measures to legalize recreational cannabis use and to …

People who live outside can’t be fined says a U.S. judge. Grants Pass, Oregon is joining  Boise, Idaho, in its new legal decision to no longer cite or fine people who live outside. Last month, U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark D. Clarke decided that the city of Grants Pass violated its …

Over the weekend, seven people from Clark County, Oregon, were arrested for rioting after shooting illegal fireworks and yelling racial slurs at a black family. Lincoln City Police responded to a call at the Inn at Spanish Head about a disturbance and learned that the group of white men harassed …

An Oregon State Police trooper has been “cleared” after video appeared to show him flashing an “OK” hand signal at a Black Lives Matter counter-protester. The incident occurred during a BLM protest in Salem over the weekend, as footage of the interaction was streamed live on social media. At one …

A church in Salem, Oregon, has become the epicenter of the state’s largest coronavirus outbreak. State authorities revealed on Tuesday that 236 people from the church tested positive for the disease. The Lighthouse Pentecostal Church in Union County held services in April and May despite COVID-19 restrictions that limited gatherings. …

Ex- Oregon football signee Luke Hill has been arrested for attempted murder, according to Yahoo Sports. On Tuesday, Hill was arrested and charged on eight different criminal counts, which included attempted murder. Hill reportedly attempted to shoot at Ishmael Leggett, a Rhode Island Basketball signee. The pair had a history …

Michael Fesser of Portland, Oregon, was wrongly arrested after standing up to racism, and now he’s getting $600,000 for it. Messer, 48, filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against A&B Towing back in 2017, claiming the employees called him racial slurs, and “one asked him how he liked a Confederate flag …

In, yet, another episode of #LivingWhileBlack, a black female politician in Oregon said a woman in the neighborhood called the cops on her for campaigning, door to door.  On Tuesday, Janelle Bynum took to Facebook to share the story. “Live from the mean streets of Clackamas!!! Big shout out to …

Anti-Donald Trump protests have erupted across the country. Protesters filled the streets in Portland,Oregon last night into early Saturday morning. However, it seems things got out of hand. A young man, who police described as an African American male in his late teens, opened fire. According to officials, the suspect fled the scene …