This story was originally posted on MyNorthwest.com Nearly two decades after skeletal remains washed ashore on a Washington beach, the remains have been identified as Clarence Edwin Asher, a former Oregon mayor. Asher was briefly the mayor of Fossil, Oregon for an unspecified period of time, in addition to working as a lineman technician for…
Ron Curtis, an English professor in Montreal, lived for 40 years with a degenerative spinal disease, in what he called the “black hole” of chronic pain. On a July day in 2022, Mr. Curtis, 64, ate a last bowl of vegetable soup made by his wife, Lori, and, with the help of a palliative care…
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who authorities said tried to shut off a passenger jet’s engines during an October flight was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury in Portland, Oregon, on seven dozen lesser state charges than the initial attempted murder counts prosecutors originally sought. Joseph David Emerson, 44, who told authorities he was on…
Joseph Emerson, the former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to shut down a commercial plane’s engines midflight in 2023 while traveling off duty in the cockpit’s jump seat, was sentenced Monday in federal court to time served and three years of supervised release. Emerson, of Pleasant Hill, California, had pleaded guilty to the single charge…
Federal and state health officials are investigating 13 cases in 10 states of infant botulism linked to baby formula that was being recalled, authorities said Saturday. ByHeart Inc. agreed to begin recalling two lots of the company’s Whole Nutrition Infant Formula, the Food and Drug Administration said in a statement. All 13 infants were hospitalized…
A woman was walking her dogs on an Oregon beach when she saw a small shark struggling. It was lucky timing for the salmon shark, which was suffocating in a low tide area near the shoreline. “I was essentially nervous about touching it at all,” Colleen Dunn, wrote in a text message Wednesday. “I have…
A federal judge in Oregon on Sunday barred President Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, until at least Friday, saying she “found no credible evidence” that protests in the city grew out of control before the president federalized the troops earlier this fall. The city and state sued in September to…
President Donald Trump received some “bad” news in three political and legal developments over the past few days, attorney and legal analyst Glenn Kirschner said in an October 29 video. Kirschner announced it’s “been a really bad 24 hours” for the Trump administration, pointing to three recent developments regarding the federal militarization efforts in Portland, Oregon, the…
Home » America Travel News » Finland, Japan, United States, United Kingdom: Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2026 Highlights Stunning Global Destinations for Adventure Seekers Published on October 25, 2025 In the ever-evolving world of travel, Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2026 offers a carefully curated list of 25 must-visit destinations and 25…
The Trump administration deployed more than 100 California National Guard members to Oregon overnight into Sunday, officials there said, and more are expected after a judge temporarily blocked the administration from deploying that state’s guard to Portland. Gov. Tina Kotek said in a statement on Sunday that she is aware that 101 federalized California National…