At Least 20 People Injured During Mass Shooting at Oregon Community College, 10 Believed Dead
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Oregon Judge Who Refused to Perform Same-Sex Weddings Also Hung a Picture of Hitler in Courthouse
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Portland Residents Are Desperate to Find the Man Pooping All Over Their City
Portland, Oregon needs your prayers. Or, at the very least, a whole bunch of plastic bags. There is an as-yet-unidentified man roaming around the city, pooping in public places, and leaving it there for the world to see and smell. Portland residents have begun calling him “The Portland Pooper” because, honestly,…
Oregon Pharmacists Will Soon Be Able to Prescribe Birth Control
Oregon Governor Kate Brown has signed a measure into law that will allow Oregon pharmacists to prescribe birth control directly to patients. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Knute Buehler, who is both male and Republican, who sponsored the proposal because, he said, “it makes no sense that men have unrestrained access…
Bakery That Refused to Bake Cake For Lesbian Couple Must Pay Damages
The owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, the Oregon bakery that refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple, has been ordered to pay $135,000 in damages. According to the Associated Press, the damages were ordered by Oregon’s bureau of labor and industries for the “emotional suffering” caused by the bakeries…
Oregon is Attempting to Ban Upskirt Photos Taken Without Consent
Yes, you read that headline right: the state of Oregon is “attempting” to ban unwarranted upskirt photos. Because as is infuriatingly the case in many other municipalities, there’s a question of whether or not the practice of taking pictures of women’s genitals without their consent is entirely illegal.
Oregon Man Demands That City Council Do Something About Gross Farts
Peter Walters of Pendleton, Oregon is furious. Last week, his fair city passed an amendment which bans marijuana odor, citing it as a nuisance. That’s fine and all, but Walters is concerned that the city isn’t doing enough to curb another important problem: Gross farts that cover Pendleton like a cloud of…
Oregon's Next Governor Will be the First Bisexual to Head State
Politico has an interesting profile on Kate Brown, Oregon's next governor who will serve until November 2016 in an interim role. According to the website, the 54-year-old Brown was first elected to the state House in 1992 and moved to the Senate a few years later where she became the first woman to serve in the role…
Rude-As-Hell Owl Won't Stop Dive-Bombing Joggers
An owl is pestering joggers in an Oregon park. In his latest appearance (the fourth), he snatched a man's favorite hat. Clearly this owl just hates the smug yuppie culture around physical fitness.
Oregon Strippers to Lobby Legislature for Better Working Conditions
A group of Oregon strippers are planning to lobby the state legislature to implement better health and safety requirements for strip clubs, including better security and a requirement to display a poster about entertainers' rights. It's the first time a group of dancers have used the legislative system to push for…
Oregon Medicaid Now Covers Transgender Medical Expenses
Oregon became the fifth state to expand its Medicaid coverage to include the often staggering costs of transgender medical bills. It joins California, Massachusetts, Vermont and the District of Columbia, all of whom already offer coverage for gender dysphoria. Oregon's expanded coverage includes reassignment surgery,…
Drunk Birds Sing Drunkenly, Science Says
A new study has found that when you get zebra finches totally wasted, they become noticeably worse at singing. They probably think they sound awesome, though. Then they probably want to fly somewhere to get little bird-sized burritos before crying into a bird-sized phone to some ex-birdfriend, before spending the rest…
Man Tries to Use Starbucks Wifi to Download Child Porn, Gets Arrested
A registered sex offender was arrested at Starbucks while he tried to download child pornography.
Police Find 68 Cats Living in a Van
Sixty-eight cats were found living in a van in Oregon last weekend, in an apparent case of animal hoarding.
Brittany Maynard Has Reportedly Ended Her Life
Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old woman with terminal brain cancer, has reportedly ended her own life.
Court Rules Pulling Hair All The Way Out Is Not Domestic Abuse
I've got to think cases like this happen because old men go bald... and their brain cells escape from their scalps.
Every Cat in America Will Soon Demand Her Own Catio
You thought that $200 cat tower was pretty swanky, huh? Well, don't let your cat browse the Internet without your supervision or she'll be demanding something even more elaborate: her very own catio.
Romanian Princess Pleads Guilty to American Cockfighting Charges
Ever wonder what happens after a royal family gets the boot? Consider the cautionary tale of one Romanian princess, who with her husband just pled guilty to running an illegal gambling operation, in connection with cockfights held on their Oregon ranch.
Judges Deny Motion to Appeal and Stay Same-Sex Marriage in Oregon
The National Organisation for Marriage (or NOM, but not the cool kind of eating onomatopoeia) filed a motion today to stay and appeal the court ruling in Oregon legalising same-sex marriage in that state. The appeal was denied immediately.
