Man hijacks Portland airport monitor to play video games

A PDX traveler decided he needed a bigger screen for his video game Thursday. And he found one, it just happened to already be in use for official airport business. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 4 years ago

The bill for grief? For this woman, it was $21,634.55

She arrived in the emergency room on a mid-May night and was moved to a shared room in the inpatient psychiatric unit the next day. In total, she spent five nights in the hospital. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 4 years ago

Oregon judge ordered woman to type in her iPhone passcode so police could search it for evidence against her

The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the order for the code -- in a first-of-its-kind opinion for an appeals court in this state. It's likely to make it easier for Oregon police to gain access to contents of a suspect's cellphone. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 4 years ago

Tribes call for removal of dams along Columbia River

The Yakima and Lummi Nations have called on the U.S. government for the immediate removal of the Dalles, Bonneville and John Day dams. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 4 years ago

Oregon doctor says his donated sperm was used to father at least 17 children

A lawsuit claims OHSU's fertility clinic broke promises to limit the number of offspring to at five, and to have them born to mothers on the East Coast, not in Oregon where the donor lives. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 4 years ago

Oregon State study says wind turbines threaten migrating bats

The turbines have killed millions of bats over the last two decades, one of the study's authors said. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 4 years ago

Exec helps re-energize Platt Electric (2010)

Jeff Baker helps usher the 57-year-old Beaverton company through the recession by showing customers and staff how willing, and able, he is to walk in their shoes. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 4 years ago

The Case of the Missing Tattoos

A defense lawyer says police had manipulated his client's mugshot so it more closely resembled the face of the suspected serial bank robber, He's urging a judge to throw out any witness identifications based on the fabricated photo. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 4 years ago

‘Clone tick’ swarms are killing cattle by draining blood, chasing after humans

Asian longhorned ticks, also sometimes called “clone ticks” because they can reproduce without mating, have infested and killed five cows in North Carolina this year. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 4 years ago

When you’re one of ‘the olds’ in an industry that values youth

Once you hit 50, particularly as a woman, you become less visible as each year passes. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 4 years ago

Woman charged for miscarrying after being shot, while shooter goes free

Marshae Jones, a 27-year-old Birmingham woman, was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury on a manslaughter charge. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 4 years ago

Oregon’s top Senate Democrat suggests climate bill is dead

Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, said Tuesday morning that the Democratic caucus lacks the votes to pass a controversial climate bill. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 4 years ago

Amazon’s facial-recognition technology is supercharging Washington County police

In late 2017, the Washington County Sheriff's Office became the first law enforcement agency in the country known to use Amazon's artificial-intelligence tool Rekognition. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 4 years ago

Oregon outlaws use of so-called ‘cyanide bombs’

The M-44, a spring-loaded device filled with cyanide used to kill predators, is no longer welcome in Oregon. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

Two Oregon students busted for close to $900K in counterfeit iPhones

Two Chinese men who have been studying engineering at Oregon colleges face federal charges in connection with an alleged counterfeit Apple iPhone scheme that cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to court documents. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

Wyden pitches billions in fines for privacy violators with ‘Do Not Track’ bill

“I am trying to recreate this agency for the digital era.” | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

Cyberthieves Stealing from Homebuyers Wiring Money

An Oregon City man lost $123,000 and their dream home. Then came a surprise. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

How Oregon ensnares mentally ill people charged with low-level crimes

An unwelcome nap at a skyscraper helped send Kobe Yandell to the doorstep of Oregon's state psychiatric institution. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

Akamai purchases Janrain in all cash deal

Janrain was one of the Portland startups that helped usher in the city’s technology renaissance a decade ago. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

Federal judge finds law governing who is an ‘engineer’ violates free speech

The state’s limits that bar anyone who is not registered as a professional engineer in Oregon from describing themselves as an engineer violate the First Amendment, U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman ruled. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

Oregon: A potential game changer for housing affordability

A proposal from House Speaker Tina Kotek to relax single-family housing zoning and allow duplexes, triplexes and four-plexes is a smart, pragmatic approach to the intractable housing crisis. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

Piecing Together the Story of an Oregon Serial Killer

Along a stretch of Oregon highway, women vanished. Some were assaulted, others murdered. Some are still missing. One man might be responsible for it all. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

California assisted suicide law clears hurdle

A longer legal fight may loom because the ruling skirted the larger issue of whether the legislation was unconstitutional. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

Has an Army data analyst cracked the D.B. Cooper case?

A researcher pieced together a fascinating tale of lives turned upside down and a daring plan to make a big statement. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

15 of the most overrated things in Portland

Portland isn't that great. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

Portland startup Sensu cuts jobs in 'course correction'

The company raised $10 million just last April. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

Uber will return to Eugene, Springfield – this time legally

Ride-hailing giant Uber will start operating in Eugene and Springfield next Thursday. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

When dementia pulls the trigger

A little-known problem is what to do about the vast cache of firearms in the homes of aging Americans with impaired or declining mental faculties. Darrell Hill, a former local police chief and two-term county sheriff, was unaware that he had nearly killed his wife of almost 57 ye … | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

Targeted: A Family and the Quest to Stop the Next School Shooter

What happened to a Portland student sheds light on how a desire to thwart a shooting can have unintended consequences. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

Apple quietly opens Oregon engineering lab, poaches from Intel

The job listings advertise "Portland" jobs, but a person familiar with Apple's hiring says the lab is actually in Washington County. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

Blazers owner Paul Allen pledges $30M for Seattle homeless facility

The project is expected to total $35 million, $5 million of which will be provided by the City of Seattle. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

Why Portland anarchists are patching potholed streets

A group calling itself Portland Anarchist Road Care says state neglect is to blame for the condition of the streets. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 5 years ago

Cops dismantle $50K Lego theft ring

Photos of the illicit stash show Legos piled high and enough merch to line parts of Raji Afife Azar's driveway. | Continue reading


@oregonlive.com | 6 years ago