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Oregon Supreme Court Blocks Republican Senators from Reelection – Democrats Score Victory

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SALEM, Oregon — The Oregon Supreme Court has made a decision to bar 10 Republican state senators from running for re-election. This ruling comes after the senators staged a walkout last year to protest a climate change bill, causing the legislature to be unable to reach a quorum. The walkout gained national attention and lasted for nine days, prompting the Governor to send state police to find the absent senators and bring them back to …

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Oregon Supreme Court Rules Republican Senators Cannot Run for Re-Election After Historic Walkout

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SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Supreme Court made a decisive ruling on Thursday regarding the fate of 10 Republican state senators who staged a prolonged walkout last year. This walkout aimed to delay bills on controversial topics such as abortion, transgender health care, and gun rights. However, the court’s decision has put an end to their hopes of running for re-election. The court’s ruling upheld the secretary of state’s decision to disqualify the senators from …

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Oregon Supreme Court Rules Against 10 GOP State Senators’ Reelection Bid, Citing Long Senate Walkout

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SALEM, Oregon – The Oregon Supreme Court has made a ruling that 10 GOP state senators will not be eligible for reelection, a decision that stemmed from their refusal to attend Senate sessions for approximately six weeks in protest last year. The senators’ absence was in an effort to obstruct Democratic-backed bills, which resulted in the longest obstruction in the state’s history and prevented voting during the session. The court’s decision was based on a …

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Three people dead in crashed plane

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INDEPENDENCE, OR – A tragic aviation accident claimed the lives of three individuals in Oregon on Saturday when a small plane collided with power lines. The victims, identified as Mohammad Hussain Musawi, Mohammad Bashir Safdari, and Ali Jan Ferdawsi, were the only occupants of the plane at the time of the crash. The incident occurred late Saturday afternoon in Independence, a small town approximately 12 miles southwest of Salem. The plane, a single-engine model, crashed …

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Two killed in deadly plane crash

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NEWBERG, OR – A tragic plane crash in Oregon claimed the lives of a 20-year-old student pilot and his 22-year-old instructor, while seriously injuring a third occupant. The victims have been identified as Barrett Bevacqua, the student pilot, and Michele Cavallotti, an instructor with the Hillsboro Aero Academy. The crash occurred in Newberg, a small city located approximately 25 miles southwest of Portland. The single-engine plane spiraled down and crashed into a residential home late …

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Oregon woman jailed for waterboarding infant and placing him in freezer

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GRESHAM, OR – A local woman has been handed a 30-day jail sentence following a disturbing incident in 2021, where she allegedly subjected her infant child to waterboarding and placed him in a freezer. The act was purportedly a twisted test of the father’s concern for the child. Sharday McDonald, 30, admitted to criminal mistreatment, identity theft, and witness tampering after authorities arrived at her residence in Gresham, Oregon, on October 28, 2021, in response …

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Body of a woman found suspected to be a woman who had been reported ‘naked and afraid’ on a construction site before disappearing

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The search for Mekenna Reiley, a 40-year-old speech teacher who disappeared under mysterious circumstances in April, has taken a grim turn. A body was discovered in the Blue River Reservoir, east of Eugene, Oregon, where Reiley lived. The Lane County Sheriff’s Office made the announcement on Sunday, stating that the remains were found a day prior. However, they have yet to confirm the identity of the body or the cause of death. Reiley was last …

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Three lives lost in Oregon train-car collision

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A tragic accident occurred north of Salem, Oregon, on Wednesday, when a Union Pacific freight train collided with a car, resulting in the death of three individuals and injuring another. The incident took place around 7 p.m. when a 2002 Honda, traveling on a farm access road, attempted to cross the railroad tracks south of Gervais and was struck by the oncoming train. According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, the investigation revealed that the …

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Oregon man used elaborate planning and home-built a prison to hold kidnapped victims for sexual assaults

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An Oregon resident, Negasi Zuberi, 29, has been accused of committing sexual assaults and was found to have meticulously planned his attacks, as revealed in an affidavit. Zuberi, a married man and father, was apprehended in July when a woman managed to escape from a makeshift cell in his Klamath Falls residence. The woman reported to authorities that Zuberi had held her captive and sexually assaulted her. The woman’s ordeal was described by Stephanie Shark, …

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College student falls off mountain and dies

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In a tragic turn of events, a college student met his untimely death while attempting to climb an Oregon mountain. Joel Tranby, an Oregon State University student, was scaling the North Sister peak in the Cascade Mountains with his girlfriend when he fell an estimated 300 to 500 feet, sustaining life-threatening injuries. Despite his girlfriend’s frantic call for help, Tranby’s exact location remained unknown. Sgt. Tom Speldrich of the Lane County Sheriff’s Office reported that …

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