GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! I think of the days when the sun used to set on my empty heart, all alone in my bed. LET'S GO TO PRESS.

Around 100 cops and community members gathered at Tom McCall Waterfront Park yesterday to mourn the deaths of Dallas police officers who were killed last Thursday.

The suspect in the Dallas cop killings allegedly laughed, sang, and taunted authorities during negotiations with police. According to the police chief, the sniper had explosives on him and planned an even larger attack on officers he believed targeted people of color.

Lots of demonstrations flared up around the country this weekend, including more than 160 arrests during intensifying protests in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where Alton Sterling was shot by police last week.

A fake letter from the state of Oregon is at the center of the state's very first fraud investigation of the marijuana industry.

Details are very sketchy at this time, but firefighters are fighting a blaze on the Springwater Corridor—and according to KGW their efforts were initially hampered by gunfire.

Looks like Bernie Sanders is finally ready to give a Hillary Clinton endorsement after meeting with party members who agreed to move further to the left on topics such as marijuana, minimum wage, and climate change.

In Missouri, an off-duty cop fatally shot a home intruder who had been arguing with him on Facebook about the Black Lives Matter movement.


The "HUH?!?" headline of the day: "Pope appoints ex-Fox News correspondent as Vatican spokesman."

Because we can't have anything nice, teens have been caught using the new and wildly popular Pokemon Go app to lure in users and rob them.

Now let's look at the WEATHER outside: Partly cloudy today with a high of 75 degrees, and a sunny mid-week to look forward to.

And finally, here's a good reason not to try and catch a foul ball with your food tray.