It might be a “political stunt.” But no matter! Republican Dennis Richardson has convincingly upped the rhetorical ante in his suddenly more-viable campaign against Governor John Kitzhaber—after writing a letter to federal authorities asking that Kitzhaber and his first lady face investigation for highly consequential felony charges including bribery, money laundering, and conspiracy. The letter draws some inspiration from the recent prosecution of a former Virginia governor.
Back in August, we reported that the Portland Police Bureau was very close to finishing new rules limiting the arrest and handcuffing of children 12 and younger—something that happened only after we first reported, weeks before other outlets, the 2013 arrest of a nine-year-old North Portland girl. Yesterday, the Oregonian noted that those new rules have finally taken effect.
He went bowling. He rode the subway—a lot. He even took Uber. But it’s important to remember that Harlem doctor Craig Spencer, fresh from a trip treating Ebola patients in West Africa, was not showing any symptoms when he was out enjoying his life. His fever came on only as of yesterday. And that means he wasn’t contagious.
Authorities believe they’ve quarantined everyone who might be at risk since his symptoms developed—his fiancée and two friends—even as they try to soothe a nervous city by tracking all of his movements. They also say he’ll receive experimental treatments used in other cases with success. The World Health Organization says Ebola vaccines could be out for trial next year in West Africa.
A ground counter-offensive against the Islamic State—led by Iraqi forces, of course!—is just months away from viability, not years, American defense officials insist. It’s looking more likely that American military advisers will be helping Iraq plan whatever assault comes. The Pentagon’s also looking into reports that one of ISIS’ recent bombings also involved the use of chlorine gas.
Government lawyers, in a recently released report, privately admitted something Monica Lewinsky’s been saying and feeling all along: that she was treated like shit in the failed race to oust Bill Clinton from the presidency by any means possible.
A hatchet-wielding man shot dead after suddenly attacking a group of New York cops who’d been posing for a friendly photograph has been linked, by cops and groups who keep track of such things, to “Islamist extremism.”
Early Tuesday, Jose Calzada, 35, wasn’t feeling well and called a suicide hotline for help. After a seven-hour standoff with SWAT officers in Utah who tried to coax him out to help, those officers shot and killed Calzada. “About 11:15 this morning that negotiation failed,” a detective said, carefully using the most passive language imaginable. “There was an officer involved shooting and that subject is deceased as a result.
Police in Ferguson, Missouri, are getting ready for a grand jury verdict that’s expected to clear a fellow officer who shot unarmed teenager Michael Brown of criminal charges. How are they getting ready? By investing in a lot of riot gear and looking for anti-protest loopholes in the constitution.
The only lesbian bar in San Francisco, the Lexington Club, is closing. Its heavy-hearted owner says rents in the bar’s rapidly gentrifying neighborhood have become too much to afford.
Honey Boo Boo’s reality show has been canceled—despite having all been shot and edited and ready to air—thanks to her mother’s decision, reported earlier this week, to take up with a convicted child molester.
HERE I AM. AND I WILL ROCK YOU IN THE MANNER A HURRICANE MIGHT. ROCK SOMEONE, THAT IS.