You’ve made it all the way to Thursday. Well done. Let’s have some news!
It’s Fleet Week, so don’t forget to give yourself a bunch of extra time if you’re driving anywhere downtown. Here’s a list of the ships you can see if you’re not one of the Fleet Week haters. Or even if you are, I suppose.
Alberto Salazar and Galen Rupp, two of the hugest names in running and the main players in Nike’s Oregon Project were hit yesterday by doping allegations when this story broke.
More bad news for “bike-friendly” Portland: we failed to make Wired and Copenhagen Design Company’s list of the 20 most bike-friendly cities on the planet. ON THE ENTIRE PLANET.
The whistleblower who leaked Kitzhaber emails to Willamette Week won’t face prosecution, according to district attorneys in Marion and Yamhill counties.
The death toll is up to 65 after a Chinese cruise ship capsized on the Yangtze river.
The California megadrought could cost the state’s farmers up to $3 billion this year, taking 18,000 industry jobs with it.
Obama administration officials told the Guardian they plan to ask a secret surveillance court to temporarily reinstate the bulk collection of phone records to help “transition” away from the long-running program that’s been deemed unconstitutional.
Yet another democrat announced his bid for the presidential nomination, and Hillary Clinton’s approval rating continues to plummet.
Looks like Rick Perry is going to give it another go this time. After a disastrous 2012 campaign, Perry might be his own worst enemy going in to this round.
Here’s a video of a moose family in Alaska cooling off in a sprinkler. Best. Moose. Day. Ever.