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Weinstein arrested and charged with rape.
Weinstein arrested and charged with rape. Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images

GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! The art of playing games is not the hearts you break. It's bound to good love you make. LET'S GO TO PRESS.

Did you hear that the Mercury will be getting bigger, more gorgeous, and going biweekly (that's twice monthly) in the fall? Read more about it here!

A Portland streetcar hopped its rails yesterday, hit three cars, and injured one person. Though as we know from the streetcar's former Mercury column, it could've been much, much worse.

Gresham cops shot and killed a wandering bear yesterday claiming they "had no choice." Maybe they forgot that tranquilizers are also a choice?

Tomorrow is the sad one-year anniversary of the MAX stabbings. It's an important date that we shouldn't try to forget. There will be a commemoration ceremony tomorrow at the Hollywood Transit MAX stop to honor the heroes who were killed while standing up to hate.

Amazon has apologized to a Portland woman and has given her a rather sketchy explanation for why Alexa recorded a private conversation and sent it to one of the family's contacts.

As I (and practically every other person in America) predicted, the US-North Korea summit has fallen apart, and Kim Jong-Un has played Trump for the dummy he is. Now that he looks utterly stupid, Trump may try to reschedule the meeting. HIS DESPERATION SMELLS LIKE A MOLDY, WET T-SHIRT.

And here we go again, and again, and again: A suspect is in custody after shots were fired at an Indiana middle school. Three people are reported injured.

BEST NEWS (SO FAR) OF THE DAY: Former Hollywood power mogul Harvey Weinstein has been arrested and charged with rape, with his bail being set at $1 million.


NOT SO GREAT NEWS: Actor Morgan Freeman has been accused of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior by several women.

IN MUCH BETTER NEWS: An Atlanta jury has awarded a record-breaking $1 billion to a rape victim.

Arrested Development stars Jason Bateman and Tony Hale have apologized to co-star Jessica Walter after their shitty behavior during a New York Times interview.

Former Spokane NAACP president and modern-day minstrel show performer Rachel Dolezal has been charged with welfare fraud.

A goat gave birth to goat twins during a goat yoga class. Shockingly, this did not happen in Portland.

Okay folks, it's WEATHER TIME: A cloudy morning will be brushed aside for a sunny afternoon and a high of 75.

And finally, in ANIMAL METAPHORS FOR OUR CURRENT GOVERNMENT: A fox (Trump) brutalizes a rabbit (everyone) and gets owned by an eagle (democracy) in return.