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‘How to Murder Your Husband’ author gets life in prison in spouse death

A self-published romance novelist who once wrote an online essay called “How to Murder Your Husband” has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for murdering her husband at his workplace in Portland in 2018

The Independent UK

Life for 'How to Murder Your Husband' author in spouse death

The Independent UK

Portland Legalized 'Missing Middle' Housing. Now It's Trying to Make It Easy to Build.

This month, the city passed a number of liberalizing reforms that legalize more types of housing and make already-legal homes more practical to build.

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‘Not again’: This filmmaker couple’s harrowing video of mass shootings is fueling thousands of calls for gun reform

#AwakenDawn, from Portland-based Eleven Films, features clips of school shootings and loud calls for change. The couple who made the video tell Sheila Flynn their hopes for its impact

The Independent UK

Less parking could mean more housing

PORTLAND, Ore. — Citing environmental concerns and a lack of housing, an increasing number of cities and some West Coast states are reconsidering mandates that all homes, offices and businesses offer a minimum number of parking spots for residents, workers and customers.

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Koalas grazing near Portland Aluminium smelter suffering bone, tooth defects from fluoride exposure

A study commissioned by American aluminium giant Alcoa shows koalas living in close proximity to a smelter in Victoria's south-west are suffering from a condition caused by fluoride poisoning, with many needing to be euthanased.

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R&B nearly man Ural Thomas: ‘My best shot is to just live and be what I am’

He crossed paths with James Brown and Quincy Jones but hated playing fame’s game, and shrank into obscurity. Now 82, the Portland singer is thriving once more

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Nike co-founder Phil Knight joined a $2 billion bid to purchase Portland Trail Blazers and NBA fans were floored

Wait, wait. Did that say $2 billion!?

USA Today Sports Media Group

Report: Nike Founder, Dodgers Owner Make Bid to Buy Trail Blazers

The Portland team has been under ownership from Paul Allen and his trust since 1988.

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Portland hospital forum dismissed by Health Minister Martin Foley as 'closed-meeting politics'

Health Minister Martin Foley describes a forum attended by the state opposition for patients and families to express concerns about the quality of hospital services in Portland as "closed-meeting politics".

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Brit couple live the dream converting and driving iconic buses for epic US trip

Harri and Nicky moved from the UK to the US to buy a school bus and convert it into a home, which they'll drive through LA, San Francisco, Portland and Vancouver in Canada

Daily Mirror

Showing Up review – Kelly Reichardt’s indie art drama is downbeat but diverting

Michelle Williams plays struggling Portland artist Lizzie with subtlety in the First Cow director’s latest film

The Guardian - UK

'How to Murder Your Husband' writer Nancy Crampton Brophy found guilty of murdering her husband

Self-published romance novelist Nancy Crampton Brophy, who wrote an essay titled 'How To Murder Your Husband', has been convicted of killing her husband by a jury in Portland, Oregon, USA. It took the jury just eight hours on May 26, 2022 to return a guilty verdict against Nancy Crampton Brophy…

The Times of India

'How to Murder Your Husband' author found guilty of murder

A jury in Portland, Oregon, has convicted a self-published romance novelist — who once wrote an essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband" — of fatally shooting her husband four years ago

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CD&R, TPG Take Covetrus Private In $4B Deal

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), a private investment firm, and TPG Capital will acquire animal-health technology and services company Covetrus Inc (NASDAQ:CVET) for $21.00 per share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $4 billion. CD&R and its affiliates currently beneficially own approximately 24% of the company's outstanding shares of common stock. The transaction…

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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's Akasa Air releases first look of its aircraft; to launch commercial operations by July

PUNE: Ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed Akasa Air on Monday released the ‘first look’ of its aircraft from its Boeing production facility in Portland as it gets ready for delivery.

Daily Mirror

Unsolved mystery of the man who hijacked a plane, stole £160k ransom and disappeared

In 1971 Dan Cooper boarded a plane from Portland to Seattle before hijacking it and escaping with $200,000 never to be seen again, leading to a 45-year FBI manhunt which ended in failure

USA Today Sports Media Group

On this date: Magic Johnson leads to upset over Trail Blazers

In 1991, Magic Johnson was determined to get the Lakers back to the NBA Finals, and it showed versus Portland in the West finals.

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Mark Z. Barabak: Fight or find common ground? Oregon race a referendum on the direction of Democrats

Kurt Schrader, a seven-term congressman from central Oregon, has belittled Nancy Pelosi, defended Donald Trump and voted against many of the Democratic Party's top priorities.

The Independent UK

Portland unrest drives interest in 2 congressional primaries

Growing discontent over homelessness and crime in Portland is driving interest in a pair of congressional primaries

The Independent UK

Pandemic pushes Oregon’s public defender system to the brink

Oregon’s public defender system has shown cracks for years, but a post-pandemic glut of delayed cases is exposing shocking constitutional landmines

The Independent UK

Portland police shift resources to address rising homicides

As homicides in Portland, Oregon, continue to increase and with resources stretched “very thin”, Police Chief Chuck Lovell announced he is shifting detectives from other divisions to help investigate recent killings

Tribune News Service

Climate change is pushing toxic chemicals into drinking wells

PORTLAND, Ore. — Don Myron is probably best known as the guy who survived one of the deadliest fires in Oregon’s history by sheltering overnight in a river with a patio chair. So there was never any question that Myron would rebuild his home in Oregon’s Santiam Canyon after the…

USA Today Sports Media Group

Lynch: Three major championships will be cheapened in this season of Saudi sportswashing

The 58 days between Tuesday at Southern Hills and Thursday at St. Andrews promise to be a contentious period.

WEKU

The Sports Bra is the spot to watch women's sports in Portland

The many screens that adorn sports bars across the country almost always show men's sports. But a new bar in Portland seeks to change that. It's named The Sports Bra.

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