Homeland Security, Justice Department sued by cities of Portland, Oakland

The Oregon National Guard was directed to place its members on standby ahead of potential election unrest in Portland, Gov. Kate Brown announced Monday.  Brown said she is also exercising her executive authority to create a joint incident command structure in Portland, with the Oregon State Police and the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office co-managing the police response in the city.

Who plagiarizes a divorce announcement?! Apparently, Zachery Ty Bryan!

Kate Aurthur editorBravo has greenlit “Top Chef Amateurs,” to be hosted by longtime “Top Chef” judge Gail Simmons. Production on the show will begin later this month in Portland, Ore., where the next season of “Top Chef” has been filming under COVID-19 protocols.

about 60% of all online ad sales.At the heart of the Justice Department’s filing is that Google enjoys a major advantage by being the go-to search engine for hundreds of millions of devices in the U.S. — a reality that essentially makes it impossible for competitors to gain traction.

Ted Johnson The Justice Department is expected to file an antitrust lawsuit on Tuesday against Google, claiming that the internet giant abused its market power in search and advertising.The DOJ scheduled a call to brief reporters on Tuesday morning.According to the Associated Press, the lawsuit will claim that it has used its dominance in search to harm consumers.

At least 75 protesters marched toward the Portland Police Association (PPA) office on Monday night with "support vehicles" in tow, before setting fire to a nearby billboard, according to authorities. When they arrived, at around 10:20 p.m., police warned those in the area over a loudspeaker to remain on the sidewalk, and "be courteous to your neighbors" because the nearby streets around the police union building were open to vehicular traffic.

Oregon’s 4th District congressional race has turned into a competitive and high-spending affair, as a Republican anti-terrorism hero takes on a 34-year Democratic incumbent. Alek Skarlatos, 28, a former Oregon National Guardsman, and political novice, was one of three Americans who famously thwarted a terrorist attack on a Paris-bound train back in 2015.

During this summer of madness in Portland, Ore., and sadness over COVID-19, two below-the-radar events occurred implicating the insatiable appetite of the United States government to spy on everyone in America. Regular readers of this column know that the feds have been wearing away at our privacy rights using a multitude of means.

NEW YORK — Denial is not just a river in Egypt, as the ancient joke goes. It’s the Democrat/media/Left’s comprehensive response to the nationwide riots that rage on, seven weeks after the funeral of police-brutality victim George Floyd.

Zachery Ty Bryan was released on bail one day after being arrested for allegedly strangling his girlfriend on Friday, October 16.The Home Improvement alum, 39, spent the night at Lane County Jail in Eugene, Oregon, and was booked for a felony charge of strangulation, a misdemeanor charge of assault in the fourth degree and a misdemeanor charge of interfering with making a report.

Home Improvement star was arrested on October 16 in Eugene, Oregon, for allegedly choking his girlfriend.The sitcom star, 39, was booked at 1 a.m.

Joel Kinnaman is kicking off his day with a hike!

Sid Hartman, the legendary sports columnist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, died on Sunday at the age of 100, according to his son, Chad.For decades, Hartman was a mainstay of the Minnesota sports media in both print and broadcast. Born in 1920, he got his start in news as a paperboy and started his own delivery service as a teen.

A Portland man has filed a $350,000 racial discrimination lawsuit against a local gas station after claiming that an attendant refused to sell him gas over the summer because of his race. Dominique DeWeese, who is Black, said in the lawsuit filed last week that he went to Jay’s Garage in July to fill up a gas canister for his lawnmower.

Former “Home Improvement” star Zachery Ty Bryan was arrested in Oregon on Saturday, accused of trying to strangle his girlfriend, according to reports. Police in Eugene, Ore., went to Bryan’s residence Friday evening following a report from a neighbor of a “physical dispute.” Bryan, 39, was found outside an apartment while his girlfriend, 27, was inside a neighboring one, according to E News.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsActor Zachery Ty Bryan has been arrested.

arrested. The former star is in custody at Lane County Jail in Eugene, Oregon.

In the regularly blue state of Oregon, voters in a purple district near the city of Portland are turning away from long-term Democratic incumbent Rep. Peter DeFazio in favor of a young Republican challenger.  Army veteran Alek Skarlatos, 27, gained international fame for halting an extremist attack aboard a Paris-bound train in 2015.