A little Oregon girl died in a car accident while visiting her grandparents in Idaho. Birdie’s family, a 5-year-old girl from the Portland area, is planning a funeral instead of celebrating the girl’s birthday and the start of school. She was looking forward to her rainbow cake for her birthday this week and starting first … Read more
At least three people were murdered, and six others were injured in a shooting at a popular biker bar in Southern California’s Orange County on Wednesday evening. The gunman has also been killed. Undersheriff Jeff Hallock was slain by “multiple” deputies who engaged him minutes after they arrived. At least one weapon was recovered. The … Read more
Families of victims of a tragic school shooting in Nashville sobbed Tuesday, 22 August 2023, after a Tennessee Republican leader ordered state troopers to remove them and others from a legislative hearing room where they were scheduled to testify in support of gun control measures. The emotional event was just one of numerous dramatic scenes … Read more
After a shooter killed six people earlier this year at a Christian school in Nashville, the state’s Republican governor vowed a special session focused on public safety. However, gun control advocates and Democrats believe the session, which began, has been unhelpful, with Republicans proposing arming teachers and devastated parents being expelled from a hearing chamber. … Read more
The Smith River Complex wildfire along the California-Oregon border had destroyed 40,000 acres and forced evacuations as of Tuesday, 22, 2023 afternoon. It began on August 15, 2023, after 150 lightning bolts struck the Six Rivers National Forest, causing at least 27 fires. The fire has engulfed the Smith River National Recreation Area, a wilderness … Read more
Mayor Ted Wheeler has requested that almost 100 Oregon state troopers, one-fifth of the number statewide, be deployed in Portland to combat crimes that local police have stated are too difficult to handle. The recommendation is one of hundreds made by Wheeler at the first meeting of a task committee created by Oregon Gov. Tina … Read more
A person was hurt in a shooting at Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland on Tuesday, 22 August 2023 night. Around 9:30 p.m., there was a large police presence between Southwest 5th and Morrison. Witnesses reported hearing one gunshot and seeing the shooter move down the street. They claimed they contacted 911, told dispatchers where … Read more
A 33-year-old Rikers Island convict was discovered dead in his cell after being arrested for back-to-back stabbings in Queens last year. He is the eighth city Correction Department detainee to die in custody or shortly after release in 2023. Donny Ubiera was unconscious in his Rikers Island cell at the George R. Vierno Center. He … Read more
In a recent data analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gun-related deaths among children in the United States reached a worrisome peak in 2021, claiming 4,752 innocent lives and exceeding the record figure established during the pandemic’s initial year. The worrying data plainly suggested that America’s gun violence problem had worsened. Over … Read more
Hundreds of spectators were kicked out of a Tennessee subcommittee meeting about a new law that would allow for more guns on school campuses, including grieving parents of children who were massacred at The Covenant School in March or whose children were forced to hide as the shooter smashed their way through. The tumultuous scenario … Read more