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WEBThe Oregon agency that investigates wage theft claims will dismiss cases from workers earning around $53,000 or more per year. In a hearing this week, the state’s Bureau of Labor and Industries ...
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WEBAstoria (Pop. 10,000) is a hugely-significant little town. It has thrived - at various times - as a timber community, an international port and the Salmon-Canning Capital of the World! But other ...
A decade on, Edward Snowden remains in Russia, though U.S. laws …
WEBJun 4, 2023 · A decade ago, we were still exploring the technological wonders of cellphones and other electronic devices. Few were thinking about how they could be used to monitor us. Then came Edward Snowden.
The formulation of meth has changed. It may be contributing to …
WEBNov 15, 2021 · Journalist and author Sam Quinones has written a lot about the drug trade. His newest book, “The Least of Us,” focuses on fentanyl and meth. In a new article in The Atlantic magazine, Quinones ...
Your appendix is not, in fact, useless. This anatomy professor …
WEBFeb 2, 2024 · The first function is supporting the immune system. The appendix has a high concentration of immune tissue, so it's acting to help the immune system fight any bad things in the gut. The second ...
How homelessness in Oregon started, grew and became a …
WEBOct 9, 2023 · How homelessness in Oregon started, grew and became a statewide crisis. By Alex Zielinski (OPB) Oct. 9, 2023 6 a.m. Candi Silvis looks out at the park in the middle of her new apartment complex in ...
These 2 charts show America’s Christian majority is on track to end
WEBSep 17, 2022 · The study found that Christians accounted for about 90% of the population 50 years ago, but as of 2020 that figure had slumped to about 64%. "If recent trends in switching [changing one's ...
In 2023 fentanyl overdoses ravaged the US and fueled a new …
WEBDec 28, 2023 · FILE - President Joe Biden greets China's President President Xi Jinping Nov, 15, 2023. China has agreed to curtail shipments of the chemicals used to make fentanyl, the drug at the heart of the U ...
Elwha River transformed 10 years after dam removal - OPB
WEBAug 2, 2022 · For about a century, the Elwha River in Northwest Washington was broken up by two dams, to generate power to Port Angeles. The Elwha Dam was removed in 2012 and the Glines Canyon Dam was removed ...
Federal judge says Oregon’s new gun rules don’t violate US …
WEBJuly 14, 2023 6:09 p.m. A federal judge says Oregon’s new, stricter gun safety rules are constitutional. In a 122-page written order issued late Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut ...
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