Shelby Sebens

Third person arrested over Oregon school shooting that wounded four

August 18, 2019 at 11:27 p.m.

Police in Oregon have arrested a 16-year-old boy suspected of involvement in a shooting incident outside a Portland high school last week that wounded four people, including three teenagers, authorities...

GMO labeling initiative moves a step closer to Oregon ballot

May 23, 2019 at 9:41 p.m.

PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) - An initiative requiring mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods in Oregon moved one step closer to the November ballot on Wednesday after advocates said they submitted...

Notorious Oregon attack cat’s violence scares off new owners

May 14, 2019 at 6:11 a.m.

By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) - A 22-pound house cat that attacked a baby and trapped a family in a bedroom in Portland has lashed out again, frightening new...

Oregon school district to offer condoms to students starting in 6th grade

May 14, 2019 at 6:07 a.m.

By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) - An Oregon school district plans to offer condoms to students starting in sixth grade as part of an updated sex education policy aimed...

Oregon governor seeks lawsuit over health exchange website debacle

May 23, 2019 at 9:39 p.m.

By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) - Oregon's Democratic governor wants the state's attorney general to sue the technology vendor that developed the embattled Cover Oregon website to recover payments,...

Rural Oregon voters back ban on GMO crops amid U.S. labeling uproar

August 25, 2021 at 5:10 a.m.

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Voters in two small Oregon counties on Tuesday approved controversial ballot measures to ban cultivation of genetically engineered crops within their boundaries, though one measure is...

Federal prosecutors subpoena Oregon health agency in grand jury probe

August 25, 2021 at 5:08 a.m.

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed documents from Oregon's health exchange agency as part of a grand jury investigation into how the state used federal money to set...

Consumer group launches bid to require labels on GMO food in Oregon

August 25, 2021 at 5:01 a.m.

PORTLAND (Reuters) - Activists seeking a tighter rein on genetically modified foods said on Thursday they planned to push ahead with a signature-gathering campaign to force a measure onto the...

Oregon governor gave emergency first aid to unconscious woman

August 25, 2021 at 4:42 a.m.

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber on Monday performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a woman suffering from cardiac arrest, possibly saving the ailing and unconscious woman's life, authorities said...

Oregon prison inmate second to escape in less than a week

August 25, 2021 at 4:38 a.m.

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Oregon State Police searched on Monday for a prison inmate who slipped away the night before from the Deer Ridge Correctional Institution, marking the second escape...

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