PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon posted the following news release on Aug. 22, 2025: * * * Alaska Resident Found Guilty of Wire Fraud A federal jury in Portland found Peter Igwacho, 64, a Cameroonian national residing in Anchorage, Alaska, guilty Thursday for wire fraud. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, between April 2020 and October 2021, during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Igwacho filed at least five frau  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Court Orders Less Reliance on Pesticide Spraying on Millions of Acres of Western Rangelands * PORTLAND, Ore. -- A federal judge in Oregon today confirmed the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's legal duty to consider preventative measures -- rather than a "spray first, ask questions later" approach -- in its program allowing insecticide spraying to kill native gras  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 22 [Category: Sociological] (TNSrpt) -- The Mercy Corps posted the following news release: * * * Famine Confirmed in Gaza: 500,000 Face Catastrophic Hunger * A new report released today by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) confirms what Mercy Corps and other aid organizations have urgently warned for months: Gaza is now experiencing famine. This is the first time a famine has been officially confirmed in the Middle East. Over half a million people  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Aug. 22, 2025, to the National Review Online: * * * Parental Rights Are on the Move By Nicole Stelle Garnett There's reason for cautious optimism It has been 100 years since the Supreme Court's landmark parental-rights decision in Pierce v. Society of Sisters. In Pierce, the Court invalidated an Oregon law requiring parents to educate their children in public schools. "The fundamental theory of lib  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Scott, Bonamici Scrutinize Harms and Cost of Proposed USDA Reorganization * This proposal occurs as families and farmers suffer critical food program disruptions because of failed Trump Administration policies. WASHINGTON - Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, and Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Ranking Mem  more