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Starbucks Shooting
A
disturbance
inside the Star-
bucks store at the
Fred Meyer in
the Hollywood
district on Friday
led to the shoot-
ing of a man who
pointed a gun at police, the weap-
on later identified as a replica, of-
ficials said. The man identified as
Ryan Joseph Beisley, 34, was try-
ing to force himself into a back-
room were employees were hiding
when police arrived, authorities
said. He survived the shooting.
being restrained on Thanksgiving
Day by city police and Portland
State University campus police
overdosed on methamphetamine
and cocaine. His death was not
related to the officer involvement,
the Multnomah County Medical
Examiner announced Monday.
Trump Could Face Jail
Donald Trump has been warned he
faces “very real prospect” of jail
time. Jerry Nadler, the incoming
chairman of the house judiciary
committee, on Sunday described
the details of prosecutors’ filings
in the case of Trump’s former per-
sonal lawyer, Michael Cohen, as
evidence Trump was “at the centre
of a massive fraud.”
Convicted in Car Attack
Holiday Bike Drive
A young man gets some tips about bike helmet safety from trauma nurses at Legacy
Emanuel Medical Center during the annual Holiday Bike Drive sponsored by Legacy and
the Community Cycling Center in northeast Portland. The Dec. 2 event gave over 300 bikes
and helmets to young people in the community, the first bike for some.
Timbers Fall in Title Game
The Portland Timbers fell to At-
lanta United, 2-1 in the final match
of the Major League Soccer cham-
pionship on Saturday night. The
game was played in Atlanta and
set a new MLS attendance record
with 73,019 fans.
Death Tied to Drugs
A combative man who died after
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A man supporting white national-
ists who drove his car into coun-
terprotesters at a 2017 rally in
Charlottsville, Va. was convicted
Friday of first-degree murder in
the death of a 32-year-old wom-
an. A state jury rejected defense
arguments that James Alex Fields
Jr. acted in self-defense during
the “Unite the Right” on Aug. 12,
2017.
Tobacco Bans Supported
Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden
and Jeff Merkley last week urged
the Food and Drug Administration
to act quickly to implement plans
to ban flavored cigars and menthol
cigarettes. In a letter, the lawmak-
ers also called for ending the mar-
keting of all tobacco products to
youth.
Comedian Hart Apologizes
Comedian Kevin Hart stepped
down as host of the 2019 Os-
cars Thursday, a position he was
named to just days earlier, after
homophobic tweets from eight
years ago re-emerged. He said he
didn’t want to be a distraction and
that he had “evolved” in his views
and apologized to the LGBTQ
community for his insensitive
words.
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